Friday, October 15, 2010

First few days in Maryland

Our first day was spent traveling. On our flight from Seattle to Chicago, I told Em how good a Cinnabon sounded. I jumped up and down with glee when I spotted one at the Chicago airport right where our gate was. How random is that?!
We've spent the majority of our time just hanging out, playing with the babies and eating good food.
It has been fun to see Noah and Lyla together again:
About to go for a walk with Aunt Katie,
Diaper party!

Eating chips and guac together at the kids table,
Lyla quietly playing with Playdoh.
Noah warmed up to me after a few days. He would hardly look at me at first.
Uncle Scott was so kind to wash Lyla's dirty feet.
The first day, I noticed this furry creature hanging out by a neighbor's porch that I thought was a cat. It turns out at closer inspection that it's a GROUNDHOG! Supposedly they are nuisances that burrow under people stoops and eat all of their plants, but I thought that it was absolutely awesome to see a real groundhog in person.
Holly and Emily dove right in making flower fairies. I'll post a picture of one later.
Today we went to the Amish market and checked out all the goodies. We all got one of their famous soft pretzels. We went on to the temple where we got the baptism and confirmation work done on behalf of our grandpa Rostad. We plan on going back and doing more work for that side of the family.


We were here just last year to witness Noah getting sealed to Scott and Holly. That was a special day.

Next we drove through D.C. I really enjoyed checking out the beautiful fall foliage.