Our Logan getaway!

Kaiser and I made a trip out to Logan October 14-21st. It ended up working out really well in fact, because Scott had a conference with his MUP class that weekend and wouldn't have been around anyhow.

I was excited to get back, but anxious for the plane ride out. It is just a lot of work with having to carry his carseat the whole time. But we were excited to be there to see family!

We flew out of Houston--Kaiser was super stoked to watched the airplanes come and go. It was so cute!

Our plane rides were fantastic--we had a layover in Las Vegas so it was a little longer than we would have liked, but Kaiser did wonderfully and that relieved a lot of stress off of me.

My mom picked us up at 2300 Utah time, and we drove home to sleep. Kaiser luckily slept the whole ride home. 

Our next few days are kind of a blur. Filled with playing with our favorite cousins, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and friends. We played outside numerous times, carved pumpkins, gave Kaiser a haircut, went shopping and Grandma and Grandpa spoiled him with some new toys, went to dinner, and so much more! Here are some pictures:

The first morning we were there--Kaiser didn't lose any time finding his old favorite toys!

Playing in the sandbox with Boston

Just eating pizza and drinking juice with grandma

A beautiful morning in Logan

Playing outside with Grandma

Heading to the park with Uncle Connor and Grandma Jana

Of course you gotta get some time on papa's motorcycle

"Jumping" on the tramp with his favorite cousins

Before his haircut #1

Before his haircut #2

After--what a stud!

Watchin' shows with Papa

He can get papa to do pretty much anything he wants!

Picking out his pumpkin (which he for some reason calls "bo-bots" with his aunts and uncles

Carving pumpkins!

A couple of the finished products

Kaiser and his aunts and uncles!

He loves the lawnmower at grandma's and papa's house

Wrapped around his finger--as it should be :)

And then for the hard part--time for all of our goodbyes. The week went by super quickly as I knew it would. But it was fantastic to see our family and to be able to spend at least a little bit of time with each one.

Grandma took us to the airport and we said our goodbyes at the gate--luckily she was able to come that far with me. Goodbyes were hard, but not as hard as they could have been. I think we all found comfort knowing that we would be back soon for Christmas. But I love this picture of my Mom and Kaiser watching the airplanes together.

And we made it on the airplane and were about to take off! Logan and our families treated us so much better than we could have imagined. My heart was sooo full to be leaving Logan. Until next time I suppose...

Love this little nugget and his smile

Splash Pad fun

My favorite thing to do this summer (the month of September, actually) has been to take Kaiser to the splash pad. We went one Tuesday for play group and Kaiser did fairly well. Well enough that we decided to keep going back. The more we went, the more Kaiser seemed to like it. We went 5 or 6 times in the month of September. Usually, we would go in the afternoon after he'd wake up from his naps. Then there weren't as many people around and he could play wherever he wanted.

It has been a perfect way for both of us to stay cool! Kaiser would run around getting soaked, and I would walk around bare foot.

Every time we would pull into the parking lot, Kaiser knew where we were and would start saying, "wah-dee!" (water) because he would get so excited!

Here are some pictures that I took when it was just Kaiser and I at the splash pad! He loves playing in the wah-dee!

Houston Holocaust Museum and Aquarium

After we'd lived in College Station for a couple of weeks, we decided it was time to head into the city to explore! We looked up a few things to do online (too many to count.) and chose the Holocaust Museum in their Museum District, and the Downtown Aquarium for Kaiser! Kind of a random pairing, I know :)

Anyways, the Holocaust museum was awesome! There was a lot of interesting sights to see there. Obviously a lot smaller than the Holocaust Museum in DC, but still an amazing experience. It's always very humbling to learn about. Here are some pictures of one of the actual box car that was used to take the Jews to concentration camps. 

We then went to the Aquarium so Kaiser could have a little fun! The aquarium was super fun, and there were so many fun things to see. We saw jelly fish, piranhas, reptiles of all kinds, crocodiles, sea turtles, white tigers, and we even got to pet/feed sting rays!  We also took Kaiser on his first carousel ride. He absolutely loved it! Here are some pictures:

Living in College Station

This post might be slightly random...

I just want to remember some specific picture moments.

Such as...

Kaiser and Daddy reading stories together...

The fact that there are TWO targets in College Station...

 How much Kaiser loved meeting the ginormous stuffed version of "Reveille" A&M's Mascot.

 The fact that Texas has some nasty bugs...I freaking hate bugs. Especially the ones that bite Kaiser and leave nasty bites all over his foot/leg.

Scott's program is pretty awesome! They throw some fun get-togethers. It's so fun getting to know people from different countries. Other than the US, he has people in his program from China, Korea, Brazil, Lebanon, Nepal, Saudi Arabia, Italy, Pakistan, Cuba, Indonesia, and the Czech Republic.

 We LOVE wagon rides. As does Kaiser...