Surprise visit to St. George...

On August 18th Paxton and I flew back home to St. George with my dad and sister. It was Kelcie's birthday on the 17th and my moms was coming up on the 21st. My mom knew that my dad and sister were coming home but had no idea that paxton and i were too. We were going to surprise her for her birthday. It was a long 21 hours until we were finally home but it was all worth it seeing the look on my mom's face when she saw us! She was SHOCKED. Its so great when surprised actually come through and work. It was a fun filled week that consisted of eating, and playing! I cant believe i only took pictures on the day we took paxton to " jump in jacks". He was such a big boy and did all the huge slides. He loved it and i did too. It was so good to be home, even if it was just for a week. I felt like i had never left. I miss my family so much and can't wait to see them again!

The Beach...

Ok, So i know i have a lot of catching up to do! I cant believe it has been an entire month since my last post. That is just crazy to me. Time has gone by so fast. Here are a few pictures of Daniel and Paxton at the beach. Paxton loves playing with his dad in the "sand box", and i love watching them play together. It so cute how Paxton wants to be and do everything just like his dad.

The hut...

Living in a hotel you have to get created to keep a toddler entertained. So the other day i built him a hut under our computer table and put his little dvd player in there. Right now he is really into mickey mouse movies and toy story. So he watched toy story with all of his mickey mouse toys. It was so fun to peek in at him.

Dinner at Sadies...

All last week the weather was so nice and sunny and then saturday comes and of course it rained all day long! The one day the guys have off work. So, after not doing anything all day we were all dying to get out and do SOMETHING. We had heard from a local about this cool restaurant down on the beach so we got in the cars and headed that way. When we got there we found out that it was not a restaurant but a bar. Lets just say the people there weren't the kind of people i wanted around Paxton. The smoking and drinking was to much to handle, it was just not a comfortable situation, so back in the car we went. We ended up at the hotel us girls bike to almost everyday and use their beach. We decided to try out there restaurant and we were not disappointed! The food was delicious! We will be heading back there for sure one of these nights!

Hat like dad's...

The other day Daniel surprised Paxton with a dump truck toy, a hard hat, and a little shovel and rake. Paxton was excited to say the least! He loves that he has a work hat just like dad's. He wants to be just like his dad and i'm so glad. The hat is a little big but he will just have to grow into it.

"Alligator"...

The other night daniel found a gecko outside our hotel room. Paxton has always called lizards "alligators" and this time was no exception! At first he was a little nervous to hold it but warmed up really fast! By the time it was time to let it go he didnt want to! He would have kept it forever! I was amazed at how soft Paxton was with it, he never tried to squeeze it. He would pet its little head, it was seriously so sweet. I love how daniel is always finding him little animals to play with. He's such a good dad! I remember when i was little my dad would always bring animals home with him from work. I would get so excited and i think that is how i grew to love animals so much. I'm so glad that daniel is doing the same thing with Paxton:)

Church...

I really like the church that we go to. Luckily the english branch is pretty close to our hotel, there are only 2 or 3 on the whole island and they are on the other side. The church building is a big square but the middle of it is wide open with grass and plants, its really cool. Us white people make up probably 1/4 of the whole branch so they love having us here! I'm just waiting for them to ask us to speak, i know its just a matter of time.