9 years!

We decided to take a little overnight trip to Seattle (just Wes and I) to celebrate our nine year anniversary!  First, since we do an annual photo in front of the temple for each of our anniversaries, I want to repost the one one in front of our temple. :) This is the first year we've been able to take a photo near our anniversary at the temple we were actually sealed in.


We had a wonderful night in Seattle. We ended up staying on Bainbridge Island and taking the Ferry to Seatlle for dinner. We ate at a crab shack on the pier and then we walked up to Anthropologie just for fun. I honestly think my favorite part was riding the ferry though. It is SO gorgeous to ride and feel the breeze and see the city- really peaceful. The next day we got up and road the ferry again and enjoyed Pike Street Market. I'd love to go back another time when I could really take a whole day and wonder through that. It was so fun!  Then grandma, Beth, Cristina and the kids came up and met us at the Aquarium. We had a lot of fun enjoying that with the kiddos. Then it was time to head home. It was a quick trip, but one I am thankful for nonetheless. Thankful for time with my honey and to see a city I've been wanting to see for a long time.
















The clown fish were my favorite part! And Finn wanted to touch everything! "Want, touch!!""

















A few from Wes and my adventures:





And this is one of my all time favorite photos of Wes and me.

An Official Stephenson!

Our main purpose behind our trip was to witness the sealing of Chris to Wes' parents. It was such a beautiful experience! Chris was beaming the entire time. I'm so proud to be part of such a wonderful family that is such an example to us.  Kisha and Cristina watched the kids while we were in the sealing and the kids loved being at the temple where Mommy and Daddy were married 9 years earlier. I LOVE going to our temple. The spirit is always so so strong and special to me there.



















We are so thankful to have Chris as a member of our eternal family. And we are so looking forward to Kisha and Cristina's adoptions and sealings as well.

Vacation!

We finally were able to make time for a family vacation to Washington this summer! The kids were so so excited!  It was also our first road trip in our new van, which was a treat with our built in DVD player.  Aunt Bethy was able to come along and help which was a huge help as well. The road trip went ok. I'd had a bad sinus infection, so that didn't make driving over hills very fun, but over all the kids did great. Finn wasn't a huge fan, but as long as Frozen was playing he did ok.


The first night and day I got to spend with my twin, Jana. We always have so much fun together and I always feel right at home when I am with her.  Addy stayed the night with me at her house and she and Ellie had a BLAST together.  We went to a Japanese restaurant and did a little shopping.The girls thought it was hilarious to hold the mannequin's hands. Silly girls. We then ventured into Portland and went to a famous ice cream shop called Salt and Straw! It was AMAZING.  Aaron then took us down to see the bridge that he's been working on for the last couple of years, which was so cool. He even gave Wes one of their project t-shirts and Liam a guide to Portland's bridges, which he loved because he's been super interested in bridges since their bridge unit in GT.  That evening we played a couple of intense games of Pandemic. It was super fun.  The next day, Aaron graciously offered to watch the kids so Jana and I could drive into Portland to do some fabric shopping and go to the Disney store and Panera bread. We had such a wonderful time together. I sure miss her but am thankful we got some time together!


 



















 
 

 

Happy Father's Day!

We had a lovely Father's Day picnic to celebrate my grandpa's bday and Father's day at Lazy 5 park. I only got a few pictures but it was a lovely afternoon.








We had a lovely Father's day at church with our daddy! The kids were so thrilled about the ties they made him!  xoxo.  Wes is an AMAZING daddy. I couldn't ask for a better father for our children.