Following the crowd

Somebody got a haircut at our house!


Because she wanted her hair just like hers.


Whatever her reasons, we think she looks pretty darn cute.

Featherhead and Airholes

This is my funny little featherhead who recently referred to his little sister's mouth as her airhole. Pretty sure Avatar inspired that one. Love it!

Mommy-Daughter Trip

Lyda was asked by her cousin Keira to be a flower girl in a wedding up in Utah. Lyda had been a flower girl in one other wedding and really wanted to do it again. I really liked the idea of taking a quick trip with my daughter. So we headed up to Utah a couple of weeks ago and had such a great trip. It was the first time Lyda had been on a plane old enough to actually realize how amazing it was that we were flying. She was so excited. She was only nervous when there were too many clouds and she couldn't see the ground. We rented a little convertible volkswagon bug that Lyda absolutely loved, and while it was fun to rent, I'd never recommend buying one. I think it is also a good time to mention that traveling in unfamiliar territory with a GPS is so the way to go. That little device saved me from so much trouble. Anyway, we spent a day with my cousin Aimee and her kids. We had such a fun time hiking around a waterfall and having a picnic near her house. I had totally forgotten how easy one child is. But I have to admit that on several occasions I thought, "man Kode would love this". Ruby probably would have hated it, so I was grateful not to be hauling her around. (Love you Ruby)



I really wanted to take Lyda to do something fun, just the two of us, so we spent an evening in Park City. We had dinner together and then went down the alpine slides and went on their semi-new rollercoaster ride. We had so much fun. It was so great to have that time with just Lyda. And to end the night just right we stopped at Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory for caramel apples. I dare say that my little girl was in heaven.



The next day we headed to Lehi to stay with my cousin Tamara and her little family. Tamara fixed Lyda's hair for the wedding and off we went so Lyda could perform her flower girl duties. Lyda was instructed to walk very slowly down the aisle and smile. I'm not sure how much she smiled but she certainly excelled at walking slowly. She really did a great job. The last time she was a flower girl, she ran out of flowers and just stopped because she was told the bride couldn't walk unless she had flowers to step on. She was determined to make the flowers last this time. It was pretty cute. It was a fun night overall. The wedding was beautiful and Lyda loved just hanging out in the bride's room while she got ready. After the wedding we headed back to my cousin's and visited for a while before heading off to bed.



We stopped by the Salt Lake Temple and the conference center before heading home. Maybe not as fun as the alpine slides, but Lyda did enjoy seeing the temple that she's seen in pictures so many times. It really was just a perfect trip for Lyda and I. Now she's asking when she gets to have a daddy-daughter trip.

Summer Cabin Trip

Summer has been keeping us busy. We started off the summer with a trip to the cabin with my family. My sisters-in-law and I headed up a few days early with our kids and the men joined us on the weekend. Christi and her kids happened to be up at their cabin at the same time and they spent some good time with us also. At first the kids had a hard time with the bugs. Some of them wouldn't go outside because they were everywhere. But eventually they learned to deal with the bugs and had fun with them anyway. We had lots of fun and enjoyed some nice weather.