The Tab{lloyd}: Pictures at Last!

Jason was home with us for the past 9 days and it was awesome. We were finally able to just relax and be together as a family which is what we wanted to do before he deployed but were unable to. We had so much fun! I was also able to retrieve some pictures from the past 4 months so I can actually to a decent post...finally. I won't post all four months but I'm going to choose some of my favorites from the past couple of months.

Jason's gone again. He flew out at 7:00 yesterday morning and me, Max, and my mom spent the rest of the day in Boise with Julie and the kids. It was hard to have to say goodbye again and it's sad to have him gone. We did all of our goodbyes a month ago with no expectations to see each other until November- and I think it made it a little easier to say goodbye this time. One month down...six to go!

Max was so attached to Jason when he came home. It was really sweet and we got some really fun pictures of the two of them. He's been asking about Daddy since yesterday and when I remind him that Daddy went "bye-bye" in the airplane, he just says "No" and it's a really sad no. He's doing well though and is just a really sweet,funny, and loving little boy.

This is Max with Camo. He and Jason built him at Build-a-Bear a few days before Jason deployed. Maxon hugs him when he misses his daddy and Camo's become a good friend. He's full of extra love because Max snuck in two hearts when he was being born.

These pictures are from the Sandbox Museum on Hilton Head Island. It is such a cool place! They have all of these stations with costumes and it's unbelievable! They have an art center with everything a kid could ever need to create whatever they want to create! They also have a section for smaller kids with a little playground and younger toys. Maxon's favorite was the kitchen but he had fun doing it all.

Tracie's graduation from BYU...congratulations T!!! Max went off with Grandpa during the general session and came back with a cool new hat. He was really, really sick the whole time so it was sort of a rough trip.

Our family the day after Jason came home...very happy to be together again!

The three of us spent a couple of days in Sun Valley last week. It was really cold and snowy still but so beautiful. We didn't do a lot...just relaxed. The first picture was taken on Galena Summit and it was so cold out there. Max was not happy to be taking pictures.

Jason planted a few trees for my parents while he was here and Max had a lot of fun helping. It was the first day that it was actually warm enough to hang out outside and it felt really nice to be out in the sunshine. Max is going to love all of the space to run around and the soft grass to play in (South Carolina grass is not soft at all).