Family Night Activity

So, for our family night activity Darrin and I had an airplane making and flying contest. We each picked a model to make and then we flew them down the hallway in our apartment. (Too bad it was raining, we needed more room to fly them!)

The first model we made was "The Dart." We struggled with this one. It wouldn't fly very far. It usually just ended up going in spirals.

The second model we made was "The Moth." This was by far the best airplane! It flew the longest distance!



(The Dart is on the left, The Moth is on the right)

                                                 "The Moth" Airplane!

Crib!

We finally ordered a crib (after looking for months and waiting for good deals)! With the crib here it was finally time to unpack boxes from the second bedroom and get the room ready for a little baby! We spent Friday cleaning and organizing the room and putting the crib together. The room is still coming along but the crib looks so good! It is still a little crazy to think that we have a crib in our house and soon a baby will be here as well but we are excited!

Raspberry Picking and Jam Making!

Darrin and I went to a Raspberry Patch on Friday to pick some fresh raspberries! We picked 4 pints of raspberries in the nice Ohio heat and humidity. We enjoyed picking them, eating them, and making raspberry jam! I think we will go back for some more to make raspberry ice cream!




Picking the Raspberries

                                             Making delicious Raspberry Jam!

Summer Fun!

Darrin and I had the opportunity to go to Utah for almost 2 months. We enjoyed being able to spend time with family and friends. While we were there we enjoyed:

• Farmington Festival Days
• Hikes in the beautiful mountains
• Boating
• Orange Leaf frozen yogurt
• Costa Vida and Firehouse
• Buying a Honda Pilot (which made it back to Ohio without any problems!!)
• Bountiful Handcart Day Parade and Fireworks
• East Canyon and more skiing!
• A road trip to Colorado with mom and grandma for a friends wedding
• A free repel (120 ft) down Corona Arch (Darrin did that)
• BBQ's, lunches and dinners with friends
• Family Reunions
• A baby shower
• and finally Nikki was able to see her brother return from his mission in Peru. 

We were so glad to be able to spend time back at home with our loved ones. We miss you already but we are glad to be back in Ohio and are grateful for the friends we have out here who feel like family.
Enjoy a few pictures from our summer adventures!

Chelsee's Wedding in Colorado

 Baby Shower Tree, Center Piece, and baby doll and basket made by "Grandma" Cyrrena Welch

                                                        

  Night before school starts pedicure

First day of 7th Grade                                                 

First day of 3rd Grade                            

                             Elder Welch coming down the escalator and giving mom the first hug!

                                                            The car ride home

   Elder Welch and his life sized picture!

                                                  Family picture with the "charros" from Peru

Baby Burnham

Today was the day that baby Burnham made its reveal!

We went to the doctor's office and had an ultrasound done. After trying to get a shy little baby to move around, we were able to see what we are having.
We had all of our family up for dinner and to make the big announcement. We had 8 blue balloons and 8 pink balloons on the floor with papers inside each one. We popped the balloons and got in "It's a Girl" group and "It's a Boy" group. The group with the most people in it was what we are having.
So.....

Baby Burnham is now our little Baby GIRL Burnham!

Our week of adventures!

This last week we had the chance to drive down to Kentucky to meet Nikki's new cousin Jason and attend Kelsey's ballet recital. It was great to be with family! We love visiting them. Our visit was short but fun. We left Kentucky, drove to Ohio to drop off our car, and rode with grandma in her "gangster" car (a Chevy HHR) up to Michigan.
While we were in Michigan, we were able to attend the graduation of Dylan. It was outside and extremely hot but we were glad we could support Dylan in his great accomplishment! That was also a short visit but we enjoyed the company.
We left Michigan on Thursday morning and headed back to Ohio with Grandma. While driving home, we had an encounter with a trash bag on the freeway. It ended up puncturing the radiator in the car. Luckily it was a rental car and we were able to get another car to finish our journey home.
Grandma spent Thursday and part of Friday with us. We enjoyed a pedicure while Darrin worked and drove her around town to show her places. We also introduced her to Dorothy Lane Market "Killer Brownies!" Friday was our 2 year anniversary! We were able to celebrate our anniversary at Murphin Ridge Inn . It was in the quiet Amish Country of Ohio. It was so relaxing and enjoyable. The Inn keepers were so friendly and their breakfast was delicious! We enjoyed some hikes around the area (we got to see Stone Hedge!), we also enjoyed sitting around the fire pit and a game of shuffle board. It was a great relaxing vacation!


Our Swing on the front porch of the cabin









                                                            Our quiet, relaxing cabin

Stone Hedge!                                                                The name of our cabin

One Little...Two Little...

One Little ...















                                                    
                                                                                  Two Little...             

 

                                                                        THREE LITTLE INDIANS!
                                                       (Or maybe Ohio-ians)                                                                    

We are thrilled to announce the arrival of our little one in November!  Mom and baby are growing and doing great so far!