Snowbird

While up in Utah, I had the chance to visit Snowbird. Joel's grandma has a timeshare there and her week happened to occur while I was visiting. So Friday the 10th after Joel got off work, we headed up to Snowbird. We met his family up there and had a nice dinner. Then everyone left and we stayed the last night in the room. Interestingly enough this was one of the few nights that Emmalee slept really well and only woke up to be changed, eat and then fall back asleep. Joel's mom had given us tickets to go on the Tram ride but the next morning as we were leaving it was raining and therefore decided to postpone our tram ride till the following week. We were able to get back to Snowbird on Tuesday the 14th the day before I left. I really enjoyed the ride. When we reached the top, it was a pleasant 72 degrees. How nice!! On our way back down we even saw a buck. But I could not get a picture of it.

View from our room
Wow!! Snow in July

Joel, Emmalee, Arielle and I at Hidden Peak Elevation 11,000 feet

Arielle, Joel, and Emmalee on the tram

Not your typical vacation

As many of you know, I spent the last two weeks in Utah with my sister, Arielle, and her new little girl Emmalee. Before I made the trip I think both of us thought we would have plenty of time to visit and do things while Emmalee was sleeping. But alas Emmalee is not your typical newborn and we believe that she has food sensitivities (most likely food allergies) and might have reflux as well and therefore screams/cries a lot. Sometimes she would scream from 11 pm to 4 am. Needless to say I was not able to accomplish all that I had planned to do on my vacation away from my girls. But I still had a nice time visiting with my sister and her family. Thanks Arielle and Joel for letting me stay with you. I really enjoyed my time with you.

In love with Baby Emmalee

Both the girls are enamored with their cousin Emmalee. Kaylee especially loves her littlest cousin and wants to hold her any chance that she can get. When she does get to hold her, she does not want to give her back and can sit for a long time just holding Emmalee and staring at her. It is so cute to see how both girls love their cousin so much. I am glad the girls had the opportunity to come with my Dad and I to see her. Here are some of my favorite pictures of the girls and Emmalee.

Kaylee holding Emmalee
The girls

Naomi and Emmalee

Naomi, Grandma, and Emmalee

Kaylee watching Grandma give Emmalee a bath

4th of July Fun

We had a very fun 4th of July up here in Utah. We tried to go see the parade in Provo, but by the time I got the girls ready I could not find a place to park close to where my brother Dan and his wife Stephanie were saving a spot for us. So I went back to my sister's apartment with two very disappointed girls. Early afternoon we headed up to Taylorsville to my brother Mike's and his wife Julie's house. They were kind enough to host the family 4th of July picnic (especially since they are in the middle of renovating their house). All of my siblings except John were present. My dad cooked a brisket and my mom made her terrific potato salad. The girls enjoyed watching Uncle Mike and his pals throw water balloons at each other. Kaylee was right in the middle of things telling Uncle Mike who to throw the balloons at. I wish I had gotten a picture of the balloon fight. After the picnic, the water balloons, and the naps, we headed back to Provo and parked in the Provo High parking lot to see the fireworks that were part of the Stadium of Fire program. Kaylee kept telling us all day that she does not like fireworks they scare her. Interestingly enough she fell asleep between Taylorsville and Provo and slept through the whole fireworks display. Naomi, however, really enjoyed the fireworks and wished there were more.

The girls in their 4th of July outfitsA firework

Naomi watching a firework sitting on Mike's best friend Adam's lap

Kaylee sleeping through the firework display

Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple Open House

The girls and I left for Utah last Wednesday, the 2nd, with my dad. My dad was picking up my mom, who spent the month of June helping Arielle get ready for baby Emmalee to arrive. Since my dad was driving, we hitched along for the ride. The girls and my parents will be leaving tomorrow to go back home to Texas. I will be staying till next week to help Arielle with Emmalee. One neat experience we were able to have here in Utah is to go to the Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple Open House. The temple is gorgeous. It was really neat for my girls to be able to see what the inside of the temple looks like while they are young. Naomi has loved temples since she was 2 years old. The girls were very reverent for the most part. Kaylee would point out all of the pictures that had Jesus in them. We had to stand in line for quite awhile but it was definitely worth the wait.

Trip to Arizona

On Valentine's weekend, David and I went to Arizona by ourselves for the blessing of his new neice Devyn. It was a quick trip to and from but we enjoyed the time without the girls.

Grandpa and Grandma with Devyn

The Watsons

We thought it was interesting that we left Texas and went to Arizona and found SNOW!!