Back to the Utah trip- the four of us rented a car (because the van is a gas hog) and that little Kia Sorento has a LOT of room! We got almost as much stuff as our van would in the car. We drove all night and got there about 8 in the morning. Bradley cut his first tooth during the drive and those last four hours were miserable!! At one point we pulled over to calm Bradley down and while burping him he threw up all over me, himself, my blanket- ect! So Adam had to go unpack the trunk get me a change of clothes and repack the clothes in snow and bitter wind- what a trooper!
On Saturday before Adam's mission reunion we went and toured Temple Square because I have never done that before. When we walked in the first people we saw were Richard and Krisha Jones! So we took the tour of the visitor's center and Tabernacle with them. The stake had given them extra tickets for conference so they gave them to us for the Sunday morning session.
Later that night Adam and I went to his reunion which was a ton of fun. But on the way there I could not believe how church buildings are EVERYWHERE! And I saw 3 temples in 15 minutes. It was ridiculous! As we were driving I would go ok there are...7 on this side on the freeway and ....5 over there oh and look, another temple. It was crazy! Utahans- What is your excuse to not go to the temple all the time???
ANYWAYS- so at the reunion is seemed like almost every companion had a baby. There must have been 15-20 babies under the age of 1 at the reunion. Two guys sitting behind us whispered- look at all those kids- it makes me want to throw up!
We went to conference which was AMAZING and saw Music and the Spoken Word live. The only part that I did not like about going to conference were how many people were begging for our tickets on the streets. From the parking garage about 2 blocks away to the conference center we must have been asked for spare tickets about 200 times- Signs, begging, chanting, singing- its ridiculous!
We got back to Adam's Dad's and had dinner and then his stepmom Trina and I went and fed her dad's bum lambs which was easily my 2nd favorite thing on the trip.
Adam and his Dad are SO much alike! Trina and I kept comparing them the entire weekend. The weird part is that Adam's Parents were divorced when he was 6 and he lived with his Mom so I don't know how Adam and Ken are so similar!On the drive home we had to put chains on passed Reno to be told another mile down the road the freeway was closed and to turn around and find shelter for the night. We got a room in Boomtown at 1:30 AM woke up at 6AM and got back on the road because Adam had class that morning.
Adam's cousin Kimmy passed away a week and a half later in Modesto so the kids and I packed up for another 4 days. She was 30 years old and had Cebral Palsy. She passed away from a severe bladder infection that they had been fighting for almost a year. It was so nice to see Adam's stepdad's family- AKA the Porter Party. The funeral was nice but it made me happy to be a Mormon because there were a few amen-Amen!'s and there might have been a hallelujah in there. The preacher gave a sermon for 45 minutes and then Kimmy's eulogy was only 15 minutes. Anyways, I will miss Kimmy but glad she is home with the Lord. Her mom found an amazing picture of a child with cebral palsy running out of her chair to hug Christ. I tried to find it but couldn't and the picture was amazing!
On to the update about the babies!!
They are 8 months today and Bradley is 17.5 pounds and Kiersten is 12.5 pounds- five pounds difference! He has his two bottom teeth now and she just cut her first tooth Sunday ( lower left)
She doesn't babble too much and he just talks away!! She is starting to crawl and can army scoot across the room to get her toy. Bradley is a very fast roller! You set him down in one spot and 2 seconds later he has rolled across the room and is getting into things he shouldn't be in. Kiersten has started to get this blood curdling screech when she wants something- It drives me crazy! And she looooves her solid food. Every other feed is solids and when I skip a solids feed she refuses her formula and wont eat- very inconvenient for traveling. Bradley likes formula more because its faster. Here are some current pictures:
The babies are actually sharing in the picture. Most of the time Kiersten steals Bradley's things and rolls away with them.
I wanted to see if her sunhat fit her so we could go to the park but it was big and floppy on her. She's sticking out her tongue and I think she is so cute!
Adam was giving Bradley a bath and put his football numbers on his back and then yelled "quick! get the camera!!" He was so proud of this picture I had to post it!
