Christmas 2020

 Christmas Eve family photo in our temporary bungalow home. 

Two week quarantine in England

 Here is our bungalow aka 2 bedroom duplex. 

Ice Spider Webs

 We had two and a half days of straight fog. 

It was really cold the second day and we woke up to see all the webs around the backyard had the dew freeze over and they were beautiful. Also because of the ice you could pick them up and hold them. 

Flying to England

  Logan and I finally bought a computer to use so I have something to type on. My last posts were less wordy because it was hard on the phone. But so you know we are all doing well and excited to have made it to England! 

Our flight over was not so bad. Its never easy or fun with little kids but it could have been a lot worse - like we could have been flying to Asia and it take another 10 or more hours. Seriously it is much faster to fly to London than Okinawa. 

I was really proud I was able to get all our stuff down to 4 checked (big) bags. But then our carry-ons kinda got big as we had food for the kids.  

Connor is 6!

 

Liam's Baby Shark Birthday Party

 

My spunky little boy is two! We had a family birthday party for him on his birthday and then I invited a few friends over to celebrate with a big party but neither of them could come so it was just all his family again. But I figure you can never have too much family fun during a pandemic. 

Liam is 2!

Liam is now my newest terror, I mean two-year-old. They say not to compare your kids but Liam is so different from Connor at this age. Both difficult in their own ways but it's like learning to be a parent all over again. I love that I can predict Liam better and communicate more but with that greater understanding from him I also expect better behavior/sharing/attitude/obedience but we all know that doesn't always happen. 

Liam 18 months

 

I still don’t have my computer up but didn’t want to miss out on posting Liam’s 18 month update! Here are some pics I took today and the blurb I put on instagram but you guys get more photos! 

South America Trip 2019

I've linked all the posts to our South America Trip below

Peru

https://loganna.blogspot.com/2019/11/peru-cusco-machu-picchu.html

Brazil

https://loganna.blogspot.com/2019/11/rio-de-janeiro-brazil.html

Argentina

https://loganna.blogspot.com/2019/11/iguazu-falls-argentina.html

Chili

 https://loganna.blogspot.com/2019/11/chile-santiago-la-serena-vine-del-mar.html

Iguazu Falls, Argentina

 Iguazu Falls pt 2

To get to our next hotel we actually had to buy park tickets as it was on the Argentina national park. As we drove through the jungle we saw caution signs to watch out for jaguars crossing and signs to indicate monkey bridges that spanned across the road for them to safely cross.

Iguazu Falls, Brazil

Iguazu falls pt 1

Chile (Santiago, La Serena, Vine Del Mar)

 Chile

Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

 Day 3 flying to Rio De Janeiro

Peru (Cusco, Machu Picchu)

Day 1 Cuzco

Dixon Labor Day Weekend

 We got an Airbnb and went to the coast for 3 days! Here are lots of pictures!

Back of our Airbnb and Liam exploring.

View from the front. You can see down the street the ferris wheel on the pier.

Dixon Family Reunion 2019

 So back in July we had a week long Family Reunion with the Dixon clan. I made a book out of the pics but never posted them here! Here are some of the highlights.

Temple Square

Liam 14 months

 

Aug 1 - Liam has started a little bit of talking but I for sure heard him drop a toy outside and then say "uh oh" all by himself. Aug 2 - We were playing in the morning and Liam says it again when he drops a toy on purpose. It was very cute! Does this count as his first word?!

Liam a Year in Pictures

 I was going to just put one picture for each age but them couldn't decide so here are some of my favorite pictures of Liam from his first year of life!

Liam 12 months old

 

Happy Birthday Liam!! I remember being so sad when Connor turned one but mostly with Liam I just can't believe how fast it has come! 

Trip to Buena Vista, Virginia

4/19/19

Friday was the first day of Connor's first spring break. We drove down to Virginia to visit Logan's sister Tricia and her family. They have two boys that are 5 and 2.