Flying to Nana's House

If you remember Maher loves airplanes.  We talk about them all the time and every talk ends with, "Mommy do you think today we can ride on an airplane?"  We finally had the chance to fly and Maher was so excited that everyday we had to go over what day we were flying and how many days we still had to wait!  We flew to Nana's house so that we could drive to Uncle Matty's Transitional Deaconate Ordination, and afterward Uncle Matty baptized cousin George! To say the least this was a holy weekend and one of the best reasons to fly!  Maher knew about all the reasons for our trip but he really only cared about Nana's house, and that's all we talked about.

 

Starting the trip off with breakfast at the airport!

Getting ready for our first take off!

Thumbs up to go!

Second flight making sure we are safe!

So excited, two plane rides in one day!

After our flights we rented a car, which Maher was surprisingly not that concerned about.  He acted like we rent cars all the time and this was no big deal!  We had a nice dinner with the Blaxton family at Nana's house but missed Nana, Uncle Bill and Stephanie since they went to stay closer to the ordination.

On our way to see Uncle Matty become a Deacon!

Uncle Matty and the newly ordained Deacons!
Afterwards Uncle Matty preformed his first sacrament and baptized cousin George

What a blessing it is to have our brother baptize our children!

The HEBI Family

 One of the better photos of our rugged crews, running around is just more fun when you're little!

We had a reception after and enjoyed some more family time before we headed back to Nana's house for the rest of our trip.

As we came into St. Louis the Arch was a beautiful sight with the sun setting behind it, Maher captured this shot.  (I had about 50 most of them just had the head rest, a hand or a foot in the photo)

We got some frozen custard with the Ellis', Nana,
 Uncle Bill, and Stephanie.  Maher enjoyed it.

Maher and Daddy got a nice treat the next day and got some alone time together exploring the City Museum.  Maher LOVED all of it and I am glad they got to have a special adventure together!

Before our flights out we visited the butterfly house with the Blaxton's, Gia, and Uncle Matty.

Uncle Philip-Pie had a butterfly land on him as soon as we walked in!

My "happy" campers that weren't so into having pictures taken

Good looking group!

Checking out the cocoons for the butterflies

Maher's view

Smashed penny souvenirs

Carousel riders

Our flights home were a little, well a lot delayed, and thankfully Maher took a nap on the plane!

The next day Maher took a 3 hour nap to help recover.

What fun we had visiting family and spending time with them!  What a blessing it is to be with the ones we love!