ALASTAIR + LALEINIA

Fresh from the news of their upcoming move to Utah, and as a complete surprise from Emre's grandad, grandma was able to come and visit and meet her first grandson for the first time! We were really excited to introduce our son to his grandma, and after a bit of airport drama, the meeting took place! After meeting up with Alastair after work, we showed grandma around Ann Arbor and ate at Zingermans, a local highlight.  The next day was Friday, which meant that it was time for Emre to cross his first international border! We planned a road trip for the weekend, with a stop in Toronto for the night. The drive there wasn't bad, just seemingly long after Alastair's day at work. The next morning started early as we headed downtown Toronto to take a ferry out to Centre Island. The view of the Toronto skyline was great, even if we did have to enjoy it while changing a stinky little boy. We enjoyed our short time in Toronto, where Emre got to take his first b...

After leaving Niagara Falls, we ended up crashing by a lake in south-western New York. And when I say crashing, I don't mean that we had a car crash. I mean that we were so dog-tired that we pulled over and passed out for the night. At some point, a policeman came up to our car, knocked on the window, and then left us alone. Laleinia and I try to piece together our conversation with the policeman, but we were so tired that we can't really remember it well. Although we do recall him saying "Goodnight." He probably saw the Idaho license plates and realized that we were traveling. Good guy. Well the next morning we drove to Kirtland, OH, and went straight to the temple. Lots of people say that since it is owned by the Community of Christ that they can't feel the spirit there, but I don't buy into that. There was a special feeling there, and we really had a great time as we were shown around. The tour guides were great and were even able to answer some of our...