Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Utah Trip August 2011

I am so behind in blogging, it's kind of overwhelming to start again!  I never documented my Utah trip from August.  I flew out to Utah for my brother Cody's mission farewell.  It was a great and emotional trip sending my brother off. 

A lot has happened since then....  Cody broke his foot in the MTC while playing basketball, and is now home until November 1st.  He will get to go out to Hawaii then and he is super excited!  It was hard for him not to be able to go to Hawaii with his group, but is being patient in waiting for his foot to recover. 

Also since my trip, my brother Cameron got engaged!  See I said a lot has happened:)  He will be getting married December 2nd, so another Utah trip is in the works.  We will see family a lot in December with the wedding and Christmas.

Back to my trip... here are a few pictures - enjoy!

I made this dress for Jovie and finished just in time to give to her in Utah!  I think she looks cute in it, but I may be biased because she is my niece and I made the dress:)
This was the morning before dropping off at the MTC.
 Me and my "little" brother:)
 A cute picture of Cody with Canon and Keller, all wearing cute suit coats.
 We went to J-Dawgs for Cody's "last meal."
 Picture of the siblings (minus Amber) across from the MTC.
 Saying goodbye, yeah it was really hard, notice the sunglasses...
Drop-off at the MTC, much better than previously having to sit through a video. 

Dinner with my family before I had to fly back to NYC.  It was nice to see everyone before I had to leave.  Especially these cute kiddos:)  Thanks Amber for having such cute and fun kids! Here are some pics of the nieces and nephews on my side: 

Me with Taesya
 Me with Jovie
 Taesya
 Canon
 Jovie
 Canon, Taesya, and Keller
 Keller
It was nice to see my family and be there for Cody's farewell.  Cody was a great missionary in the MTC, and will be a great missionary in Hawaii when he goes out in November!  I'm excited to hear all about his adventures!