Guatemala

All my family (expect Mike, Emily, & Steve) flew down to Guatemala to pick up my little brother Kevin from his mission.
Here he is coming off the bus...


Elder Myers! (he's lost like 60 pounds crazy huh?)


The Guatemalan MTC


inside our 16 passenger van


nice roads...


Do babies get cuter than this??? I submit that they do not!


We ate at a yummy restaurant in Honduras, gotta love beans, rice, and platanos (fried bananas)


our waitress carried our drinks on her head


Copan Honduras, just chillin' with the birdies


instead of bottle water, how 'bout some bagged water....


el templo


fruit market


we took a plane up to tikal, the airport was so small we just got off on the runway


Tikal (this is the famous shot in star wars)


some more temples




on top of one of the temples

Abby's new tricks

Abby is learning new tricks every week.
Her latest tricks are mimicking the lion from her zoo toy, standing up, and shaking her head "no".

The Latest and Greatest

Abby had a fun time playing with her alaskan cousin Heather over christmas break.


Sometimes you just got to sit in a basket and chew a penguin.


Mike had fun growing out his facial hair


I don't know what you call this...sideburns-mustache-beard?


Abby's normal bedtime is 8:00. Last night at 10:00 she decided to try out her new dinosaur sounds...


I think this is a result of her Uncle Brian feeding her cake for dinner...


We found out Abby likes to get her groove on when she hears music. We think she gets this from her uncle Garrett...

Poor Abby

Abby caught a bad cold and cough over the weekend. She has been pretty miserable. Grandma Thayer brought over her swing and Abby has loved rocking in it.



The only benefit of having a sick Abby is that she cuddled with us for the first time in her life :)

Abby's first Christmas

Abby the poor orphan child hardly got any toys for Christmas.  (She actually only got three toys from mom and dad, the rest are from Grandma Thayer and Grandma Myers).



Christmas at the Thayer's.  Abby's cousin Max is the human candy cane over on the left and Abby's in the santa hat in the middle.



Daddy helps the little Christmas Bug open up one of her many presents that are bigger than she is.  She sits in awe at the enormity of the plush pelican.

One of Abby's crazier aunt and uncle pair, Emmie and Stuvy.  Craziness attributed primarily to the individual on the right. 



Christmas at the Thayer's take 2.  Abby even looks irresistibly cute from a distance



Abby's a little unsure why she's dressed like this, why she can't move, and why people keep on taking pictures of her.



Christmas at the Myers.



Abby trying out a more serious modeling look while cousin Halle looks likes she just saw "I am Legend."



As any good child does, Abby understands that wrapping paper can provide the same level of entertainment that her toys can.



Abby dressed quite festively in her brand new Christmas dress.  Thanks Grandma Thayer!

Abby opening up her very first present!  Thanks Cousin Carson.

 

Video evidence that little Abby Bug can crawl! Although she's vastly improved over the several days since we took this little video, this is how it all began.

Go Team Osgoodschlatters

Mike's flag football team won the championship! Abby's so proud of her daddy :)




p.s. Thanks Michelle I stole this picture off your blog :)

Cute!

Abby loves to play with her toys!


Abby with cousin Max


Abby loves bath time!


Abby with cousin Halle