Aiden's little Lady

Aiden is absolutely smitten by the Caywoods' little Lady Gwyneth. He's always asking to see pictures of her on my phone & I can't even count the times we've been in church or somewhere where I'm trying to placate him & the only thing that will calm him is being able to talk to her picture. He'll pick up the phone & say things like "My Gwyn. Hi Gwyn. I love you." and then touch it or give the phone kisses. It's too sweet....we just may have to be careful if this is still going on in another 10-15 years.

Erin's trip to SLC

Erin had a little road trip down to Salt Lake City with Jacqui this last week. We'd planned it months ago so we could shop, hit In-N-Out, & take Brynnah the her nephrology follow-up apointment. Unfortunately Brynnah ended up having pneumonia & was admitted to the hospital for a few days. We still had fun, we just hung out in SLC longer than planned. Either way, I got to spend time with the Caywoods & their beautiful little girls & Brynnah got to go home after only 2 days.

She kept laughing, silly girl.

I literally screamed as we pulled up to the window at In-N-Out!!!

Primary Children's really is a great hospital, gotta love the hand-painted psychedelic horse outside!

...not to mention the Mother of all gingerbread houses!

Good thing Auntie Erin came prepared with lots of pretty nail polish options.

Poor Gwyn had a cold/ear infection the whole time.

Pretty flowers that Brynnah loved from Kim. When we showed up the next morning, she had had them in bed with her.

Sisters.

Ok, their entire family was actually sick, poor Jacqui was bushed!

Road trip to Poky

Erin & the kids did a few-day road trip to Pocatello this past week. Rick had to stay home because of work, so he missed out. As usual the kids had a blast seeing the Caywoods & hanging out with Brynnah. Aiden has taken quite an interest in the Lady Gwyn & just couldn't get enough of her, it was too cute.
Also as usual, Olivia was utterly traumatized when she had to say goodbye.

Brynnah has taken to calling our kids "her cousins"....so sweet.

Aiden just crawled right up with his bottle & grabbed hold of Gwyn's hand. He kept putting it on his face & rubbing it.

Aiden trying to cart Gwyn off.

Olivia on the phone with Ryan, trying to talk her down from her emotional ledge on the car ride home. She was just sobbing, she is so in love with them.

Christmas with the Caywoods

The Caywoods surprised us with a CHRISTMAS MIRACLE & showed up on our doorstep late Monday night. Well, they actually left Gwyn on our doorstep with a bow but I was so busy trying to get to her that I didn't even look for them too hard.
As always, our families had a blast together and we were able to have our own Christmas celebration. We just love those guys so very much & miss having them in our lives as much as we used to.
Thanks for being such awesome friends & making the trek to see us!