Utah - Church Museum

One of the fun things we did on our walks down to Temple Square ( my mom lives blocks away) was visit the Church Museum. We didn't see all the things there - our goal was to visit the display for the children - the I am a child of God exhibit. It was so sweet! Miss M and A had a great time as did my mom and me. Miss M's favorite thing to do was hang out in the nursery part of the exhibit. She loved playing with the dolls, washing them, dressing them and rocking them. They had a Tree of Life display, CTR rubbings of all different languages, dress up for a nativity and lots of other fun things. We spent two hours there, every minute wonderful. If you happen to be in the area, I recommend going!

Miss A standing by the Nativity -were you could dress up to be a shepherd, angel, or wise-man

Miss M doing a CTR rubbing

rocking the new baby

Miss A thought she would take a turn too - she was pretty cute in the rocking chair with a baby not much smaller than herself!

The Tree of Life display

Utah cont. day 2

Day two we woke up to snow snow snow! K had to catch a flight back home for jury duty. But we made it to the airport - and I made it home (my mom's place) even if I was "white knuckling" my mom's steering wheel the whole way back*.
I had not packed any snow clothes or heavy jackets. Not wanting to be completely "snowed" in for the day I borrowed my mom's boots layered the girls up and we made our way to Temple Square. Miss M loved looking at all the snow covered flowers, the water, taking pictures. We found a place for lunch (McDonald's - phew!) Then continued enjoying our walk. By this time all the snow was melting and we were taking off our many layers. Spring weather in Utah - who knew it was so unpredictable! Miss M and I enjoyed the rest of the afternoon back at Grandma's house playing.
Miss M and A had most of my undivided attention through this whole week because I didn't have a cell phone, internet, cable tv or a car to drive. It was refreshing for all of us I think!

*I have driven in snow lots of times but there is something different about driving in a blizzard, no plowed roads and using your mom's new car

Utah Posts Delays

SO, I was hoping to blog more about our Utah trip - but all my pictures are on my lap top, and K takes that to work with him...and well it just throws off my groove a bit. Someday I will post more about our trip - here is a little sneak peek...(I took these from my sisters FACE BOOK account that is why I have these pictures...)
While we were in Utah, my little sister Sarah had her bridal pictures taken...here are just a few of the many. Her photographer was great! You can check out Jessie Lynn's photo blog here.
And her flowers were gorgeous!

Isn't Wedding planning fun?

Utah - day one

Sunday our first official day in Utah, I went to church with my mom. I LOVE going to her ward. It meets in the Joseph Smith Memorial building in Temple Square - it is SO beautiful especially walking through the temple gardens and seeing all the beautiful spring flowers!

Miss M stayed home with Daddy, her pink eye not better at all, and in both eyes...

While my mom, Miss A and I were enjoying Church, K and Miss M were playing with the fun toys my mom has - she is a kindergarten teacher and has lots of fun things to play with. One of Miss M's favorite was an alphabet puzzle. She really enjoyed spelling/sounding out words. Between one of the hours of church I called to see how she was feeling and she said "Great! I just spelled DUCKLING." And K happened to snap a picture of her telling me...So Cute. I am pretty proud of that little speller.

She also sounded out the word ELAPHANT - I like how she spelled it E-L-A-F-I-N-T!

Miss A was good during church - I think she loved all the attention from all the Grandma and Grandpa's in my moms ward - the average age in her ward is 75!

Miss M and A modeling their matching shirts...

After church, we came home and enjoyed my Mom's crock pot stew. Then we just enjoyed our Sunday afternoon visiting, watching videos and hanging out with my sister, K's brother also stopped in to say hello - and to meet Miss A for the first time...

Utah or Bust

(you can kind of see how Miss M's eyes look in this picture)

We made it to Utah - Miss A's first flight and she - we flew FIRST CLASS! (love the United perks! sometimes) They were both so good on the flight - and because I waited for Miss M to be on the pink eye - eye drops for 24 hours K made it home from Germany and we were all able to fly to SLC together! WOO-HOO!

I made it through security with no hang ups (I do this by myself because K can park our car in the employee parking lot for free - we are not employees and are not allowed
in the restricted parking area)

The TSA agents were so kind and helpful - Seriously! They zipped me and the girls right through. Miss M had fallen asleep on the way to the airport and was pretty upset when her beloved Ziggy had to go through the x-ray machine - the TSA agent on the other side noticed this and had her doggy waiting for her when she walked through. They also helped me fold up the stroller, get the car seat through, and when Miss A's lamby fell they ran after me to give it back! PHEW!!! I was super grateful for all their help!

The crew on the plane spoiled us - and after our flight my sister and her fiance were there
to pick us up. Even though it was after midnight.
And so our week in Utah begins...