Catching up - Part 3

Sorry for the delay... June was really, really crazy for us.  Before blogging about that, we have a little bit more to blog about.

April 2013

It was one of Michael's bigger birthdays this year, so I organized an family ice cream party for him.  We had as many ice cream toppings as the age he was turning.  AND I made him wear this goofy hat.

My sister, Michelle, went into the MTC in April.  She is now in the Taipei, Taiwan mission (that was my mission!).  She went on her mission at the age of 20 (therefore answering to the change of age of sister missionaries).  This picture is right before she went into the MTC.

May 2013 -- Arches Trip

We both have been to Arches National Park, but not together, so we decided to take a day off of work and go and hike around.  It was a lot of fun! :-)

Couple picture in front of Delicate Arch.

Jumping Picture

Another couple picture

Michael is at the top of that arch.

To be continued...

Catching up - Part 2

So.... here's some more catching up...

Christmas

The Bywater side of the family were all together for Christmas, so that was awesome.  It's been about 1 1/2 years since we've all been together.  Since Christmas, we have had 2 more additions to the families (baby girls).

February 2013 - Texas Trip
Christi's parents moved back to Texas in September of 2012, and we'd been thinking about moving down to  Texas, so we decided to take a trip down there to check things out.  An added perk was that Michelle was there before entering the Provo MTC for her mission.

We went to Galveston to visit my brother, and then we rode this bike together by the beach.

We also went to check out NASA.

And, of course, we took advantage of getting Blue Bell Ice Cream!!! :-)

To be continued...

Catching Up - Part 1

So.... it's been a while... Here are pictures from the past 7+ months to show you what we've been up to lately. :)

Halloween:

We were Merlin and Mad Madam Mim for Halloween.

Thanksgiving:

Christi had a surgery a week before Thanksgiving.  Family and ward friends were all so sweet and thoughtful!!! :-)

We had Thanksgiving with Michael's family this year.  It was nice.


To be continued...