Plane Ride to Utah

So, Jo William and I went to Utah for a week and a half with my parents. It was a fun crazy 11 days, and I never plan on going on a trip again without Josh. (at least with little kids in tow, particularly a 6 week old baby) So the next several posts are going to be about our trip, and will be full of pictures.
Yea.

I am so glad that we went out to Utah with my parents, I have decided that anyone who travels alone with kids is crazy or suicidal. Thank you mom and dad for flying us out with you!

Here mom is enjoying some baby time at the airport.

Jo was sooooooo excited to fly on an airplane, and actually stayed awake this time so she could enjoy it. Keeping her in her seatbelt, however, was quite the task. As you can see she wanted to be up with her face in the window the whole time.

Gran was kind enough to hold William the whole flight while I tried to keep Jo in her seat.

We were able to distract her for a bit with some coloring time!!

Jo enjoying her complimentary beverage. On the way home as soon as we got on the plane she started asking "When do I get my drink?" over and over.

At the end of the flight she finally crashed for a bit. Yea for peace and quiet!

All the clouds were in nice little rows. I thought it was cool, so here's a picture of it.

Browns Visit

In July the Browns came down for their Family reunion here in Vidor, and we decided to crash the party. (Well, It was only one little part) They came out Friday, and that night we went roller skating with them. It was kinda weird cause we knew some of the family from here in Vidor, but there were other family members that we knew from living up in Denton. We had alot of fun, and enjoyed them staying with us for a couple of days.

Sisters and cousins skating at the Roller Rink.

All four cousins having lunch.

Loralyn and Jo skating (well, they had been)

They did races for the different age groups. Jo and Riah were in the girls 8 and under. Jo did an amazing job, but I am afraid Riah beat her.

Loralyn and William at the roller rink. It's really hard to sit at a 90 degree angle. Good ab workout though.

Both girls got their hair braided, but we couldn't get them to hold still long enough to get a good picture of both of them. (They were super cute, though)

Riah is such a doll! It's amazing the contrast between the two. I don't think Jo will ever be as tan as Riah is when she is pale.

All three kiddos.

Jo and Riah going crazy on the climber. (Be glad you can't hear the yelling involved in this picture)

Here is how the race started. As you can see, Riah would have done alot better if she hadn't been amazed at Jo's awesomeness. : )

Jo has a great desire to go with the flow, and follow the crowd. It's amazing. (This is part of the race just after the previous video)

Prayers

Jo is so cute, she is starting to say more of her prayers on her own. Typically she only says a few things and most of it is repeated with each prayer. For instance, her normal one goes like this:

"Dear Heavenly Father, we thank thee for this day, and for the food. Please bless it to nourish our bodies, and have fun, and go outside. (pause- one or two more things with help from mom or dad) We say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen."

Tonight she really took off and did her own thing and it was super cute. This is how it went:

"Dear Heavenly Father, we thank thee for this day, and please help us to have fun and go outside. And please help me to sleep in my ow bed and not be scared or wake up, and help Mommy to not be scared too, and help Daddy to not be scared too also. And please help the missionaries to come over tomorrow, and baby brother to come over tomorrow too. and we say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen."
She is such a sweetie, and it's so fun to watch her grow up.

Fireworks!

William experiencing fireworks for the first time.He would twitch every time he heard one.

Jo lighting a smoke bomb.

Watching the snakes grow.

Snapits! She dumped almost an entire package on the ground and started dancing on them. It was like Fred Estaire's fireworks dance in "Holiday Inn" Unfortunately the batteries in the camera had just barely died so I didn't get a video. : (

Butterscotch dum dums with Grandma, YUM!

Jo REALLY wanted to use my moby wrap to hold Hattie, her baby doll. I think she's a bit small for it right now.

Lighting a smoke bomb. She kept thinking they were all going to be noisy and would run off plugging her ears. It was pretty funny. Right after I stopped recording she turned to me and said "Mommy, it's so beautiful!" She is such a cutie!

Williams Blessing

This last weekend we had both set of parents (or grandparents) out for Williams baby blessing. It was a lot of fun to see them, and we really appreciate them coming out. The blessing was wonderful, and William was super cute (as always!) So here are some pics with family.

With the Smith's

Jo was tired and not wanting to take pictues any more, but after a lollipop from Grandpa and telling her she wasn't allowed to smile, she became her normal self again.

With the Jones's

You might be suprised how many tries it took to get this picture. We have quite a few that look like Jo was going to eat him.

So sweet!

hair cont...

Ok, so here is her hair curly so you can see the difference.

This one should be on the previous post, but oh, well. We are going to show this one to all her dates.

Mommy! What happened to my hair!

I got bored this morning, and Jo wanted me to do something with her hair so I thought we would try to straighten it. I did my best using a curling iron and trying to not burn an extremely wiggly two year old. (We were successful in that area, thankfully) It didn't come out completely straight, and definitely had volume, but you can get see that her hair is alot longer than it looks when it's curly (I will have to get a picture of it when it's completely curly to put up.) when it's wet it is almost halfway down her back. It almost immediately started curling up again but stayed fairly straight for a while.

This side was the hardest to get straight.

She isn't used to having her bangs in her eyes and was getting frustrated because she was continually having to brush it out of her face to see.

This one is just cute.

You can see it is fairly long in the back.

AAAAAH!

Cutie Pie!