Showing posts with label family. Show all posts
Showing posts with label family. Show all posts

Thursday, July 9, 2015

Utah getaway

Our little family was lucky enough to fly to Utah this past Fourth of July to spend time with family. I was so excited when this trip was planned because two of my three sisters had never met Cash before, and he is already 9 months! Scott and I were pretty nervous about flying with Cash, especially because he is the biggest wiggle worm and always has to be moving. However, flying went surprisingly very smoothly! On the way there and back he fell asleep on the plane! This is a pretty big thing, I'm pretty sure he just passed out from pure exhaustion and lack of sleep beforehand. But still, getting him to sleep on the flight was awesome. Before his airplane naps, Cash was very interested in looking out the window and attempting to pull the window shade up and down. He also would have loved to pull the people's hair in the seats in front of us if we would have let him ha!
We rented a big house to stay at for the weekend with plenty of rooms, but Scott and I still managed to end up on a blow up mattress downstairs. I don't know what it is, but we just cannot sleep in the same room as Cash. He just knows we are in the room and cries. The things we do for our kids. This trip was the first time Cash slept in his pack and play since he was 3 months old, the first night went great...it went downhill from there. Other than the lack of sleep, Cash had SO much fun playing with his cousins. His favorite thing was splashing in a little blow up pool my sister brought. He was having so much fun that I think we might have to end up buying Cash a little mini pool. We also enjoyed going to the Zoo and the Curiosity Museum. It was the perfect weekend to get together, we were able to attend my nephew Hutch's blessing, spend the Fourth of July together, bbq, and celebrate Kellen's Birthday. The house we stayed at was in Draper and overlooked the Valley, this made watching fireworks really cool! We could see fireworks in the distance going off in almost every neighborhood.
 One thing I missed most about Utah, besides my sisters of course, are the amazing restaurants! First thing we had was Cafe Rio, my favorite. Scott and I even grabbed Cafe Rio at the airport on our way home just for good measure. I'm so glad my sisters were able to finally meet Cash and that we could hangout for a couple days. It's so sad we don't live closer than we do. I wish so badly Cash was able to see and play with his cousins more. On my side of the family Cash has 5 boy cousins all within 1 year! I know once he is older they will have the time of their life running around and playing together! Love my family, and am so excited for our next get together!



















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Monday, February 9, 2015

Cousins meet!

Ever since I found out I was pregnant only a MONTH apart from my sister Julie, I've been anticipating our babies meeting! I've imagined them being best cousins, sticking together, being so excited to see each other, always playing together at family get togethers, having sleepovers, matching, and maybe one day even being college roommates ;). 
This past weekend Cash and Ky finally met.
It was a super quick trip to Mimi and Papa's house in Prosser, which is halfway for the both of us.
At this age 4 & 5 months) it was more for my sister and I, the babies didn't really know what was going on. But it was still so fun, especially finally being able to take pictures of them side by side.
It was funny seeing them stare at each other while making noises. My favorite was when they would grab each other's feet, hands, and tug at each other's clothes. Also the blank stares they would give each other.
It was also great being able to be there for Kyler's blessing day! I'm so grateful that Cash has a cousin that is so close in age. I'm sure there will never be a dull moment with these two once they can run around together. I wish so badly we lived closer so we could have play dates, but living far apart makes it that much sweeter when we are able to get together! I can't wait until they get to play again :).











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Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Pumpkin patch with our little pumpkin

I love everything about Fall, I love it even more now that we have a baby boy to share all the fun fall activities with.
Our first family outing (besides grocery shopping and doctor visits) was to a pumpkin patch this past Saturday. Cash had so much fun even though he slept most of the time in his wrap ;).
We went to a cute little place called Jim Dandy Farm.
It wasn't an actual pumpkin patch but instead there were lots of pumpkins already picked and scattered around a field. We picked out a big, medium, and small pumpkin, one for dad, mom, and baby. I still can't get over how cute Cash's little pumpkin is! Everything is so much cuter in baby size!
As we were leaving the sweet owner came out after us and gave us a tiny little white pumpkin for Cash for his first Halloween.
 I'm so excited for all of his first holidays.














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Thursday, August 21, 2014

Playa Del Carmen

For Christmas this past year my in-laws surprised us with an amazing and generous gift of a family trip to Playa Del Carmen, Mexico for this Summer!
At that point Scott and I had just started trying to have a baby so we were a little worried that we would possibly not be able to go. Little did we know we were pregnant...but it all worked out just right, I was 34 weeks when we went and 36 weeks is the cut off on traveling during pregnancy!
I have to admit I was pretty leery about leaving the states and traveling while being that far along with child, but it was so nice to have a last hoorah before our due date. 
I'm so grateful that nothing went wrong and I didn't come home with a mexican citizen baby ;).
The beach was exactly what I needed.
The ocean was perfection. 
It was so fun swimming in the water, it was almost like my belly weight was lifted when I was swimming. If you have ever been pregnant you know that carrying around all that extra weight in the front can be tiring!

We left EARLY (I can't even recall the time, that's how early it was) on July 31. We had a layover in San Francisco on the way down. When we finally got there and stepped out of the airport to find our ride the humidity hit us like a brick wall. I have never experienced humidity like that before!

We arrived at the house we stayed at late evening after stopping at Walmart to get some necessities for breakfast and lunches. 
The house was gorgeous! I don't think my in-laws could have picked a better house for our family vacation. It was a two story home with a pool and waterfall right in the front. It was a short walk to the beach and a community pool.

Our daily routine went a little like this:
Leisurely wake up. Eat breakfast. Change into bathing suits. Pack beach bag. Walk to the beach. Tan. Swim. Tan. Swim. Swim. Swim...it was too hot for me to lay out long. Walk back to the house. Eat lunch. Cool down. Rest. Take a short nap and/or watch a movie. Shower. Get ready for evening festivities. Walk to 5th avenue (the street with everything). Eat dinner. Shop. Stroll. Head home. Play a game. Go to bed. Repeat.

Some of my favorite things about the trip:
We found the best tacos for only 80 cents each.
In other words, the food!
Miami Vices, virgin of course.
Swimming in the PERFECT temperature ocean. 
Getting tan.
Looking at all the fun shops.
Mexican Coca-Cola.
Hearing the testimonies of the locals at church and Scott translating.
Playing games.
Swinging in a hammock.
Not caring about fixing my hair the whole vacation.
Scoring big on a cute little hupil clutch that just so happens to match my Nena & Co diaper bag.
Being with family.



During this vacation Scott caught a fish. He caught a turtle. He cut open several different coconuts. AND he touched a sting ray. I think I have a little adventurer on my hands.


Scott was determined to get so tan that he looked like a local, and I believe he achieved his goal haha. There came a point where I don't think he could have gotten any tanner.


So grateful for the family that I married into.


Seriously sooo relaxing.




Scott and I saw about 50 of these things climbing down the tree next to the house one day.







We found this hammock in a drawer in our room literally about 10 minutes before we left for the airport. BUMMER.

It was definitely a relaxing and fun vacation! 
Thank you so much Loren and Velenti for the amazing trip and memories! We love you!

A little video my brother in law put together: 

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