Catching Up

We haven't updated our blog for quite sometime so I thought I would do a catch up since we have been home from Ghana.

When we arrived home we had a party with Joey's Family. It was really nice to see everyone and spent time with them even though Joey and I were exhausted. Luckily our plane arrived a couple of hours early so we got a shower and a nap in before everyone arrived.

The next day we came home to Logan and babysat my nephews, Ethan and Ryan. They were adorable. Ethan kept asking me, "Where is the other Emily, the Blonde Emily, I like her better." It was hilarious. Ethan loves bowling and could stay entertained all day long if he could bowl. After playing bowling at home with empty soda bottles we decided to take him to the Bowling Alley. He is an amazing bowler, he only used the ramp for the first couple of times and then he told us that he didn't want to us it.

Ethan was very helpful grabbing our balls for us.

Ethan doing his bowling approach.

We also took the boys to 1st Dam to feed the ducks. Ethan had so much fun with this. After we ran out of bread a nice family walked by and gave Ethan another piece of bread to feed the ducks. Ethan got so excited while he was feeding them that he ended up getting all wet. Joey took some really cute pictures of Ethan feeding the ducks but they are on his phone so I will have to post them later.

When Tricia and Dustin returned from Safford, Arizona (Dustin was there for a job interview, which he was offered and now they live in Safford) Joey and I headed up to Bear Lake to work before school started. While we were there we went wakeboarding and Joey was doing an great job at clearing the wake. On his last run he cleared the wake and it looked really good until the landing. Joey ended up with a Level 2 Sprain on his Knee. (I don't really know what this means). He is doing good but it still hurts him at times and he can't straighten his knee all the way.

While we were in Bear Lake we had a Stocking get-together. It was fun to spend time with Joey's family again. We had a lot of laughs, mainly due to children being very sneaky.

This is what happens when two 2 year old lock themselves in a bathroom.
The tub and toilet were full of bubbles.

It had been three weeks since we had been home at this point and I finally decided to take out my Ghanian Hair.

After taking out all of the braids and running a brush through my hair.

School has been going good, I am only taking 9 credits (3 classes) so I trying to find a hobby or a job to keep my busy. Joey is currently in an intensive scholar semester for the Huntsman Scholar Program. I am so proud of him that he was able to make it but I have to remind myself that this is an amazing experience for him. He is very busy writing papers and reading articles all day long. Also on Oct 2 he leaves for the whole month to go to Europe. I am excited for the wonderful experience he is going to have while he is there. I only wish that I was able to join him. 

We think of Ghana very often and can't wait until the day we are able to return. Our goal is to return in 4 years. I find myself daydreaming of all of the children that I grew very close to. I can't help but wonder where their life is going to take them. Are they going to make it to high school, will they stay faithful in the church, what opportunities will be presented to them, and on and on. If I could have, I would have brought about 12 of those children home with me.