The summer of fun continued while Kyri was here visiting. We made a hair brained trip to Yosemite National Park. It was a 15hr drive and we stayed one night. It was beautiful and we had fun visiting with Beth, George, Dan and Devery. That was the last of our major road trips for the summer. Or so we thought....however we found out about a week before Kyri was to leave that Stanley's rotations schedule was changed. He would be away from Portland for 2 months in a row. So we decided to cancel Kyri's airline ticket and all drive to Arizona to stay with my family for 2 months. I opted to stay with family and visit for 2 months rather than be at home in Portland alone. Kyri, Isaac, Isabella, and I packed up and were gone within a few days. We made the 25hr drive in 3 days and visited with friends and family along the way.
The kiddos and I had a great time in Arizona. We had fun seeing most of our friends and got to visit with lots of family!! Grandma and Grandpa loved having the kids living with them. Although it made for some sleepless nights and crazy days. I had so much fun hanging out with my sister-in-law Devery. We did something together almost everyday. Lucie and Isabella had a blast playing together.
Isaac turned 1 in Aug and Stan was able to fly down for his birthday party. Isaac walked the same weekend Stan came to visit. ( I think Isaac was just waiting for his Daddy before he would show off his skills.) It was so nice to see Stan for a few days.
Isabella started potty training 1 week before we left, so that was a "fun" challenge this summer. It is so nice to only change 1 babies diaper!
Our anniversary was in Sept and luckily Stan was able to fly to Las Vegas for pretty cheap. So the kids and I drove to Vegas and Beth and George watched the kids for 2 nights while Stanley and I stayed at Circus Circus. We had so much fun just being together and were excited that we had to opportunity to see each other for our anniversary. However after a short weekend he left again. We decided if we had a choice we would never be apart that long again. 2 months is way too much!!!
Finally Stan's rotations were over so my mom drove back to Portland with us and then flew home conference weekend. It was a fun, crazy eventful summer. The kids and I had so much fun but were are all glad to be back!
Here are some pictures from our various activities...
Enjoying the park and Dinner with Kyri. 
