Saying Good-bye

Saturday morning Shawn and I went to the temple.  He hadn't been since before his mission so he was really excited to go.  We went to the Bountiful temple.  We were trying to get to the 12:00 session but we got there just a couple minutes before and so we had to wait until the 12:30 session (so awesome that it runs every 30 minutes!).  A couple times while we were there people thought we were married to each other.  It was pretty funny! One of the people was someone that served in the same mission as Shawn.  I could tell he was pretty embarrassed to think that this guy thought we were married or at least dating.  :)  We rushed home afterwards and got ready to go to a bell choir performance.  Kolton and I rode with my Grandma and Grandpa.  My Grandpa is too funny.  He thought the GPS was so cool that he held it the entire trip to the performance (over an hour) and watched our little dot on the GPS move as we got closer and closer to our destination.  It was too cute.  This was a big bell choir conference/convention type thing and my mom's group was one of the groups there.  All the choirs performed several songs together and then some of the groups did solos.   My mom's choir was one of the groups that did a solo.  Here's my mom directing her choir as they performed Rock Around the Clock.  It was awesome! Definitely the best and most entertaining piece of the whole event.  

 

Sunday Shawn gave his homecoming talk at church.  He did an amazing job! Such an amazing talk on how the Savior can influence and change your life.  He talked a lot about how he saw that in other people on his mission and really bore his testimony about the Savior.  It was a great talk.  Afterwards family (Grandma and Grandpa Ames, Kim and Raleigh and their kids, Jeremy and Sonja and their kids) came over to eat dinner.  All afternoon and evening Kolton kept asking when/if Tressa was coming over.  He finally convinced Shawn to ask her to come by and when Shawn said he would Kolton got very excited.  He literally watched out the front door and waited for her. 

 Saying good-bye to Grandma and Grandpa. 

 Both boys were tuckered out after a long day! :)

 Monday we went to the Hogle Zoo.  Lizzie and Korver came too.  Kolton was really excited he got to ride on the train around the zoo! We moved seats a couple times before it started to make sure we had the best seats.  :)

 

All the animals were awesome.  They were moving around and making noise! One of the elephants had to take a potty break while we were there and Kolton couldn't believe how big it was! :) Later on, that same elephant was trying to get inside their habitat and kept pacing in front of the door and tapping it with its trunk and "roaring" (or whatever its called when they trump).  It was cool to listen to!

 

Kolton's favorite thing was probably the carousel.  He kept asking and asking to ride it and was SO excited when he got to!

   

 Monday night we also went to Chuck E Cheese's. Kolton had been wanting to go the whole time we were out there so he was pretty excited when we told him we were going there. 

He had a blast playing all the games! Everyone else had fun too! Kolton got that little spiderman as his prize with his, Shawn's, and some of Cambrea's tickets, and Korver got that ball with his and some of Cambrea's tickets. 

We ordered pizza one night and requested Tyler to deliver it to us.  Kolton couldn't wait for him to come!

Can you tell how excited he was to have Tyler deliver pizza to us?! He was pretty excited to be able to pay him too!

It was cute! Tyler likes delivering pizzas and does a good job making them too! He actually makes a ton of money from tips while delivering pizzas! Its crazy!

 

Tuesday we went home.  As always it is sad to say good-bye to everyone.  We always have so much fun visiting them and wish we were closer.  It was so great to be there when Shawn came home from his mission, and I'm so glad we were all there for it.  Kolton loves all the playmates he has and misses them when we come home.  So, until next time... :)