First Stop: Idaho

We were sad to say goodbye to cousins in Utah, and were glad we had more cousins to look forward to seeing.

I was surprised to see the similarities in these girls' facial features, especially because they're not just first cousins, but second cousins.

I was impressed with how much these girls helped out! What a happy home. We enjoyed a fun, Dutch Oven dinner with the Jacksons and out-of-this-world pizza with the Shelleys. (Robyn will be posting more pics. from our trip on her blog).

The girls loved holding these cute bunnies. It was fun for them to experience a little bit more of what life in the country can be like.

Aunt Renee was nice about letting us play with her chinchillas and giving us some yummy desserts. We were sorry we missed the rest of her family this time.

We were glad to get to see Aunt Korin and a lot of the other Fivecoats. The girls thought all of their dogs were pretty fun. I liked how Alexander called his play dinosaurs "my angel dinosaurs" when he was fighting with them and wanted to pretend they were dead.

Aunt Glenda wanted a picture of us with our Das Buch Mormon. When we first found out we might be moving to Germany, it was Robyn's idea to read The Book of Mormon, a book we'd already been reading as a family every night, in German to help us learn the language. I thought it would be way too hard, and would not last for more than a few days.

At first, we couldn't even pronounce anything, let alone know what it meant. But, with Myles' help and Robyn's desire to stick with it, we have improved our pronunciation and our understanding over the last several months!

The other night when I was reading a chapter book (in English) to the girls at bedtime, I saw the word "was" and almost said "vas." I take this as a good sign!