Long Overdue

Ok, ok, I know it's been way too long. The last few weeks have been busy, but I really have no excuse. So, to start things off, we successfully navigated the road back from Texas to our cozy home in Orem. By "we" I mean "me" because Kate and Kennedy flew directly from San Antonio to St. George (courtesy of Johnson airlines, thanks Jer!) while I drove the 1,200 miles all by my lonesome. The drive really wasn't too bad, so I can't complain.

Erin is the one in blue. Her husband also did an internship with USAA and I was in the same class with him over the past year of school. We all became good friends over the summer and Erin was kind enough to fly with Kate and Kennedy then meet up with her family and husband in Las Vegas. She is also expecting soon, so I guess it worked out good for both.

Despite being totally nuts going out to Texas this summer and having a baby, we are really glad we did it. Who knows, maybe we'll move back next summer for a more long-term commitment.

Upon my arrival in St. George, I found this:

and this:

She's already got them wrapped around her miniscule finger.

Grandma Barb and Grandpa Kerry held a lovely barbeque in honor of Kennedy to introduce her to more of the Johnson side of the family. Here she is meeting her cousin Arden:

After taking those, I kinda forgot about the camera and didn't take any more pictures during the BBQ. However, to my delight I did find a few gems similar to this on there afterwards:

For those of you who don't recognize the face, that is my foolish, unshaven and elder brother Andy.

We had some car troubles while we were in St. George and ended up staying an extra day, which was good because we needed to take Kennedy to see grandma and grandpa great (Muir). It's a good thing we did too, because grandma elicited what we believe were some non-gassy smiles out of Kennedy and I had the camera handy.

We are glad to be home, and despite the fact that we are still dealing with unpacking all of our boxes, things are going great. We missed Utah.