May 2010

We are back from our 4 week vacation to Utah. We really enjoyed our trip. We loved getting to hang out with our families and the friends we were able to see. Thanks to both our parents for letting us stay at their homes. Here are a ton of pictures of some of the things that happened from our trip.

Mother's Day

I celebrated Mother's Day with my cute kids and my family. My mom made a yummy dinner and we visited and played outside.


Benson's Blessing

Christian blessed Benson two days shy of him turning 3 months old. It turned out to be a perfect day celebrated with lots of family and friends. Benson looked so handsome! I am very proud of my husband! He is a fabulous husband, father, and priesthood holder.




After the blessing we had lunch in Dave and Jamie's backyard.
The weather was perfect! Lucky for us because it rained a lot that week.
Thank you to our moms and sisters for all the help and for the delicious food.
Thank you to everyone who took a turn pushing Addy in the swing. She could not get enough! After several hours of swinging I had to make her sit down on a chair because she was sick.

Thank you to everyone that came and supported our family! We love you all!

Tree House

My parents and sisters were all taking work off to go with my kids and I to the Hogle Zoo. My dad was so excited to take Addy. The two of them had been talking about going for a week. Turns out that it rained the entire day! So we improvised and went to the Tree house instead, and then we met my dad after for lunch. Addy had a blast! There were so many fun things that she had never done before. Benson slept the whole afternoon! Later that evening my mom and I took the kids down to Allyson's house to hang out, watch The Biggest Loser, and have a hair party.


Bowling

We celebrated JC's birthday with some bowling and dinner at Chilli's. This was Addy's 2nd time bowling. She had a blast! She could push the ball all by herself. She danced around after each turn she had so proud of herself. She lost interest after a game and a half, so Andrea and JC took her to get tokens and play some games. Addy's favorite part was pushing the buttons and watching the tickets come out. She won so many! We traded the tickets in for two rings for Addy, and some yummy grape taffy for Andrea and I.

Cousins

The kids and I were able to get together with Christians sisters a few times. The kids had so much fun playing together. We went to the park, played at Aimee's house, had homemade pizza with nanny Jamie, and played wild in the backyard. Addy loves her cousins so much!

Memorial Weekend

We celebrated Memorial weekend with a BBQ and two visits to the cemetery. I went with my mom and Andrea out to put flowers on my grandma's grave. This was the first time I had seen her headstone. So pretty! I wasn't feeling good and I slept the rest of the day. I was up sick the whole night and slept half of Monday. I didn't get to eat any of the food my family had ( well except an ice cream sandwich). I did go with everyone to put flowers on my brothers grave. Addy and my mom cut flowers off a bush in the backyard to take. We showed Addy how we decorate their headstone with pine cones each year. My sisters and I have been doing this since we were little girls. My mom made me be in a picture with the family even though I looked like death. She was so sweet to give me her sunglasses to hide as much of my face as possible!

It was so great to see everyone! We miss living by our families so much! We are letting everyone recover for now, but Addy is all ready begging to go back over to her nanny and papa's house. We can't wait to see everyone again!