Temple Tour!

I love the temple.

I really wanted Marley to touch the Mount Timpanogos Temple because that's where Nathan and I were married. 

My sisters suggested we do a mini temple tour since there are so many temples within about an hour of each other. 

We started at the Draper Temple.

(Never made it to the Salt Lake Temple, maybe next time)

marley & kelsey

kelsey, marley, & sam

 allynn (my niece) & camille (my cousin) 

some of our group strolling around the temple

 everybody loves pushing the stroller. this is austin (my nephew) pushing isi.

 TOUCHING THE TEMPLE

 lola-bear

she's so cute.

brother & sister

 our group - touching the temple

Marley, Kelsey, Sam, Jenica (my cousins' friend), Sydney (my neice), Allynn, Noelle (my cousin), Aunt Mary, Camille, Another friend, Lola, Julie (my sister), Liz (my sister), Isi & Austin.

isaboo couldn't reach.

antics.

 Then over to Jordan River.

I wish I got a picture of the Jordan River and Oquirrah Mountain Temples from the Draper Temple.
oh well.
next time.

oh yea! I have motherly super powers!

Jordan River

Marley, Austin & Sydney

lizard.

mom, I love the temple!

WAY better than the carnival!

this beautiful photo was taken by elizabeth

(so were the next several pictures)

me

you can really see my chicken pox forehead jewel in this one

nice.

i'm going there someday.

i love you mom!

this is the best day of my life!

next we headed over to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple. 

But, we couldn't walk around the temple until we tried on a crown and used a pink fan.

Sam....you. are. awesome!

 this temple was closed for cleaning or something, so we were pretty much the only ones there.

Ok, so our temple tour only included 3 temples, but we got an early start and took our time so we got HUNGRY. 

We also got a tidbit side tracked and went (thanks to lizard's iphone) and found the house that someone built to look like the house in UP. 

from the movie.

Then we went to Cafe Rio (my favorite!!!). I think I only went there once while I was there! 

Tragedy!

A couple days later I took Sam and Marley up to the Mount Timpanogos Temple, while Julie had RS presidency mtg.

 It was pretty sunny that day!

 They were replacing the silicon on the temple. So there is scaffolding all over the steeple. 

I also got to go to the Mount Timpanogos temple and do baptisms with my neices, Allynn and Sydney.

We got up EARLY!

 I LOVE these girls!

 Sydney wanted a turn being photographer!

WE LOVE THE TEMPLE!!!

Big Ol' Vacation

Big Ol' Vacation

Most of us were gone from July17 - August 21. 

Here's the breakdown.

Marley, Isi, and I flew out to Utah on July 17th. 

We flew out of Esconaba, MI (4 hours away) because it was half the price of flying out of the Soo. Nathan was so nice and gracious about driving us to the airport and then driving all the way home by himself. Then did the opposite when picking us up and in the middle of the night too!

I was nervous to fly by myself with the girls but totally wanted a long vacation. 

It was worth it. The girls flew and traveled like champs, the whole time!

Once we got to Utah we had a couple of days to play with family. 

Marley had the opportunity to get reacquainted and familiar with everyone before Isi and I left to meet Nathan in San Diego. 

We went to the carnival with Sam.

Marley had been wanting to go on a carousel and ferris wheel for like a year. 

She had never been on one and her wildest dreams came true!

 Lola.

 Marley thoroughly enjoyed this worm coaster and Sam did not want to go on it and tried to look bored the whole time. 

 isaboo.

 Did you like the carnival?

 eh.

Mom, I'm gonna ride this bike right home!

Temple Tour!

Family Pictures

The Whole Freitas Family

 The Whole Alger Family

 A WHOLE lot of the Busath Family

 I can't decide which one of these I like....any help?

We have very few where Marley's smile looks natural AND Isi is looking up.

Sometimes We Regress

Sometimes we like to hold the baby....while standing.

(pay no attention to the mess in the background)

 Sometimes we try doing our own hair.

And sometimes while we are holding the baby while standing we change our hand position so much we start to loose hold and have to pop our knee out to help.

     

 A lot of times we like to dance.

 Sometimes this makes baby feel much bigger. 

 Sometimes we like to lounge in the laundry basket.

 Sometimes we just HAVE to be in the picture too!

 Sometimes we regress.

 Sometimes we take naps.

Some more than others (Marley IS NOT asleep).

I LOVE MY BABIES!!!!

(Did you know we went on vacation for OVER a month! We're back! More posts to come!)