Labor Day in Idaho

Fred and I had planned on going to visit Corinne's family over Labor Day. It conveniently included Garrett's twelve birthday. We wanted to attend his ordination.

As time passed and Corinne had friends offer to give her a baby shower,

I suggested asking to have it over Labor Day so I could attend.

They agreed. Then Shannon said she wanted to come. When Mima heard her Mommy was leaving her, she cried. So Shannon brought Mima for the weekend.

So it turned out to be a pretty big and important weekend. 

Day 1

Fred and I drove to Las Vegas to catch our flight. All went well.

Once we got to the Boise airport we headed to Baggage Claim.

To our surprise everyone was there to greet us.

Richard and Garrett wanted to drive with us.

Oh - we reserved a mid-size car, but ended up with this luxury Mazda CX9.

 Yep let the fun begin.

 We stopped at Taco Bell to pick up food and then headed to a park across the street.

 Corinne and Ben brought drinks and dessert.

Yum!

 My silly girls.

 We headed back to our hotel and changed clothes so Corinne could take us on a tour of the temple.

Basically showing us behind the scenes of her work space.

We were walking down to the Baptistry and found Tom Rutter sitting at the check in desk.

Now that was so wonderful. Unfortunately Laura wasn't there.

She had a work commitment.

 It was beautiful outside. Perfect weather. Quite a relief from our heat.

 I'm in love with this picture of us.

 Shannon and Mima arrived Thursday morning. They slept in one of the boy's room that night.

They joined us at the hotel for the rest of their stay.

This is Mima avoiding looking at me in undies. 

A perfect first day. It was so cute to watch Henry and Mima play. 

They were born two days apart. Mima on the 9th and Henry on the 11th of October.