Yesterday I left Aidan talking on the phone to my mom while I went and put some laundry away.
When I came back in this is what I heard: "See... see it?"
And this is what I saw:
Aidan had told her all about his potty chart with stickers and wanted to show her. Oh Aidan!
Aidan wanted to help me dress Brinn today (actually he insisted)
And this is what he picked...
It could have been worse!
David's birthday was while we were in Ecuador so we combined his and Brinn's birthday celebrations!
We started the night off by going to Red Lobster for dinner... after all they do have all-you-can-eat-shrimp going on right now.
The birthday boy and girl! 
Opening gifts! 
The birthday cupcake! 
Aidan decided Brinn was getting too much attention so he tried to show her up! 
Happy girl! 
The only way to get her clean... straight from highchair to sink! 
Brinn sporting her new birthday gift... I have to tell you that I LOVE finally having some girly toys in the house! 
Brinn goes to town on her cupcake!
Our first day in Ecuador we spent exploring Quito.
Can you believe that we fit all our stuff into these two backpacks...
The Plaza Grande where cathedrals and current government buildings are found.
We took a tram 13,800 feet up above the city of Quito.
Mitad del Mundo- the equator.
The Ravelo Family- A family David baptised while on his mission, who actually opened their house to us and insisted we stay with them for a night. 
Our second day we took a 2.5 hour bus ride to Santo Domingo, the last area David served on his mission. We tracked down Eddison and his family, all who David had baptised 7 years ago.
This is their home, very humbling for me to be in! Some of their rooms actually just had sheets as dividers. 
Later that night we went around the town with Eddison and a few other member from the area.
On Wed. we took a 10 hour bus ride to the coastal town of Puerto Lopez. David's old mission companion is from Ecuador and he and his wife manage a hotel there so we went to visit with them. I hate when you have to go to beautiful places to see old friends! :)
An overcast but beautiful day!
Where we slept... to the right you can see the water.
On Thursday we went whale watching. We saw some huge whales which was awesome but didn't get any good pictures. We did get some fun video that I might try to post on here later.
Paula and Paul
Friday we started off at 4am and 10 hours later arrived at Paula's family banana farm.
Where the bus dropped us off we were met by her family and we hopped on the back of their motorcycles, as that is the only way to get to their house.
Relaxing...
We were able to go to the factory where they get bananas ready to be shipped all over the world. FUN!
Her family was so welcoming and even killed a cow (before we arrived) so they could put on a feast for us! :) 
Later in the afternoon it was back on the bus for another 3 hours to the city of Guayaquil, the largest city in Ecuador. There we went to the Iguana Park (thousands of iguanas live in this park but they were all sleeping up in the trees), the boardwalk, and drove by the Temple.
