Time to Vaca & Play

There is just so much that I could say, and planned to, but now I find myself thinking back going... What HAVE we done since we got here; a lot. 

Travis Came Home: I took Maddix with me to pick Travis up from the airport; I really enjoyed talking with just Maddix and we even listened to Harry Potter 1 and he was old enough now to follow along. As always, it was SO nice to have Travis home! 

California trip: Stayed with Mark and Lisa, Day 1: Disneyland, 2: Newport beach, 3: Breakfast at Ruby's/Huntington Beach/Dinner at Cheesecake Factor with Uncle Lee's fam. Day 4: We were going to drive all the way home, then received a call form Trav's sister, Larisa asking if we wanted to meet them at their condo in St. George for the night... um, yes? So we visited my aunt and uncle then made our way to the condo to play with cousins and stay up talking until 2:00am. Day 5: Back up at 5:50 we drove straight into PG where Maddix was a CHAMP at the dentist for a tooth extraction! 

Wray Fam Reunion: My mom's family came in and we just partied:) Lots of hard work and lots of play; we really enjoyed the Provo Rec Center. 

Johnson Celebrating Travis Dinner: Trav's parents and siblings (no CHILDREN) went with us to Los Hermanos where we celebrated Travis's AWESOME achievement for graduating Med School, and also watched his brother accomplish the "Man vs. Nacho" challenge and earn his photo to be placed on their wall! 

Then we've been playing board games every few mornings. The boys have been snuggling up to a cartoon while mom keeps an ear out for the boys (they are self sufficient:) and Travis and I have begun running together! We've only done it twice, but I love it. Then since Travis is around, I was able to go with my mother-in-law, Lori to the mall to shop for fam picture outfits and for once the boys weren't with me on an errand!  

Group effort

I love this one

Bouncing with Tigger

This FACE! (Maddix's 1st time on Splash Mtn)

Newport Beach

Huntington Pier

Very Impressed by the surfers

Ran out of sunblock- had to wear my shirt

Sister sent this to me from their walk

Cheesecake Factory

Condo with the Cousins

Shout out to my f-i-l for his triathlon
accomplishment

Nacho champ

~From Tick to Sick~

We're back, and I should be happy. 

I am. 

But I'm not. 

None of us are. 

It's like having a wound that is healing: 

You're happy that it's healing, but in the meantime it's still healing. 

Can a place really leave such a mark on a person?? :) 

I know I felt the same way when we left Poland, 

I never thought time would heal that wound, but unfortunately it healed 

it so well, that if feels like merely a dream. I don't want New York to 

feel like a dream. 

I don't want to drift away from those people.

Heaven will be simply marvelous, 

Never having to say goodbye.

Meanwhile since we've been home it's been a constant up and down of having energy, and just laying around like we'll never have energy again. We've been sick a lot with a variety of different things. The boys enjoyed going to my dad's for two day. Travis is finishing up his last few days of Medical School, going to baseball games, dinners with our friends, and lots of time laying on the couch bored! I've been swimming. We're catching up with dear friends we've missed. We spoke to my brother on his mission. We had a TERRIBLE diarrhea experience in public that was a HUGE fiasco! We've been hanging out with my sisters a lot; I love catching up with them all. I'm even back to Chuck-a-rama picking up shifts! Ha, I just can't stay away. We saw family on Mother's day. We had family come into town so we took my cousins to the park.... 

That night I went to hug Maddix for bed and felt something on the back of his neck! 

In the light of the kitchen, we found a TICK almost out of view in his hair!!!!!!

AHH!!!!! I still squirm thinking about it; thankfully Tayla was there and successfully pulled the little sucker off him and he was fine. Such a blessing that we're pretty sure we found it the day of. And he seems fine so far, but I lost my sheeeee! Poor Maddix!

I think we just can't wait for Travis to be here! 

Threw such a fit we had to leave the Cafe Rio

Pushing each other

 Park day of doom... little did we know that tick was prowling nearby

All I see is that tick hiding on his head!

Creepy little monster!

Hello E. Wells! 

Result from the public diarrhea accident!
Yep, he's in a garbage bag because it
was the best I could do! 

before

meanwhile

After!

Fun in the sun at the Chattertons

H: "Aaron, do you love me?"
A: "I do. I love you."

Travis got to drive Dave's jeep on
Sunday!