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.

Bird House!

We found this cute Bird House at
the Dollar Store today and Lincoln
had a great time painting it. He spent
a lot of time working on it and actually painted
the whole thing.

Didn't he do a great job!

Disneyland!

This last week we were able to go to
Disneyland with Todd and Joelle and Grandma
and Grandpa Fryer. We had a great time.
Lincoln seemed to love every minute of it.

The first day we were there we went to
Down Town Disney and while the girls
did some shopping Lincoln stayed outside to
do some playing and climbing.

Walking with Grandma and Grandpa Fryer.

Riding the Elephant Ride (that is what Link
called it)

Meeting Mickey Mouse. Lincoln
was so excited to see them from far away
but the minute it was our turn to get up
close he got a little scared. I think it
was because they aren't quite as big on TV
as in real life.

Meeting Minnie.

YUM! Mickey Ice Cream. Thinking skinny
before we ate these yummy ice creams.

Lincoln and daddy on Pirates. Every time a ride
was over Lincoln would say "me more". He loved
going on rides and hated having to get off to get
back in line.

The cousins seeing Winnie the Pooh.

Dancing at the street Parade.

Lincoln didn't want any of the good ice cream
there but he did love these Mickey Mouse suckers.

We got to go to the beach one day and play in the
sand. He had a blast.

Craig and I got this yummy Carmel Apple and
I asked Lincoln to hold it so I could take a picture
and the first thing he did was try to take a bite out
of it. It was so good.

Swimming at the Pool at our house with Grandma.

The "F" in the California Adventure sign is for
Fryer right?

It was so hot most of the days that we went through
so many drinks. Lincoln picked out this yummy
Apple Slurpee.

This has got to be one of my favorite pictures from
our trip. These glasses were Ella's and Lincoln
had a great time with them. Every time he would
put them on he would get so excited.

Finding Nemo ride. Lincoln loved watching all the
things under water on this ride.

This was on our last tram ride back to the car.
We had a great time in Disneyland and loved being
able to be there with our family.

Easter Part 2

We decided it would be fun
to let Lincoln dye some eggs for Easter, so
we decided to color them at Nana and Papa's.

We started getting everything ready by putting
the little tablets in cups and while we were putting
water in the cups Lincoln decided that the tablets
were candy so he grabbed one of the cups took out
the pink tablet and put it in his mouth.

Well of course Craig and I started freaking out
which made Lincoln start screaming. We
ran him to the bathroom and washed his mouth out.
He didn't eat very much but it was very scary. What
a great way to start out our first year of egg coloring.

After that things went much better and Lincoln
seemed to have a great time coloring his eggs.
He loved seeing how they changed colors.

Showing off his blue egg.

Lincoln blowing on the eggs trying to
get them to dry.

The Easter bunny made it to our house this year.
And we all got a lot of great things. Here is Lincoln's
basket full of fun things.

I was surprised how much Lincoln enjoyed hunting
for eggs. He couldn't seem to pile enough of them in
his arms. He loved every minute of it and we
sure had fun watching him.

Our family Easter Picture.

Lincoln testing out all the candy.

We went to the mall on Saturday and were hoping to
find an Easter Bunny that Lincoln could see and
sure enough they happened to have one at the Build
a Bear Store.

Lincoln was so impressed by the bunny and
had a great time feeling her soft fur. He just
kept saying Rabbit, Rabbit.

I thought after posting the picture of
Lincoln and the Cat looking out the Window I would
post one of Craig and Lincoln looking
out the window. Aren't they cute!
Lincoln sure loves his daddy.

And last but not least my lovely
26 1/2 week pregnant picture and
my fun new hair cut.