Colorado: Family

We technically went to Colorado for my cousin's wedding.  However, I sort of considered it a family reunion as well, because we were able to see family that I haven't seen in a long time.  

One of my favorite parts was seeing my girls with their cousins they've never met.  My grandma got to be with 5 of her six great granddaughters all at once.  

 Gracie and Emma were two peas in a pod; adorable and mischief all rolled up in one!

 Skyler and Hailey hit it off as well.  Skyler cried when they had to say goodbye!

 Hailey's dad, Jamie, teasing the girls

I loved catching up with my own cousins as well, though it was hard to do while running after kids!  I never even thought to get a picture of us all together, but my sister did snap this at the rehearsal dinner, the night before the wedding.  

 It had been six years since my Dad and his two brothers were all together.  I love watching them together, especially because it's so obvious they are brothers.  

 Goofy x 3

 Nana loved being with all her girls at once

 Kiki and her girls, snuggled up watching a movie before bed

 As if I wasn't obnoxious enough matching my own girls, we got my sister in on the action and made sure all three girls had matching dresses for the wedding AND matching swimsuits.  

 Are you dying from the cuteness?

2 MONTHS!!

I can't believe Bentlee is 2 months old. Someone needs to figure out how to stop time or at least slow it down. I know, I know....I'm going to love each stage more and more. I already can tell that's true. But it still makes me sad how fast she's growing! We just spent 5 days in Denver with my dad's family (more pictures to come) where she was just a little bit spoiled.

    She started sucking her thumb one night while my dad 

was holding her and it was so adorable but it's 

probably good that she hasn't done it since

Her cousins ADORED her

She's SUCH a good baby. People say that about their babies all the time, but I really mean it. :) She is SO good. She cries when she gets her diaper and clothes changed, and during and (especially) after her baths. And sometimes when she's hungry, but even then it's more just a little fussing. She's been sleeping through the night since she was just over 3 weeks old. Not a night has gone by that she hasn't. She usually eats for the last time around 9 or 10, we lay her down when we go to bed around 10 or 11 (she falls to sleep herself), and she doesn't wake up until 6 or 7. The crazy thing is, when she wakes up after not eating   for 9 hours or more she doesn't really fuss at all. She just quietly lets me know she's awake and when I bring her downstairs she is usually cooing and smiling at me.

LOVE THIS BABY.

CF Walk

Last weekend we went to the annual Cystic Fibrosis event in our town to help support one of the boys at our church. His "team's" color was orange and we were the largest group there. We went on a 2 mile walk which was a little hot and sweaty, but we had fun.

Bentlee was a great sport. Can't take the girl shopping in her stroller for ten minutes but you can bet she never made a peep during the 3 hours we were there. Kyle asked me that morning if she had anything orange she could wear. Finding something wasn't the problem, but choosing between the 5 different orange outfits she has was. That girl has so many cute clothes. Sometimes I feel the need to change her outfit halfway through the day just for fun. And I do...

Friends

We went to Red Robin the other night for Benny's Birthday. Between that, a bridal shower, another birthday, a wedding recepion, and a random get together, I think I've seen our friends 5 times in the last 2 weeks. I love it.

Memorial Day

We had a fun day with yesterday. In the morning we met Kyle's family at the Payson cemetary to visit Amy's grave, and several others. It was a beautiful day so we took our time walking around. We missed Tyler and Ashley who were in St. George for the weekend, and Justin and Leslie who are in Peru.

Afterward we went to Kyle's parents for a bbq and also celebrated Stockton's birthday which is on Wednesday. Kyle and his brothers used this as an excuse to take to take the nephews laser tagging, and Abby and Lydie decided they wanted in on the fun so they went as well . That left Amber, Stacy and I (and Bentlee) alone so we decided we'd better have some fun too. The boys sent us these pictures while we were getting pedicures. I love how Abby and Lyd are holding hands in the group picture.

After that, Ryan's family came over to swim for a little bit, and then Kyle and I went on a date. It was the first time we've been out just the two of us since Bentlee was born. My Aunt Linda baby-sat. We're grateful for family and friends that are willing beg to watch Bentlee!

Bentlee's first cabin trip

Last weekend we went up to Strawberry for the night. Bentlee picked up on the rules of the cabin right away and did exactly what the rest of us do. Eat and relax.

My heart melted when I saw her Uncle Andy loving on her. He was the first to scoop her up and held her for a long time. Didn't even set her down to eat his supper!

        It was chilly that night until we got the fire going. She looked like a little chipmunk all bundled up.

We squeezed in some Uno while we watched Uncle Buck, which also happens every cabin trip. EVERY cabin trip. You can guess where most of my husband's favorite quotes come from.

Kyle, Lee, Andy, Amber and the kids went fishing Saturday morning while Maxyne and I cleaned, played diggers with Peyton, and snuggled Bentlee.