We have a great time over Easter. We were able to go to Utah to spend time with family and friends for the weekend. It went by so quickly but we had a fun time. I was nervous that Bennett would be too scared to be around everyone in my family but he loved it. He loved watching everyone and he even let them hold him.
Who can deny a little Easter photo shoot!!
Bennett's first Easter Eggs Hunt! He loved the eggs & he loved to watch all his cousins in action.
Barrett
Caleb
Benjamin
Maddie, Spencer & Sami
Judson
Then we just had fun hanging out on the deck. It was a great day.
Snuggling with Aunt Rachelle
Chris, Sadie & Maddie
Perfect night to hang out until after dark.
Bennett loved trying to imitate Chris.
We have a Bowling Tradition with Chris and Sadie almost every time we go to Utah. This was Bennett's first time joining us.
Bennett just loved my mom and had fun singing songs with her.
Bennett also thought it was the most hilarious thing when Sam was playing basketball.
Back at home and we now have a crawler!! It hit him a couple weeks ago that he could actually move forward. He loves exploring everywhere!!
Here are videos of his first few times crawling. He was crawling like he was a little tipsy but really got the hang of it especially if we would put something in front of him that he knew he wasn't supposed to play with like the laptop, remote or phone. He is professional now
Bennett is also climbing up and standing. Yikes!! He does have a few falls but he is pretty good.
Here are a few other random things going on around here:
We were trying to brave the blizzard we had here. We got over 40 inches in a couple weeks!! The wind doesn't make it the easiest snow to go out and play in.
Bennett gets super bed head throughout the night while he is going crazy moving all around in his crib. This is one of his many hair styles when he wakes up in the morning.
He has loved using his feet to hold things. This video is the perfect example. Maybe one day he will be playing the piano with feet!
A couple weeks ago I made a trip to visit my sister, Kelly and her family in New Hampshire. I hadn't seen them since we moved away from Boston more than 7 months ago. My mom, my sister, Cami and niece, Amelia flew from Utah and met us out there also. The main event was to see my niece, Natalie in a musical she was part of. It was called "All Shook Up" featuring Elvis songs. She did a fabulous job! It was so much fun to spend most of our time there just hanging out and playing games. I didn't get the chance to go visit my old ward down in Billerica so I will have to save that for next time.
Here is a little video that my niece, Brooke made. We were being a little crazy one night reading "Goodnight Moon" to Amelia and Brooke's rapping skills and my beat boxing skills started to come out. I may have found my new calling in life. Brooke is so talented to make this video. We always have a fun time.
We went to Denver a couple weeks ago so Sam could interview at a company there. The dental office would actually be in Fort Collins which is about an hour north of Denver. We don't know a lot of details yet but we are planning to leave here in the next couple weeks! Crazy!My sister, Cami and fam were there for the Summer while Juan did an internship. It was fun to be able to hang out with them for the week. Amelia is so adorable and I hadn't seen her since she was 1 month old and Sam hadn't seen her at all. We played lots of card games, Mario Party and Mario Kart and just did lots of hanging out. We didn't do much touring since we are probably moving out there soon but we did hit a couple must sees.Here is a huge 2 story chair with a horse on top of it. We have no idea what the story is behind it but it was definitely picture worthy.We also drove past the very first Chipotle restaurant ever! It started back in 1993. Colorado is definitely the place for us now knowing that Chipotle started there.
I took a quick trip to Utah this last week. My little sis, Cami just had her first little baby and I just couldn't stay away too long. I had to see her! Her name is Amelia Rose and she is absolutely adorable. It is so fun to see and hang out with them. I already want to go back to hold her again.I have been wanting to start sewing again and after seeing this little bear on my friend, Laurie's blog, I just had to make it. I knew it would be a fun present to make for little Amelia. I am happy about how it turned out and excited to sew other things and maybe even a couple more of these peg bears. I am sure Amelia just has to warm up to the bear a little more and she will love it.
Ginger watched her sister's kids a couple of weekends and so her sister and brother-in-law were really generous and paid for a night at Martha's Vineyard for us a few weeks back. This was the view from the ferry as we went out to the island.
This was at Sharkey's Cantina, a nice little Mexican restaurant. Ginger wanted me to show this picture so that you could get an idea of how big the nacho's were, I wanted to show this picture so that you could get an idea of how goofy I look when I'm eating, win-win.
The next day we drove around the island and this was at the tip of Gayhead. There are something like 180 of these little houses with different bright colors all in one little village area that they call the gingerbread cottages . They were about the only thing unusual enough to visit, plus we really loved our previous pose so we thought we'd get as much mileage out of it as possible.
The past couple months have been jam packed with family. It was so much fun. It all started back the end of June, yep you heard me right, the end of JUNE! My parents came out to visit for 1 1/2 weeks and then the day they left my brother, Paul and his fam came for a 1 1/2 and then the day after they left, I flew out to Utah and just got back 2 weeks ago! Wow that is some extra extra family time.
Here are just a few highlights from the last couple of months of family fun.
Boston with Paul & family
Paul, Rachelle and kids and I went downtown to Boston and toured the USS Constitution.
At the USS Constitution, they had a museum with a lot of fun interactive things that the kids could do. This is Sadie and Spencer.Yes, this is the only other picture I took on our Freedom Trail walk of Boston. I am really bad at remembering to take pictures. This is the robot girl. She would just stand still and then move like a robot if you gave her a tip. A little creepy but well worth the picture!
Sand Sculpturing at Revere Beach Brooke and Sadie came and slept over so we headed over to see the sand sculpturing at Revere Beach. It was so amazing to see the detail of the projects. We only saw the finished products. I wish we would have been there while they were working on them.
East Canyon
We went to East Canyon with the family for a week. It was fun to hang out. I only got a few pictures of some of the little kids while we were watching some movies. I think they are pretty cute! Bowling & Arbys Tradition Sam and I have an ongoing tradition with the 3 oldest nieces and nephew (Sadie, Brooke & Christopher) to go bowling and then to Arby's after. We do this every time Sam and I are in town. Brooke was actually able to join us this time since she was visiting from New Hampshire. Oh it is hard to believe that 2 years ago we drove across the country with these 3! Mini GolfFor one of Brooke's last nights in town we hit the mini golf course.
Seussical, The Musical
I heard on the radio that Seussical was going to be performed at the Sandy amphitheater. I just had to go! It is based on the Dr Seuss books (mostly about Horton). I absolutely love the music. I did see my nephew, Josh in the production of it at his school but I wanted to see it again. It was so worth it even though it was like 45-50 degrees outside! It was fun to go with Cami, Juan, Heather, Sami, Griff, Adrian and Hayley. If you ever get the chance to see it you must and you can invite me to go also.
It is good to be back home and have things back to normal! Sam only has 1 more year of school before he gratuates. Hooray!
