Uncle Matt's Farewell

On Friday we headed to California to meet up with everyone in Danny's family for Matt's farewell! It was such a special weekend and we were so glad that we got to go. We got in at about 3:30 p.m. on Friday to Ron and Becky's. We had fun watching all of the kids play and have fun together. We ordered pizza for dinner and then around 8:30 Danny, Matt, and Jesse took Emmett and Noah to the pool to go in the spa. Danny let Emmett just go in naked and said it was the cutest thing ever. We headed back to our hotel for the night after that so we could all get some sleep. Emmett was so hyper when we got there and had fun exploring our hotel room and jumping on the beds. He thought this mirror was so funny for some reason and kept staring at himself in it.

The next morning we headed back over to Ron and Becky's. Chad and Laura had gotten there late that night so we were able to see them and their new little baby, Kate, who is only two days younger than Simon! She is adorable! And no, I did not get ONE normal picture with them, but thankfully their dads were being weird and put them in some funny poses!

They already were making them wrestle...

That night we went to a yummy Mexican restaurant with everyone and then dropped the toddlers off at Lindsay and Ryan's where they had a babysitter waiting for them. We headed back over to the house where we had a special evening for Matt. We all sat in a circle and went around the room to share some feelings/stories about Matt. It was emotional and really neat to see the love everyone has for him. After a late night there, we picked Emmett back up and headed back to the hotel. Emmett was being so cute with Simon that night so we had to take a few pics!

 In my favorite jammies of his!

The next morning we woke up to get ready for church. Emmett loved walking around with his towel wrapped around him like his daddy!

Matt did a phenomenal job on his talk. I had to take Emmett out during the meeting, and it was so cute because as we walked out Emmett was yelling "Matt, Matt!". He loves his uncle so much! We then went to Danny's Aunt Cindy's house for lunch. She has a beautiful house and yard and decorated it so nicely for the luncheon. We had fun catching up with Danny's old friends and extended family. By the time we left we were EXHAUSTED from colds that we both had and from not getting great sleep. Thankfully we had some energy drinks to get us all the way home. At least these boys slept great! ;) 

We will miss you Uncle Matt! You are going to be an AWESOME missionary in Charlotte, North Carolina!