Monday, December 19, 2011

he's home!

My younger brother as been living in Chile serving an LDS mission for the past 2 years, and he finally came home on Tuesday! Sadly, we weren't able to make it down to St. George until the weekend. But we had a fun little reunion once we got there!
The boys went shooting all day Saturday, Alycia and I bummed around town with my parents, we got to hangout with extended family, and we definitely ate until we were sick.... all.weekend.long. We also visited the Temple to see the lights and listen to the nativity message. Such a perfect way to remember the meaning of Christmas! 
Now you see the reason we were sick.... YUMMY!
Not a good picture at all but it's all the grandkids (minus 3)
Clearly Eric does NOT want to be taking a picture... but when he realized we'd been picture sniped he was much happier.
 we had a hair braiding train :)
There are no words....

I love my family! I'm so glad I got to spend a happy, fun, sunny weekend with them! Oh, and WELCOME HOME Derrick :)

P.S. I have a question for all my blogger savvy friends.... why in the heck are my posts on separate pages now? I have them programmed to show multiple posts on one page, but starting last week they only have 1 post per page (including on the mobile device format) It's driving me crazy, and I have no clue how to fix it!?!

31 comments:

Jamie Leigh said...

LOVE all the pictures! So happy to hear your brother is finally home, how exciting for you and your family!

Lauren said...

I'm so glad your brother is home! :) Just in time for Christmas! Love your pictures! Looks like so much fun!

Shannon @ Bungalow960 said...

What happy pictures! I also ate until I was sick this weekend. I guess it's just the thing to do!

Pamela said...

So happy for you & your family!! That's wonderful! :) Glad he is back safe. Love the pictures! The temple is beautiful!! You have several posts on one page today!!

Lindsay [Elle Elizabeth] said...

Looks like you had a fabulous weekend :) As for your posts only showing 1 at a time.... I would check your settings and look at the posts and comments tab. Maybe something got set in there somehow on mistake??

Laura said...

Yay! How fun your brother is home...and just in time for Christmas too!! I had a post that did that too, even though the settings weren't set that way, really weird!

... said...

How awesome he is home! Congrats girl!

Anonymous said...

how cool that your brother is home! That's definitely something that will make the holidays mores special :)

J and A said...

Ah I love that your brother is home! I haven't had cotton candy in years, so fun.

Mrs. Robinson said...

Hey Courtney! :)

You've received The Versatile Blogger Award!

Here's the link.... http://mynewwifelife.blogspot.com/2011/12/versatile-blogger-award.html

I picked you because I love your blog. I love blogs about love and marriage. :) You're always an interesting read! Thank you for blogging & Merry Christmas!

Shay said...

SO HAPPY for your family! Must be so nice having him home and hearing all of his fun stories! Love the pictures!

Suget said...

YAy! Welcome home Derrick! What a lovely time you guys had. You both are lovely ladies!!

Marli said...

awwww! yay! more than one post is appearing on my computer...maybe it's just on mobile devices.

Amanda said...

Love all the pictures! Glad you had so much fun! I can see multiple posts on one page though... So I don't see the issue here :-/

Emma said...

You and your hubby are adorable! Thanks for following my blog. :) Love new friends!

<3Emma

Daniela said...

great pictures! Looks like you have fun with all that cotton candy lol And your posts, for me, all a few on the same page...so I don't know!

Ashley {hudson's happenings} said...

Beautiful FAMILY! So happy your bro is home!

I love your cute hat, Courtney!! You always look adorable. :)

& that nativity scene is beautiful...we went to a live nativity last night, and I forgot my camera! :(

Candace Shiflet said...

yay family!! I cannot WAIT for my twin brother to get home next October. ahh!! :) haha

Lovely Little Rants

Shelley said...

It's so gorgeous there! And you guys are such a cute couple! That's awesome your brothers home!!

from head 2 toe said...

Yaay! What a fun family filled weekend!

Liesl said...

How exciting!!! Must be wonderful to have your younger brother back and what fun pictures of all of you! Enjoy every moment and Happy Holidays!

Liesl :)

Chase + Destiny said...

how exciting!!! I bet you love having him back. Hope you have a amazing christmas.

Sean Marie said...

Glad he's home and bless him for the work he's done! Happy holidays to you and your family. :)

Stesha said...

welcome home!!! Very exciting!!

xo
Classic & Bubbly

Alexa said...

Love the pics! So special to have him home! :)

kyna... said...

It's still crazy to me to see Alycia on your blog! ha ha! I seriously never knew you guys were SIL's...
♥ Kyna

Mrs. Pancakes said...

Congrats to your bro coming home! How exciting!

The Dainty Dolls House said...

Gorgeous photos!! Great to see all the smiles!! I hope you have a wonderful holiday time!! xx

Melanie said...

You have such a cute fam! Welcome home to your brother, AND I want to steal your so adorb little hat! You always look super duper beautiful! LOVE the last shot of you and hubs! Sending you BIG hugs........!

Laynah said...

Hey, one of my real good friends is serving in Chile right now! Maybe they know eachother :) I've been sitting here catching up on your blog, you look like you had a great christmas. Here's hoping for a fantastic 2012, right?!

Chavez said...

You and your hubby are adorable! Thanks for following my blog. :) Love new friends! <3Emma

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