After a surprising emergency C-section the wonderful arrival of a healthy,new baby is a celebration. 
Absolute sweetness coming through in these pictures. I can't wait to hold him and hug Adam and Colleen for doing such a good job!
For more pictures and story, visit conlinchaos@blogspot.com to see the great job Colleen has done blogging the tale. 
Here we are after two long years waiting at the airport with friends and family for our Elder to return. Some of us got there very early (1/2 hour isn't that bad! I was anxious) and we waited and wondered if everyone would make it. Ryan picked up sushi on the way because Aaron had asked for it. It was such a nice thought and we had plenty of time to sample some of it before Aaron even got there.
And here he is!!! Looking older, taller and bigger than when he left. Amazing things happen to young men in two years. What a fun experience to welcome him home.
Dan was enjoying the evening and caught the sunset being spectacular one more time. We love watching the always changing view and would love to share it with all of you.
How beautiful this little baby Camden is and what an amazing blessing she is to all of us.
Here is Aunt Ashley enjoying holding the baby for a few minutes while waiting for dinner to be ready.
And here are all of our family and Zach's family celebrating this special day. We missed everyone who couldn't be there with us and hope to see you all soon.
We very much enjoyed spending the day together and celebrating this lovely addition to both our families.
We have added a few pieces of patio furniture so that we can enjoy the outdoors more than ever. A little table and chairs:
And a full size table for 6 so we can start doing the summer barbeque thing on the deck that I love so much. We wish you all could be here to share the view and the food with us.
We also have a couple of lounges for lounging in the sun. We have enjoyed them this week and are looking forward to a lovely summer lazing about.
Here we are getting together for a little family dinner. We had a tasty ham dinner with all the trimmings and strawberry shortcake for dessert. (yum!) We took turns passing Camden around the dinner table so everyone could have a chance to eat. Yeah right---we just kept passing her around because she was being so sweet and we wanted to cuddle on her.
Here is a photo of the cute little Franklin Family. Alea and Zach don't look like proud parents or anything do they?
Grandpa and Grandma had a little time to enjoy sweet little Camden before they left to enjoy the evening with the Franklins. It is so hard to share!
Introducing Camden Lily Franklin who made her grand entrance on Wed. March 11 at about 3 a.m. She was 6 lbs 15 oz. and 19 inches long.
We counted her little fingers and tiny toes and she is absolutely perfect.
I have never seen such big flakes before. Like fluffy golf balls.
Just thought I would share, Love ya, ma
And we had a balcony, what fun to be able to sit and look out our own room.
And even more, sunsets.
And we did take advantage of the comforts of our little balcony.
We did get off the boat to go into Cabo. There were tons of things to see walking around the marina and the little shopping area was about 10 minutes walk into town.
We had a wonderful lunch at TacoLoco. And the best Guacamole and chips.
And then, of course, the sunset leaving Cabo.
We didn't leave the ship again after that. We sat on the balcony and read the whole time we were in Mazatlan. And I worked a little on my tan. And we did the same in Puerto Vallarta. It was fun to watch the people get off the boat and walk across the street to the Wall Mart. All day long the walkers kept a steady stream to do their mexican, wall mart shopping.
And all too soon it was time to pack our bags, put them out in the hall, and make the trip home. All good things come to an end. Well maybe not all good things, but vacations do come to a close and become fond memories.
We loved our vacation and are already talking and making plans for the next time when we can all be together to enjoy the experience.
Love you all,
Ma and Pa
This was the center of the bushes right in front of the door. 
And the two trees right by the garage are totally broken. They were a magnificent Rhodie in a scarlet red and a Snow Ball tree. They must have been at least 50 feet high. I am not sure any of it could be saved.
And last but not least there were three trees down across the driveway. Ryan was up helping around the cabin. He is staying there after shows of Beauty and the Beast in the Everett facility. He has seen the damage and cleanup in small doses as it goes along. I get it in big gulps when I drive up there to check up on things. 
As you can see by the pictures the stuff still falling is no longer snow. The white you see is the snow left over from the last storm. Even though it is raining it hasn't been very warm. The weight of the snow and the winds completely blew over that great tree by the lake. With the ground so saturated with water there was hardly any hope at all for the roots to keep a strong enough hold to keep it standing.
Just like it is eight inches deep in our boat house. It was quite the thing seeing the amount of water in the lake. And look where the snow level is. That is the level the water was on the day before I got there. So it is receeding nicely.
And in this picture you can see how it is even with the level of the dock and the bulkhead. Any little ripples and the water rolled over onto the lawn.
