wells gets blessed + kevin returns

Maddie and Matt came in town a couple weeks ago and blessed sweet Wells. It was such a cute blessing and great food/company.

The guest of honor. He's handsome.

Enjoying the wonderful food. I love Will in this picture. Cheers.

Graham was just overjoyed for Wells.

He's cute.

The Cranes. Move home, please (Yes, I will say this in every post).
A week or so later Kevin (Matt's youngest brother) got home from his mission.

Anxiously waiting after an hour of delays...

Meeting Kevin for the first time and he was already getting hugs. That's a big deal.

Together at last.

Kevin brought us all authentic dresses from Vanuatu. They are quite colorful. We love them! We all wore them to his homecoming and Matt's sister overheard members of their ward commenting that Matt must have married a very confident girl to wear such a bold dress (did I get that story right, Stef?). Embarrassing that they didn't notice the other nine girls wearing their island dresses as well. They must think I have great style.

It's so fun to have Kevin home!

the triple whammy

Tomorrow is Kevin's homecoming (Matt's little bro), and our three year anniversary, and Matt's very first Father's Day. How fun to celebrate so many things in one day!
I just wanted to give a little shout out to Matt. He is the best husband and dad around. What would Graham and I do without him? He completely takes care of us. We love you, Matt! We hope tomorrow is a very special day for you.

p.s. Aren't these pictures the cutest? I'm obsessed with these two.

vacationing in paradise.

some of the horsley clan went to coronado for memorial weekend. this is my favorite place on earth! this trip converted matt as well and now he might be as big of a fan as me.

some favorite moments:
-while walking to breakfast a little kid looked matt up and down, then turned to his dad exclaiming, "whoa, he's really tall." maybe you had to be there. i laughed for several minutes.
-racing our strollers on a walk. when speeding past some fellow pedestrians they looked in the strollers shocked that "there really are babies in there."
-matt's flight got cancelled, so he had to fly to l.a. and drive to san diego with two random men from his flight (sounds like tourture). half way there the driver got pulled over because the cop thought he was drunk. awesome.
-admitting to my family that sometimes i think graham is a girl in my head. ("oh, she looks tired." you get the picture.) i'm a horrible mother and matt was seriously disturbed when i told him this. i guess it's because i'm a girl myself, so i think everyone is? i love that graham's a boy though. he's my best friend and the coolest baby i know.
-eating breakfast on the patio in the morning. HEAVEN.
-debating how to pronounce smores.
-graham and wells. they are dreamy.

sadly, i forgot my camera! luckily maddie took some classic pictures. all of them were taken after matt left. he was there, and he did have fun.

matt crane can be very creepy.

his hair is delicious though.

we had to get some souvenirs. of course they have matching swimsuits. embarrassing. graham looks high.

racing....

...which led to fights.

thank you, thank you, thank you for the wonderful trip pat and rolfe!

yes, please.

check out this giveaway on oh happy day.

i couldn't think of anything better.