Brisbane

Oh, Brisbane. I love this city. I miss this city. I don't miss the traffic, but I miss everything else about it.
We drove the 10 hrs (thank-you 'Diego', 'The Gruffulo', and 'natural connfectionary' lollies) for a long weekend earlier this month to see baby Lucia's blessing and a body building competition that just so happened to be on the same weekend... lucky Joe. I must admit, I really enjoyed the body building event. It even inspired me to want to get a nice and fit physic after this baby and maybe, just maybe, hit the gym!

But unfortunately, we didn't get to see baby Lucia's blessing. She was admitted to hospital just a day before we arrived and was there for about a week. It was so sad to see her for the first time in a hospital, but she was in good spirits and adorable as ever. It actually felt like we were visiting her at hospital for her birth! She was still so small and newborn like... fresh and perfect! It made me excited about our little bub, and I loved seeing how Noah and Elly interacted with her. Elly especially was in love, and I got to see a sweet and nurturing side to her which was so lovely.

Irma is a trooper. She spent the whole time (a week!) in a small room, in the hospital, with hospital food,with a tiny bed, an awkward big chair, and very little to see and do all while taking good care of her precious baby girl. She is a wonderful mummy and there is nothing she wouldn't do for her girls.

It was so nice to see family and for the kids to enjoy spending time with their cousins and abuelita and abuelito. I forget sometimes that they hardly ever get to see them, because El and Noah just adore them and just hit it off so well.

One of the highlights of the trip, was when we took the kids to see the temple. I thought this was important because El has been learning lots about the temple in primary, and when we drove to Rocky for a weekend she kept pointing out all the nice big buildings and asking if it was the temple. So she was so excited when she actually got to see the real thing, with angel Moroni on top and where daddy and mummy got married. She even asked us "can you kiss each other like you did on your wedding?!" So we did (kept it G rated of course)- as she giggled and blushed. She is such a romantic, she loves all that mushy stuff. But I must admit, It was a lovely moment and I loved thinking back to our wedding day, and being able to see right in front of me what came from it all. It was such a special night.... thanks Brisbane!