We're Back!

Yes, I know I have been slacking in the blogging world. We went on vacation for 2 weeks and I didn't so much as look at a blog while I was gone. Needless to say I had a lot to catch up on when I got back. We're back now and Damon starts school again tomorrow so it's back to the grind.

We had a great trip visiting both Damon's family in Oregon and my family in Idaho. Hannah was a trooper and did really well considering what we put her through. Our flight to Oregon left at 6:20 am which meant that we had to be at the airport by 5:00 am. Despite this Hannah did pretty well. We traveled for 13 hours including layovers and driving from Portland to Damon's folks. She was pretty tired but still such a good little thing.

She fit so I guess she's a carryon....until October when she turns 2. Then she has to get her own seat.

One of the most fun things about going to Oregon was the fact that NOBODY knew we were coming! We had been thinking about going back West to visit our families but hadn't decided if we were going to or not so we didn't want to say anything to Damon's mom (Lisa) to get her hopes up. We finally decided we were going to go on Tuesday, May 6. Lisa's birthday is on May 3 so we thought it would be really fun to surprise her and just tell her that her birthday present was going to be a little bit late. She had NO idea. We didn't even tell Damon's dad so he couldn't somehow let it slip. We showed up outside Lisa's work on Tuesday. She happened to be outside so we just drove up and rolled down the window and asked for directions to the Costco. It took her a few seconds to register who we were and a few min. more to get over the shock. It was so fun! Then she had to think of something to get Damon's dad (Wade) to come home without spilling the beans. We had a really good visit with Damon's folks and 2 of his brothers. Damon even got to go with his dad and brothers on the annual Father and Son's outing. Lisa and I got to enjoy a nice relaxing evening at home watching chick flicks (a rarity for her in a house full of boys!) It was nice to be able to spend Mother's Day there too. Wade made a delicious prime rib and the boys cleaned up the kitchen. We had a really good time and were so happy we could spend some time with them.

Hannah had so much fun playing with her Uncle Austin.

Hannah with Nana

Grandpa (or Papa, as she calls him) and Hannah getting ready for bed.

Trying to escape from Great Grandma Pope.

Lisa with her boys on Mother's Day...except Anthony. Anthony and Janet we missed you!