Missouri Trip

We spent 9 days in Missouri. It flew by so fast! We had so many people to see. 

It's funny because what Lexie learned from the trip is that it's fun to visit strangers. She will now ask random people if we can go to their house and visit them. 

Our good friend John opened a horse arena so We made sure to go watch the horse show one HOT evening. Lexie was in love with all the horses. As they called each rider's name she would say "when is it my turn??" She wanted to ride a horse so bad.  

Lance couldn't get over how hot it was. He was very concerned as he  told me that his body was leaking. I could have fallen over laughing. My little boy was sweating for the first time he could remember!! 

We spent many relaxed days at grandma and grandpa Jordan's house. We checked the cows, road around on their UTV looking for deer, picked tomatoes, played at the creak, shot and skinned a rabbit for dinner, caught frogs, went fishing, and Lexie found a kitty (she named is baby jaguar). The kids love their grandma and grandpa so much!

They love all their cousins too. My brother Scott's house was a favorite to visit. They have chickens, dogs, & 2 kittens. 

Lexie had her first sleep over without momma! My sister, Sarah hosted a Pampered Chef party for me and Lexie was determined that she was going to leave with Aunt juju (Julie). I let her leave since her house was on the way back to our parents. I figured if Lexie were crying I'd  stop and pick her up. That wasn't the case at all. She was upset the next morning when I arrived. She wasn't done playing yet! 

We loved visiting back home, but after almost 3 week of being gone we missed being home and we missed daddy and the dogs. 

The flight to Denver was a little weird. Since we were flying stand by we didn't get assigned seats. You just get what's left over. Our seats were not together at all. We were seats 1B, 3B, & 4B. One lady was kind enough to switch so Lexie could sit with mommy but the other people didn't care. Lance sat between two strangers all the way to Denver. The funny thing was he loved it. He talked with a lady who was on her way to see her grandchildren. He told her all about Alaska and the fun things we do there. I am so grateful to this wonderful lady!! 

 Our layover in Denver was 8 hours. It actually wasn't too bad at all. I downloaded Netflix on my iPad and the kids watched a couple movies, we played with our toys, colored some, walked around tons and was on our way home.

Once again Lance was not able to sit in the same row as me and Lexie. This time he was directly in front of me which worked out good. The kids were both asleep before take off. 

It was so great arriving home and hugging daddy! It took the kids a few days to recuperate. They were pretty wore down. I have no clue when our next trip to the lower 48 will be, maybe in the spring to visit all the new babies that will be born.