Trip Home to Spokane!

On October 30th I went home to Spokane to visit my family! 

First of all, traveling while pregnant wasn't my favorite! Baby girl wasn't happy with me sitting for so long! And I experienced heartburn for the first time! Luckily I had a stop in Oakland and was able to walk around the plane and stretch a little before the flight to Spokane. My parents picked me up at the airport and it was great to be back. I only wish Brad could have came too!

I was so excited to be home and experience real Fall weather. It has been in the 80's here in Bakersfield and it was great to be home for my favorite season of the year! Gotta love that Fire Bush!

The next morning was Halloween! My mom and I ran errands and enjoyed the day together! 

This was my Halloween Costume!  

We got pedicures! A Mother Daughter tradition! 

And we ran errands for items for my baby shower on Saturday! Everywhere we went I saw someone from High School! While living here in California I never run into anyone I know, because I don't know many people. It was a nice change to see people and visit! 

On Friday while preparing for the shower I had a couple of visitors from my favorite Red Heads! My friend Krista took time from her busy schedule to come over from Cheney to bring a gift for baby Aubrey! (Oh did I mention we have decided on a name? Aubrey Marie Duffy!!) 

Krista and I didn't take a picture together that day but this is the most recent picture of us together. This was in Fall of 2011 when I coached her in Color Guard. We were in Seattle spending the day after a competition in Everett. I have known Krista for years and I am so glad she could come and spend a couple of hours with me! Love you girly! 

Later that evening Sarah Gill came over! Sarah and I were on dance team together when I was a freshman in High School. We then were in Color Guard together and also on Cheer my Junior year. We have kept in touch over the years but it was so great to have her over Friday night! We chatted for hours and caught each other up on our lives! She is doing so well and is now graduated and working at Gonzaga! 

(Again we didn't take a picture, but here is Sarah and I in high school!) 

Late Friday Night the rest of the family arrived! Jeremy, McKensie, Quinn and Morgan drove up from Orem, Utah and Kenny, Jerah, and Zoey flew up from Salt Lake. 

Saturday Morning the girls headed over to the Church for Greenbluff Ward's Super Saturday! We were crafting fools for a few hours and then brought the rest of our projects home since we had to leave early to set up for the shower! 

This was us Sunday Night finishing our projects at home! 

Here are the final results of a few of the projects! 

We had my baby shower at Jane Lahtinen's house. Jane has been a dear friend of our family since we have moved to Spokane. She was so kind to let us to have the shower at her beautiful home! 

Decorations were then put up! I made that banner and the owls. We also made labels to put on the water bottles. Everything turned out super cute! Sadly this is the only picture we have of the shower. We also had delicious food on another table. My mom made chicken salad sandwiches, and we had chips and carrot sticks!

This is a picture of the awesome cake my mom ordered! As you can tell we had an owl theme! The cake was fun fetti inside and it was so delicious!  

Before the guests arrived I was able to get a picture with this cutie!

Quinn was such a great help! She helped me open my gifts and was a great entertainer for everyone who came! I love you Quinn! 

Courtney was also a big help! So glad we got this picture! She just turned 19! I can't believe how grown up she is getting and is now in college at Eastern and on the Pole Vault team!  

I was so spoiled by gifts for Baby Aubrey! She got items from diapers to a pack n play!

Here are a couple of the homemade gifts I received...

This adorable crocheted hat made by Serita!

And this diaper carriage made by Samantha and Andrea

 I had about 35 people there with family, church friends, co-workers, and friends from high school. I realized how blessed I am to have so many people who love and care for me and who could celebrate this exciting time in my life! 

My favorite part of the shower was at the start we had everyone introduce themselves and say something about how long they have known me or a little memory they had with me. I was in tears with some of the comments. It was just such a great experience that I will never forget! 

I wish I could have gotten more pictures, but everything was so busy that it slipped our minds. But a huge thank you to everyone who made it out to my shower! I love you all!

After the shower Tahney and Brynne stopped by! I have known these girls for years and we were great friends our senior year of high school when we were on Cheer together. We chatted for hours and had such a great time! I am so blessed to have such great friends! :) 

Even though my Assmus Relatives couldn't make it up from Denver for my shower, they sent this awesome Car Seat!  Baby Aubrey is definitely going to be set when she comes! 

Sunday we celebrated Zoey's Birthday! She Turned One on October 14th! We had cake and opened presents while she was visiting! She was one Happy Girl! Here are a few of her sweet one year pictures. 

And here is her at her little party! 

She didn't know what to think while we were singing to her! 

She loved all of her gifts from Mimi and Papa! 

Especially these boots! Mainly because she could slide on the table! 

The next morning everyone had to go home! :( Jeremy and his family took off early to drive and Kenny and his family went to the airport at about 1:30 pm. Before they took off I was able to take a picture with Zoey! She didn't want to be held though! lol

A Quick photo shoot before they left for the airport! Notice how all the leaves had now fallen...

Well the next morning, We woke up to SNOW!!!

Crazy how the weather can change in such a short amount of time! 

That evening I was able to make it down to the Spokane Valley and meet up with my wonderful in-laws at Red Robin! It was so great to catch up with them! Love you guys and Don who is taking the photo!

Wednesday Morning I headed to the dentist to have my teeth cleaned, ate lunch with my old co-workers, and headed to Grandma's for her to take me to the Airport! I had such a wonderful trip and saw so many friends and family members! I also saw 3 other dear friends, Claudia Burton, Brianne and Sabrena Schoenburger! The trip was very well needed but it was also very good to get back to California with Brad! I am just so blessed to have so many people in my life who support me! I couldn't thank you all enough! I love you all so much!!