4 New Posts and Guatemala!

Craig served his mission in Guatemala and last
fall we found a great deal to go back. We were
all pretty nervous but it turned out just great.
This is the day that we got there after flying all
night.

Our Hotel room in Guatemala City, one of the nicer
hotels there (thank goodness).

We went to Antigua. We had a walking tour of
the little city. It was Beautiful. You couldn't drink
water any where so we went through tons of bottled
water. Liz and Andy were able to go with us.

Craig on one of the Cobblestone Streets of Antigua.

We stay in this little hotel in Chichicastenago it made
us feel like we were camping. They barely had running
water.

A view of the little shops being set up Sunday
Market.

All the Mayan's out on the streets selling
the goods that they had made. We had a great
time moving through all the people trying
to barter and find our souvenirs.

A very colorful above ground Cemetery.

We found an LDS Church in Panajachel. We
were so excited.

Lake Atitlan. Isn't it beautiful.

We were able to go visit the Ruins at Tikal. We
loved it. It was super hot that day and there
was tons of walking so we were extremely dead
by the end of the day but are really glad we went.

The Jungle and the Mayan Temples at Tikal.

One of Craig's area's from the Mission.

When Craig was there on his mission
he and his companion stayed with this
cute little old lady. She happens to still
live there and we were able to go and visit
and see where Craig lived.

Leaving our Hotel to come home. We had a great
time, everything was very interesting. Scary sometimes
but everything went very well. We were glad we went but
were also glad to come home to see Lincoln. Thanks
Liz and Andy for going with us and Thanks mom and
dad for taking good care of Lincoln. That made going much
easier.

Lincoln's Second Birthday!

We had Lincoln's second birthday on May 6, 2010.
Lincoln loves Mickey Mouse so we decided to
have a Mickey Mouse Birthday. I made this cake.
I think it turned out pretty cute and Lincoln loved
it.

Blowing out his candles. He loved looking at his
cake and blowing out the candles but he
didn't even want to eat any of it.

Lincoln did great opening presents this year.
He would tear off little pieces at a time and hand
them each to me. As soon as he would get one
open he would want to play with each toy and
didn't want to continue opening more. He loved
everything he got. We had Nana and Papa there,
Uncle Al and Grandma and Grandpa Fryer. We also
had the neighbors over. Thanks everyone for the great
things you gave Lincoln.

He made a haul. He also got a swing set for the
backyard. I think Lincoln had a great time
at his birthday. I can't believe my baby is
2 already time goes by so fast. He is getting
so big and keeps us laughing or crying all the
time. He is now saying some really funny things
and he talks all the time. He is one busy body, he never
stops moving. He loves his mom and dad
a lot and shows us all the time with Kisses and hugs.
We sure love our Lincoln and are glad he was sent
to our family.

No more Binky!

When we got back from Washington DC I was
a little unsure of what to do about this lovely
binky. Link became very dependent on this
while we were in DC and it got two holes in it.
I knew that we were leaving in a few days for
Guatemala and that he would be staying with
my mom. I thought I could either try and get
him to give it up or get a new one for him to
take to my moms.

I decided that I would cut a hole in it and give
it back to him to see what happened. He sucked it
for a few minutes and then gave it to me and said
it was broken. I had him throw it in the garbage.
After that he asked about it for a couple days and
I had him tell me what happened to it but he
never really cried or asked for a new one. So
I am happy to say we are Binky Free. It is so weird
to think my little baby doesn't use a binky anymore.
He looks so much older without it in his mouth all the time.

It just so happened that we got rid of the Binky
the same day as Lincoln's 2nd Birthday. We
knew that we weren't going to have a party until
a few days later so we had a little party for just the
three of us. We took Lincoln to the Dinosaur Museum
(one of his favorite places to go) and then came home and
had Green Cupcakes.

Ever since we came home from Disneyland Lincoln
has talked about going on the boat ride there. Which
is It's a small world. He makes us sing the song over
and over again. One day we showed him a clip of the ride
from You tube, now this is a daily occurrence. This is
a picture of him sitting in a box watching It's a small world.

Washington DC!

Craig had to go to Washington DC on Business
the last week of April and so Lincoln and I
went with him. We also got to see a few of the
sites while we were there. Us at the
Lincoln Memorial.

Craig at the Capitol Building.

Link and I went to the Local Petting Zoo,
they had a bunch of very random
Animals. We thought this little pig
was so cute!

In front of the Beautiful Washington Temple.

We went to Mt. Vernon. Link didn't want his
picture taken. We had a nice time while we were
there. We got to go swimming and play, it was
nice not to be stuck home alone.