House guests

I'm gonna advise to never allow house guests who haven't purchased their return tickets and if you need a place to stay go to my sister Melissa's house because she's a great host. When we came to Reno we figured it would be about a week but then Trace's Hawaii license wouldn't be complete until mid-September and I was still on maternity leave so why leave? Our one week turned into three weeks. Here's a quick re-cap. (THANK YOU David and Melissa, you are awesome and very patient hosts)

David's 33rd Birthday

Pretty awesome ice cream cake to finish off the night. Oreo crust, fudge, ice cream, oreo crust, fudge, ice cream, turtle shell topping

Baby feet!

Baby Estelle turned 2 months old!

Fun smiles and faces in the car

Baby Estelle's first 5 weeks of life in Hawaii were the easiest I could ever imagine. She never cried and slept like a charm. I took her all over the island, prepared and gave two devotionals with meals to our youth group and deep cleaned our apartment. Once we left Hawaii she became a different baby she still slept a lot but most of her awake time was spent rocking, walking, or carrying babycakes in the moby wrap. She wasn't in the best of moods during our travels. Most of her smiles and happy times were only caught by me when she would wake up in the morning and when we were alone. But it kept me walking. I figure it's mother nature's tactic to help me lose the pregnancy weight.

But we did get to see wild horses in Melissa and David's neighborhood several times! Pretty crazy to see a herd of horses walking the streets and be woken in the morning to the neighing of a horse.

We spent a few days at Ken and Tina's before catching a plane home. Thanks so much for the ride to the airport and fort building!