Home again, home again, jiggety jig!

We got to go home last weekend and it was GLORIOUS!



Hmm, we never did get any Milo's. But I can assure you we had plenty of other good food.

It was a really short trip but so worth it! We left right after work on Friday, got there around 10:30pm then left on Sunday around 4:00pm. Madelyne and Bennett insisted on staying up late to wait on us Friday night and we were SO happy to see their sweet little faces as soon as we got there! Big thanks to my parents for keeping them entertained until we arrived....we only hyped them up a tiny bit when we got there. Ha!

The vlog Cullen made of that night is one of my favorites ever. So sweet...especially the end! When Kelley & I were growing up, our mom & dad laid down with us to "rub & pat," as we called it, for years and it's one of my favorite childhood memories.



Saturday we did what we love to do...hung out at the pool, ate some good BBQ, & just enjoyed being together!

Cullen decided he wanted to be a part of this new "leisure dive" craze, so we got some props together, he practiced a few times, and then he went for it! The final product turned out pretty neat!



So neat that it ended up on the official leisure dive page!! http://www.leisuredive.com/dives/the-missionary/ AND on The Daily Beast!! http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2011/09/leisure-diving-ctd.html Cool stuff!

Practice Take 1:


Take 2:


Annnd he did the crossing guard too:

More behind the scenes and other Saturday fun & cool dives from the rest of us in these Vlogs:

Remember underwater tea parties?? Summer isn't complete without one!


Kelley, Jay, Madelyne, Bennett, Emily, & their dog, Abbey, all spent the night at my parents' house with us Saturday night, so it was one big sleepover. So fun! Emily is getting to be such a big girl! Love her adorable laughs in the next vlog. She's the just the sweetest, happiest baby.





Sunday morning we had some delicious homemead breakfast left over from Saturday and had some more quality time before we left to go to Cullen's parents house to spend time with his side of the family.



We had a great time grilling out and spending the afternoon with some of Cullen's family. Ada especially loved getting to play with her dog-cousins! Would you believe I didn't take one picture?? Cullen did some vlogging though, so no worries...memories preserved. Check!




It's been so strange being away for the past 6 weeks, but when we were at home it felt like we had never left. We love our families so much and are so thankful for the good relationships we all have. We really are enjoying our time exploring a new city and doing some things that we won't have another opportunity to do, but we are also looking forward to being back home with everyone again!