The Original Seven

I left Landon and Jax Friday morning for Utah. I know, I know, "You were just there." But this trip was different. This trip was special. This trip, the Edwards original seven spent 2 1/2 days together. We surprised, we laughed, we cried, we remembered. We golfed, ate costa and cafe rio, rode in a 8 passenger SUV, went to the temple, rode bikes, flew drones, watched movies, had peppered steak & scallops (The Tree Room), had our traditional belgium waffles, went to church and talked a lot.
   

But most of all, we were all together, all weekend long.

Its been 10 years since just the seven of us were together. A lot of things have changed. But our relationships haven't. But actually, thats probably not true either. Our relationships have changed. We are 10 times closer than we were 10 years ago. Honestly, we had a blast!!!

Thank you Marie, Jacqueline, Landon and Sarah for staying home, watching the kids, manning the fort, and letting us have this weekend. Thank you mom and dad for paying for the trip. It was one of the greatest weekends I have ever had.

To next year. Right? :)

(this is only half of the pictures. i'm just waiting for my mom to send me hers :)!) 

I ended up on same flight as Johnny(cause I missed my 1st flight, ahem). It was a surprise for him, so I had to be so sneaky

   

  

 

 

 

 

Earlier in the week:

  

  

 

 

 

 

And Landon!!! Thank you! For being SO willing to watch Jax for three full days.

Jax, just so you know when I came home the house was spotless. Vaccumed, dishes done, cloth diapers all sprayed out, the sheets were even cleaned. We are lucky to have him!!!

Oh and when you saw me after 3 days and 4 nights of being gone, you ran in a couple of circles with a huge smile on your face and then ran and gave me a huge hug for at least a minute. It was priceless!!! We love you and I am so very blessed! 

A Grateful Traveler

We said goodbye to my family on Monday

"NOGIN" -Turtles on Finding Nemo

 

...AND WE...

 ...headed to Arizona to be with Daddy and his family. 

It was a big week/year for Landon's little brother Logan. It was fun to be apart of at least some of the "magic". I met Logan when he was 14. He has changed sooo much since then. He is a pretty cool kid. This week he was named  MVP on his track team, offered a spot on BYU's track team, graduated from seminary and graduated from high school. Right now he is in Hawaii on his senior trip with his parents and then will head to Santa Cruz, Bolivia in three months for his mission. Pretty crazy week for Logan and his parents. We are all so proud of him.

We had fun in AZ!! And we were so glad Lace decided to stay 2 extra days. (Thanks Cory)! And Leah, even though we didn't get pictures of Sushi, Rubios, Gecko grill, The Incredibles, The Princess Bride, and Bahama Bucks, we still had a blast with you:).

And now.... after completing Jaxson's 16th flight, we're back in Indiana!

 

 

Sometimes going home to nice big cozy homes reminds me of all the things we don't have. My camera won't turn on tonight. All the pictures above are from my sis-in-laws blog/my moms camera.

I finally stopped trying to turn on my camera and went up to my crying baby (whose having a hard time falling asleep) to sing to him. While rocking him I began a "wish-list" in my head of all the things I wish we had. It included: 

• A king size bed 
• A working camera (a really nice canon would be even better)
• Another car 
• An iPhone for me 
• An iPhone for Landon 
• A grill 
• A working dishwasher 
• HGTV
• ESPN
• A DVD player 
• A Vitamix 
• A baby blue Kitchen Aid 
• Beaters 
• A non-broken cheese grater 
• A non-leaking washing machine 
• A non-leaking toliet 
• A big grass-filled yard 
• A tub that doesn't have yellow stains all over
• A nice razor, one with soap all around it
• A Zoo Membership 

As I was making this list my little boy sweetly drifted off to sleep on my shoulder. I just stared at his perfectly motionless little face. I may not have a really long list of things, but I know that I would never. not. ever. ever. trade my little boy sleeping on my shoulder for anything.

Possessions will come and go. I'm sure we'll eventually have everything on that list. But right now, today, and for eternity, I have a wonderful husband, a beautiful healthy boy, two incredible families, the true gospel, and my Savior. And that should be enough.

Forever. 

Happy Sunday.

 

P.S. My camera started working again. YAY!

More Than Words...

... Enjoy! 

INDIANA

for two days

UTAH

for Jax and me 

 

ARIZONA

for Landon
 

As you can see... we all had fun this week!!! Separately, sadly, but still fun. 

See you soon DADDY!!!