Ladies and Gentlemen, drumroll please...

We have FINALLY purchased our plane tickets to go to Utah!! This is our family summer vacation. I'm ecstatic! We will be going to see my sister Carrie and Matt's family. We'll be able to see Angela's baby boy, who should be arriving soon. But, most of all, we will be traveling across the US of A to see this handsome fella to the right here (Spencer), leave to serve a mission! Well, actually, we'll see him leave to go to the MTC in Provo, UT. From there, he'll go to serve the Lord in Spokane, Washington. We're so proud of him and his decision to go! I've heard that Washington is a beautiful place and several people I know who have served there said that they loved it.
Anyway, we'll be going out there for 8 days. I'm happy, but a little sad. On the bright side, we'll be out there to spend Mother's Day and also my birthday with Matt's family, but on the other side, that means we won't get to spend them here. Also, we'll miss Taylor's (my beautiful neice) first birthday, which is two days after my own birthday (yeah, we're friends), although I'm not turning one. I'm sure everything will turn out just fine and I know that we'll have a great time either way.
I think that all four of us are looking forward to seeing family and seeing Spencer. When we flew out to Utah for Christmas, it was crazy. I'm pretty positive that it will be better this time around. I'm sure there won't be quite as many people in May as there was in December. We'll be able to pack a little lighter since we won't need coats and Christmas presents. Not to mention the fact that Will is going to have his own seat. I think mother's everywhere understand why that puts my stomach at ease. All in all, we're very excited! We'll keep everyone posted!