Texas Time

Sadly, our time in Texas had to come to an end and we headed home to Indy this morning.  As a final post, and farewell to our trip, here are a few more fun memories and pictures to share!

I love how chill and happy our little dude is!

Alec earned his Eagle Scout Award some time ago, but waited to have his Eagle Court of Honor until we could all be there.  He worked hard and we were so excited to be able to celebrate this awesome achievement with him!!!

Here he is- the newest Allen Eagle Scout!!!

The very elite Eagle's Nest! (hehe- I love this picture!)

Congrats Alec- we are so proud of you!!!

Just a little background- Jared's family has one of Prince's brothers- whose name is Scrappy.  But when Linken walked in and saw him he instantly called him Frankie!  As it turned out, Tori and Linken, and a bunch of the rest of us as a joke, called Scrappy Frankie for the remainder of our trip.  So, here is Garrett making friends with Frankie!!!

Yesterday was a pretty great day for our family.  We were able to be there for Grayson's baby blessing and it marked the first time our little family has all been able to attend church together since the end of November!  It was so fun to be our matchy-matchy family again- you may think us nerds, but it is actually a really fun Sunday tradition!!!

Our little drool monster!!!

Last night we had a wonderful Family Home Evening about fathers.  My favorite part was when every father in the room shared how they felt when they became fathers- it was really a sweet and very spiritual experience!  For our activity we played pictionary.  I'm so glad I didn't get any of Dillon's words- they were crazy!  There was a lot of good drawing and even better guessing going on!  Tori was a big help to whomever was drawing at the time!!!

It must have been the boys turn to guess- they all look very focused- even Grayson!!!

Love this one of Tori and Uncle Derek- these two are the best of buddies!!!

If you were wondering why I was so stressed about flying- here is all of our stuff!  I think we packed great, but that is still a ton of stuff to lug around an airport along with two kids!  But we made it home and once again things went smoothly!!!

Tonight, Tori took all of her "podies" to bed with her- she was one happy little girl!  Thanks again, Uncle Alec!!!

It really is a bitter sweet to be home again.  Thanks to all our family for a fabulous time in Texas- we can't wait to come back again!!!