Visiting Family & Craig's Interviews

She always loves to look at the safety instructions

On Saturday January 24th we flew out of Memphis and headed back to Boise.  Craig had set up some interviews with a few different doctors in the Boise area and for once we were able to get a decent price on tickets so Brooklyn and I decided to go with him.  Craig only took one week off of work, which is really only 3 1/2 days (this rotation is awesome), but Brooklyn and I decided to stay an extra week.  Brooklyn did great on the flights, like usual.  Luckily our flights were pretty empty and we always had an extra seat next to us, so she was able to have more room to play. It was fun to go home this time and have Brooklyn actually remember people, although for some reason she was a little freaked out by my brother Tucker, but she luckily warmed up to Uncle DoDo soon enough.  Monday through Thursday of the first week Craig stayed busy talking with 5 different Optometry offices.  Most of them could only offer him a few days a week, but there was one that has the potential to be full time, but sadly we won't know anything about that one for another few months.  We are keeping our fingers crossed to be able to get back to the Boise area, but are willing to look elsewhere if needs be.  Thursday afternoon we headed up to McCall with Craig's parents and his brother Mark's family.  Brooklyn loved seeing all the snow and having the fireplace always going.  Friday morning we headed to our favorite spot for breakfast, The Pancake House and then let Brooklyn run aroun in the snow.

It happened to be the Winter Carnival while we were there so we had a lot of fun going to some of those activities.  Friday evening we went into town to watch the fireworks. Getting Brooklyn dressed in her snow clothes was a chore.  She hates wearing coats and gloves and all of that type of stuff.  Luckily Audrey put on her snow stuff, so then Brooklyn wanted to put on hers. Brooklyn thought they were so pretty, but she kept saying "loud, loud" so we had to cover her ears.  We were a little close then we normally are when we watch fireworks.  Pops bought Brooklyn and her cousin Audrey glow sticks and we all shared yummy hot chocolate.

getting all bundled up to go watch the fire works

On Saturday we headed into town late morning and let the kids go sledding and then watched the parade.  Brooklyn was a little hesitant to go sledding first but Craig convinced her and then she didn't want to stop. Brooklyn loved watching all of the trucks and floats go by in the parade.  She also liked that they threw out candy and bead necklaces, well she wasn't such a fan when one hit her on the face when she was sitting on Pop's shoulders, but she quickly got over that and was back on Craig's shoulders soon.  That afternoon and evening we just hung out at the cabin and had a great dinner.  Sunday morning we cleaned up and drove back down to Boise.  Craig packed up all of his stuff and then we dropped him off at the airport and Brooklyn and I headed over to my parents house to stay there the next week.

The next week was pretty chill at my parent's house.  Brooklyn slept really well the whole time we were in Boise.  Most days she would let me get my workout in before she even woke up and if she didn't then Grandma would watch her so I could go to the gym.  I was able to get my hair cut and go to the dentist while I was in town (love free babysitting).  Brooklyn had a lot of fun playing with Grandma's little rocking chair and also the kangaroo, which she kept tackling.  She also loved grandma's big daddy tub that she took bubble bathes in.  She also took advantage of the trampoline in the backyard.  She even got both feet off of the tramp at the same time a few times. We were able to see my sisters and their families and spend time with my little brother who Brooklyn and her cousin call DoDo.  She also calls her aunt Missy, MiMi.  By the end of the trip she was starting to get Grama down, we are still working on that one a little bit.  We were able to go watch one of Tucker's varsity basketball games. I was also able to go to the temple when my cousin received her endowments, luckily I had my recommend with me and I could borrow my mom's temple clothes.  My mom had the whole family over for dinner a few times, which made it really easy to get to see everyone.

Brooklyn's favorite toy at Nana and Pop's, even after he bucked her off.  Everytime she would get on him after that she would pet him and say" nice horse, no buck"

LJ and brooklyn watching DoDo pay basketball

Brooklyn and I then flew out of Boise early the morning of Saturday February 7th.  Luckily she was tired enough that she slept for about 50 minutes on the first flight.  We still had the extra seat next to us on both flights, which was good because she just wanted to keep doing the buckle (she is really good at it),  In Minneapolis during our layover she just wanted to keep doing the moving walk ways, but she didn't want me to go with her. So I had to walk along the side of it, one guy got kind of freaked out when he walked past her and thought she was all by herself.  She went up and back the same walkway at least 5 times.  She fell getting on every time but the last, but she refused to let me help her. We also played in the play area for a while to burn off some energy.  She did well on the last leg of the flight except for when she fell of the seat because she was playing peek-a-boo with the people behind us.  She fell into the aisle and bumped her lip on the arm rest across the aisle.  she only cried for a few minutes, but her lip bled and swelled up pretty good.  She was so excited to Craig.  She yelled DADDY so loud when she saw him pulling up in the car. We were able to get her home in time to take a nap, which is good because I had to wake her up at 4:45 that morning. We were both ready to be home, but we had a really great trip.  Now just playing the waiting game with Craig's job situation.

Of Course Mickey had to be buckled in