Our Trip to Utah

We had so much fun on our trip to Utah for Thanksgiving and to celebrate my grandparents' 50th anniversary. Read about our trip by clicking these links:

Day (or really night) One

Day Two

Day Three

Day Four

Day Five

Day Six

It was so wonderful to see so much family, and SO fun watching them meet our little girl. We love you all and can't wait to see you next time!

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P.S.
So far, days one and two are done. These links will still take you to the right pages, but days three through six will be updated over the next few days. Thanks for your patience!

Christmas Beads - Follow Up

A few days ago I posted about the Christmas beads (here). Well, my mom found a picture of me playing with those beads when I was about 8 months old...

We do look alike, don't we? :)

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Party Preview

I have lots of exciting pics and videos I'm getting ready to post from the last month, including our Thanksgiving trip and Evie's very FIRST birthday party!

Her party was last night, and it went perfectly! I'll leave the rest of the details for the birthday post I'm working on, but I just wanted to say thank you to all of you who sent texts and emails wishing her a happy birthday. And thank you also to everyone who worked so hard to make her birthday perfect. Here is a picture of her at her party to get you by until I finish the post...

I love that little girl! I can't believe she is already one!

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life&lemons

Christmas Beads

Some of you remember this story… When I was just a couple months younger than Evie is now, my family spent Christmas with my grandparents in Maryland. Grandma and Grandpa had strings of red beads on their tree which instantly became my favorite toy while I was there. When it was time to go, each of them pulled my parents aside and gave them a string of beads for me to keep, so when we got home we had two! I always loved this story growing up, and I still have those beads, although most of the red has been rubbed off by years and lots of love.

Yesterday Evie and I visited her grandma and they were decorating for Christmas. Guess what my little girl found to play with? New shiny red strings of beads! She had so much fun playing with them, and Mom and I shared a moment while we watched this tradition continue. Maybe after Christmas is over she will send my little girl home with some beads of her own. 

   

   

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life&lemons

Utah Trip Day Six

Day Six will be updated soon!