Spring Break ended up being on March 8th through the 14th this year. Gotta tell ya, LOVED the time I got to spend off of school and just be a mom to my beautiful kids. Every year since we have been in Casper we always go to St. George for Spring Break. I absolutely love it. It is so good for my soul to be where it is a little warmer, and having my family right there. I always come back feeling rejuvenated and ready to tackle whatever Casper has to throw back at me!
Anyway, the Monday before we left for our trip James came home from work with a GMC Trailblazer.
That's right! We got a new vehicle for our growing family. I was sad to leave the Impala. We brought both our kids home from the hospital in that cute, economy friendly car, but we had to have space. I like to travel in the back seat when I have a newborn, and make sure their little heads aren't falling all over the place, and I wanted to be by Grant to entertain him, and make the ride a little easier for all of us! After all, we are in the car for 10 hours! I found myself actually looking forward to the drive, knowing that I would be close to my kids the whole way.
I had some fun taking pictures in the car on the way down. This Leap Frog learning pad saved our lives. Grant played with it the whole down. We had fun singing along to the songs it played. Audrey just slept off and on the whole way down. We stopped from time to time to feed kids and change diapers. A lot longer trips these days with two kids. It was fun though!
We left at about 3:00 in the afternoon. We left Cooper home by himself, with our friend Lyndi looking in on him every once in awhile to make sure he is okay. Thanks Lyndi! :)
We broke up the trip by spending the night in Lindon with James' brother's family. We arrived there at about 9:30 with an exhausted Grant (who did well the entire trip, but was up most of the time) and a tired and hungry Audrey. James and I managed to get both kids asleep, and we got some sleep for the next stretch of the drive. Travelling with two young kids is challenging. I know there are people out there with more than two, and I don't know how you do it! First of all, there is the endless bringing in things for the night. James is usually the one to do this, and I watch the two kids and make sure they don't get in his way. I have to say that I am grateful for James for doing this. It really is a lot of stuff just for one night. Bags, pack and plays, bassinets, blankets. Crazy. And the morning rush to get ready is also equally nuts. There is always something to be done, and I found myself feeding Audrey, and getting her taken care of, while James was the one who packed up the car, AND got Grant ready for the day. He is amazing!
We finally left at about 9:00 on Saturday morning. James' brother's family left the same time we did, and we made plans to stop for lunch. We ate at this Mexican Restaurant in Beaver that James and I always make fun of whenever we see it. It looks like it is just called Mexican Restaurant, but truly it is called Kan Kun Mexican Restaurant. The food was surprisingly good! Thanks to Paul and Robbi for picking it! Grant did well also. Lately, its been a toss up to see how well he will do in a public place like a restaurant! :) We finally made it to St. George in the early after noon on Saturday. We spent some time with James' family, and then with mine. Thats kind of a hard thing I think when we go on trips. I want to spend time with both families, but that's really hard! James and I usually go our separate ways for part of the trip. I guess that's what you get when you have both families live in the same town. Anyway, I was happy because my mom finally got to see Audrey again!
We stayed at my parents house. We put Audrey in their office, and this was the weekend where she started sleeping the whole night through! We are so blessed! She has been sleeping through the night ever since then.
Since the event we came down for was Audrey's blessing, here are some pics of her blessing. I wanted to get some of the whole family, but everyone left the church so quickly and changed out of everything, that we didn't get one.
She looks pretty in her dress. Funny story about getting her in it. She threw up twice in it just seconds after I put it on her. We had to put a bib on her to protect her dress before the blessing. Unfortunately, the only one I had in the diaper bag was this one:
A little blurry, but it's actually Grant's cowboy bib. The only one I had brought. :)I was a little (okay, a lot) bugged that I didn't hear James' blessing for her. Grant decided to have a screaming fit in the middle of sacrament, so I had to dash out of the chapel, and missed the whole blessing. James gave me a recap at the end, but I was sad all the same. He usually does pretty decent in church.
Anyway, we had a luncheon at the Killpack's after it was over. We blessed Audrey in our old ward in Ivins, so we just headed on over as soon as sacrament was over. We had a great time talking and the food was delicious. Grant has a cousin about 6 months older than he is named Hunter. He and Grant don't quite get along well enough to play nicely by themselves, but they are getting better. They lasted a whole five minutes before things got a little out of hand! They will probably get along better next year, after the terrible twos are all over with!
Anyway, we had a luncheon at the Killpack's after it was over. We blessed Audrey in our old ward in Ivins, so we just headed on over as soon as sacrament was over. We had a great time talking and the food was delicious. Grant has a cousin about 6 months older than he is named Hunter. He and Grant don't quite get along well enough to play nicely by themselves, but they are getting better. They lasted a whole five minutes before things got a little out of hand! They will probably get along better next year, after the terrible twos are all over with!
James' parents came up the first week in February. They stayed two nights before heading back to Utah, to go to baby Madison's blessing. Audrey has a cousin who is one month older than she is. Lucky girl! I felt spoiled by their visit. It was lovely to have someone else take care of babies while I could do other things. Grandma Shauna was wonderful with Audrey, and seemed to calm her down when she got to be fussy. Grandmas are amazing! They bought Audrey this cute little cherry outfit:
