Get Excited!!!!

Max is officially 2, and he can say it! So fun! He woke up in the morning to a large room filled with balloons...his favorite. He chose to have waffles for breakfast, and after breakfast, he opened a few presents...his favorites including a new handy manny doll that talks and a bubble machine. woo hoo! Anyway, we can't believe that 2 years has gone by, time flies! We are so blessed to have such a sweet little boy in our family. We're grateful you were born, Maxer!

We just got back from a family reunion trip to utah. We had so much fun!!! We got to spend time with our cousins that we never get to see from the Ellsworth side of the family, and see Mar Mar and Paw Paw and Boo Boo. We stayed up at a cabin that my Aunt owns in the Brighton ski resort. It was so fun to be up in the mountains and see the stuff that we never get to see in AZ. We saw a moose and Porcupine, went hiking, did the Park City Alpine slides--max laughed the whole way down, got our family pictures taken, did kids crafts everyday...it went too fast! Mar mar and Paw Paw(Autie's mom and dad) set up a scavenger hunt for all the kids on a nature walk...that's what this picture is of. We looked for conifers, pine cones, flowers, squirrels, stumps, etc. It was a fun activity for Max and all his cousins. This is one of the kids crafts that we did: decorating cupcakes...max had a ball with it, I think all the other kids did, too.
We hiked up to Lake Mary...yep, Jeff hiked, and he was awesome!!! This is us up at the lake.
Anyway, we had so much fun in utah, we even got to see Jeff's brother and sister-in-law for a few days, which was so fun, too! Can't wait for the next time I get to see my family all together...it doesn't happen very often!!! I love my family!