The day was really busy and I have way too many photos so I am going to have to leave a lot of cute ones out. Trevor and Kieran ran errands this morning with us, then lots of other family came over.

The sign read “Baby Sale” so Trevor took Kieran to see how much he could get for him.

We picked up a toy explosion about 10 times per adult.

Brendan taught Gizmo to love pretzels so he was begging Ashley for hers!

Trevor is helping Ashley practice

We did a little photoshoot with Rhys

Ashley and Gizmo are best buddies

Grampa Dusty set up all the trains for the boys

Kieran says, “Let me out!”

Caleb finally came to complete the cousinpallooza-minus-Brendan. Caleb and Trevor had a blast.

I’ve got a cutie Kieran!

I cuddled a cutie Rhys too! I just need some Caleb cuddles to complete the weekend.

Warning – high pitched toddler screaming. The boys were really happy to see each other.

Trevor and Caleb try to “do karate” with Ashley

We enjoyed a very good meal with Gramma’s Aunt Honey and her cousin Bill and his wife Cathy. They’ve travelled from Tennessee to be here.

Brendan and Bill had a “quiet” day at home. I am missing them very much!!

We made it!

I had to peel Trevor out of bed at 5:45am and head to the airport. We had to fly to Los Angeles for a plane change on the way, there were no direct flights. We took off from L.A. headed west and did a big loop over the water. I did not really expect to see the Pacific Ocean this morning on my way to Illinois.
When we were descending in to Milwaukee, we took a big wide turn extra east over Lake Michigan.

Trevor was a super good boy to handle all of the hustle and checking bags, SkyTrain, security check, plane change, etc. We watched our connecting plane pull in to the gate and saw our own bags come up on the baggage train and get loaded up.

Heather had a wonderful hot meal waiting for us, thanks very much! Shannon and Kieran also arrived safely. We all enjoyed the meal and the company but felt the hole left by Great-Grandma’s absence. Today she would have been 93yrs old.

Trevor slept for more than two hours on the plane, so of course he is wide awake at 11PM (9:00PM AZ time).

Today was a whirlwind. We interviewed a new nurse this morning and that went very well. We have a crazy month ahead of us and need the help!

I woke up today not knowing whether or not I was going to be able to attended the funeral services, it seemed out of reach. But after being on the phone pretty much all day getting things planned out, we were able to book some plane tickets. Southwest actually had very reasonable last minute fares and as soon as I was done paying for the tickets, I was able to check in and print boarding passes! Weird!
Bill and Brendan will be staying home, Trevor and I will be leaving the house at 6am tomorrow and coming back on Tuesday night.

I have been doing laundry, shopping for shoes, packing and prepping and going a little bit more crazy, so I didn’t take pictures. I just have this cheat photo of the boys getting super dirty out front.

This is going to be quite a weekend since I was so unprepared! We just got back from Libertyville! Our grief is strong and emotions are high, but I am very much looking forward to seeing everyone again so soon and I hope everything goes smoothly.