What a BLESSING!

We had a great weekend! It was so fun to see Mom & Dad and Corbin too! We were so sad the other Martins were feeling under the weather, but it was fun to get to know Corbie (Steve asked Corbin if I was the only one who called him that... he said, yes!) a little better. He was so sweet and polite and very obedient.
The Gilleland gang also came in and even managed to play in a little of our famous Utah powder. Jebb is growing like a weed and is curious about everything. Jackson announced to everyone he won the "Piston Cup" (a medal Eric won for reading in elementary school) when he found it in Eric's room and carried around all day in his pocket for safe keeping. Elise and Lauren found a little girl time together. (Elise had the great hair-do to prove it!) We sang a belated b-day to Seth with Corbin at his hip. (Those two had a great time playing their favorite Hannay video games together.) Gabe and Nate also spent time strengthening their cousin bonds jumping on the tramp and running around together. And everyone enjoyed going to Nate's basketball game.
Mom & Dad squeezed in an inspection of the wiring on their basement finish job (Which is coming along nicely thanks to their fabulous GC! hee hee) and did some all important shopping while here in the big city. We are getting excited to have them move here this summer.
On Saturday night we enjoyed a dinner together. Brad & Keryn were a little late joining us. Upon arriving home from their business trip to Las Vegas they found their furnace had died. Thanks to quick repair visit to avoid freezing pipes they joined us... better late than never.
But the highlight was the blessing of Gideon. It was so great to be together to witness the blessing of this little cutie!
Living far apart is hard, but seems to make our visits together all the more special and sweet.
Thanks to those who travel to keep family ties strong. We are looking forward to July when we can reconnect again!