I've been awful at trying to keep my blog updated. So I guess this post will be all about our summer. This summer we went to two weddings, one in Arizona and one in Texas.

Mark served his mission in Arizona. The youngest daughter of one of the families he taught was getting married and everything worked out for us to be able to go. Originally we didn't think we'd be able to go because of finances and the long distance, but it worked out.

Arizona is a 19 hour drive (and it was cheaper to drive than to fly.) We rented a car because we didn't want to risk a repeat of our last trip to Arizona. (When we went 5 years ago the vehicle broke down in New Mexico and we were delayed 2 days waiting for repairs. It was an experience I'd rather not repeat.)

picking up the car from the rental location

Mark's mission companion was there too and they had a lot of fun catching up.


We discovered Matt does NOT like Mexican food

Lately his favorite "food" is ketchup.

We went to Ross and I found I LOVE that store! I can hardly wait until one opens up near where we live. Matt didn't get much of a nap so he was falling asleep in the shopping cart.


It was a 19 hour drive there and 18 hours back. We took 2 days for the drive so that we weren't trying to drive while we were super tired. Matt was very good on the trip and only cried when he was hungry or really tired (or if we tried to change his diaper on a changing table.)

We stayed home for 10 days and then headed to Texas for another wedding. Again, we rented a car but the drive was only 10 hours. Matt was really good for the trip. Jason (Mark's brother) and Emily got married. It was an outdoor wedding and was awesome aside from it being so hot. Thankfully the reception was in an air conditioned location.


While we were in Texas we visited my brother and sister-in-law and their family, who live like 20 minutes away from where the wedding was. I did some shopping (Texas has Ross too!) and we spent time with family for a couple days and then came back home.

Whew. That was a pretty busy couple of months. It was fun to see people and visit Mark's mission but I am so glad to be home and ready for no more long distance traveling for a long time.