I've already covered what happened the first part of August, on the Moore side anyway. These are some pictures of time spent with the Stratton side of the family while we were in Salt Lake:
Becca was excited to be reunited with Aunt Serity and Cousin Keelian again
Here I warranted a 1/2-smile from Creighton :)
Stratton was SO excited to meet Becca for the first time
He is such a loving oldest cousin
Despite the somber face here, Becca loves Stratton too
Testing her flexibility
Aunt Serity was excited to get some "loves" too
We were able to go to the Salt Lake Temple
No longer newlyweds, but still joined at the...toes?
That's talent
Creighton getting his toes muddy in the garden
Enjoying a backyard picnic
Grandma Flegal and Grandma Stratton joined us
Some of us ate and some of us played
Stratton enjoying the rope swing
Stratton and Creighton fighting for the rope swing :)
Creighton gets his turn
Keelian is too messy to be allowed a shirt
I know it's fuzzy, but I couldn't resist including this precious pose
Which they wouldn't repeat for me - this one is more manly
Food was that good, huh, Daniel?
Jacob is the best massage-giver
Serity REALLY relishes head massages
The camera was the only witness for Keelian helping herself to more Jello
(after her shirt was put back on!)
Creighton ADORES his Uncle Devin
They are inseparable
We were celebrating Mom's birthday
Playing Mario Kart on the Wii
I told you they were inseparable!
Devin loves being an uncle
Toe-taste-testing
Fun family togetherness time
What?
Now he's ready with his dashing grin
Uncle Doug and Aunt Teresa came over with some surprise birthday gifts
They sure decked out the birthday girl so everyone would know
Mom wears it well, don't you think?
Ooh-la-la!
My "DB friends" (from working at Deseret Book) - Meliss & Gayle came to visit
Grandma Flegal and Becca
Happy to be getting better acquainted
Aunt Teresa invited a bunch of us girls in the family over for a luncheon
Four generation photo
\Henry (hiding), Ali, and Lottie (incredulous)
"Cousins" Lottie and Becca officially meet
Becca ("Can I take a nap yet?") and Lottie ("What's wrong with her?")
What a cute peanut
"Okay, I'm waving hi to you, Mom - can I sleep now?"
Friends forever and cousins too!
Becca got her wish for a nap
Never seen her nap so well in the midst of a party
The girls with their girls
Serity, Karina, Ali, and Katie - with Keelian, Becca, Lottie, James and Ellie
I love this cute baby!
Trent decided to make Becca a "baby pirate"
We went up Millcreek Canyon for Family Home Evening
(yes, I am wearing Jacob's pants and Grandpa Stratton's shirt - I didn't bring proper mountain attire)
Trent, hold Becca for a picture - not that way!
Not that way either!
Becca's tired of Uncle Trent's games
I think this shirt is adorable
No one can get enough of Becca
And she loves the attention
Keely and Shar
Daniel is hungry enough to eat Trent's face next
Mom and Dad, mid-bite, like the kind photographer that I am
"Lunch-box" is always excited about food
Sharlee and Trent's faces in the next few pictures amuse me -
but Stratton just wouldn't look at the camera
ha ha
Stratton is still eating, not to be disturbed
Even Uncle Trent doesn't phase him
I finally got him to look at me, but no smile
Back to eating the goodness of tin foil dinner
I just had to capture my happiness at being in the mountains
This was Becca's first time in the mountains
Trent and Becca in the kiddie chairs
What a charmer
Becca's still got the wrong end of the sippy cup
Daniel joins in on the "now give me an intelligent look" picture
Ric, Keely, Ser
Mom and Jacob
Figured out the sippy cup, Mom
Becca loves to be outside
"This chilly feeling is new, Mom - Texas doesn't get like this!"
All tuckered out
"My head is too big for this hat, Mom"
Taking the cousins swimming
We tried to get a picture with all of us
Take two, not much better
"Noooo...why would I be rummaging through my Mom's bag looking for food?"
Grandma came to pick us up from the pool
Happy girl
Ser and the girls
Look, Ser - you can totally handle having four kids
"Who DARES disturb my slumber!?!"
Serity modeling "Elephant Snot" - syrup
Lunch during Uncle Daniel's break
Rainbow girl
Rainbow twinners
We went to go visit Grandma Flegal and decided to sit out on the front lawn
"Waaa! We have to leave soon?!"
"Oh, that's good - we'll get to see Dad again."
I love pigtails!
Grandma and Becca
The weather was just beautiful for relaxing outside
Helpful Keelian picks a tomato from Grandma's garden
"No, I won't give it to you, Mom - it's mine, fair and square."
Trouble-maker...but a cute one
Becca loves to steal unsuspecting people's glasses
Two people I love
See this long hair?
Yeah, it's really long
I decided to chop it off
We started with removing a foot's worth
Take your last look!
Sharlee tries out a "wig" on Dad
No more hair for Becca to pull on
Eek! Look at that pile of hair! And that's not the part in the braid!
Becca playing blocks with Grandpa and Grandma
She likes to knock down what Grandpa builds
She got her teasing nature from Grandpa, I think
The flight back to Texas was better than her first, although I didn't have Devin to help me
We held a memorial service in Houston for Devin's dad on Saturday the 13th, the day after Becca and I arrived. There were hundreds of people in attendance. The program was much like the one at the funeral in Salt Lake, with some changes - like that I sang "For Good" with Alaire. It was amazing to see how many people's lives Dad has touched.
Devin left for a conference in St. Louis, immediately after the memorial service luncheon for the family. Becca and I made the decision to stay in Sugar Land with the family and help out for the next week. Devin joined us after his trip for a few days too.
Just a random picture taken while at the Moore's
Becca's first taste of candy - while Devin and I were sorting through Dad's closet, Becca thought she'd help herself to Dad's supply of Santa's candy canes, and actually opened one all on her own...You know that moment when you realize that things have been quiet for too long?? :)
We lost several videos that were taken while in Idaho, Utah, and Sugar Land - including 3 Friday videos. I was pretty devastated about it, but here's one from Sugar Land that survived - Becca learned how to get from a laying/crawling position to sitting:
After 3 weeks of being away from home (which seemed much longer than that!), on Saturday the 20th, Devin and Becca and I returned to College Station, and tried to get back into the normal routine. I taught Relief Society the day after we got home. We had our good friends, the Brimley's, over for Family Home Evening. I was so sick with such a bad sore throat for several days, that I finally went to the doctor - which I had never done before! Turned out to not be strep, for which I was grateful. We went to a fun Emergency Prep Fair in Bryan - Devin loved that we got to sit in the police car and tour a demo smoke house, a fire truck, and one of those huge vans that goes around filming disasters. And I loved that we got free seeds.
Here's Becca's developing crawl:
Back in the hot Texas climate
SO happy to be home with her favorite person: Daddy
They love to play together
We can't believe how fast she's growing up
Almost 8 months old
Other things of note the last week in August - we went out to dinner (which is rarer than rare!) at Chili's and got a flat tire for our efforts, we went to a good-bye dinner for Devin's colleague, Jon Re, and we had my friend, Nefilinda, over for a game night.
It was certainly a very full month - but we're grateful that we got to spend so much time with family.
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