Easter in St. George

We spent Easter this year in St. George with the Holt's. Brock was on Spring Break so we got to stay until Wednesday! With his busy schedule we really enjoyed spending some uninterrupted time together. Here is Greta dying eggs, you can see the excitement in her face.

Easter morning checking out the baskets - Grandpa made sure to write the Easter Bunny a note telling him we were in St. George and he found us!

Hunting for eggs

The girls

Cutest bunny ever!

Making bunny cupcakes

Grandma and Grandpa with the big girls. Greta adores just adores her cousins. They have so much fun running around and playing together.

Grandpa with all the girls.

And a rare picture of mom.

New York, New York!

My sister Reghan got married on March 27th and the whole family traveled to New York City for the wedding. I was worried about traveling with the kids but they actually did great. Here is Elsa on the plane, as soon as she saw the window she immediately leaned over to take a peek.

We all stayed at the same hotel and Kayce and her family were just a room away from us. It was nice to be so close. Here is my dad opening his birthday gift, we waited to all be together to give it to him.
The cousins in on the bed together.
As we walked around the city, we got quite the looks from people- dad's with babies I don't think are very common sights. One guy got out of his car to point out the 2 headed monster.
We hit the Moma first thing, one of my faves and a first for Brock. The first pic is Greta and Mondrian or "No mommy it's Rectangles" and then Greta with Papa and Starry Night. It's hard not to get emotional seeing this painting especially when listening to Starry Night while looking at Starry Night. Don McLean's Vincent is a family favorite (Kayce performs it beautifully) and it was a great moment.

We planned to meet the Mammen's (my sister Kayce's fam) afterward at the Shake Shack but alas we were too many for a cab. So what to do but take a limo?

The Wedding - Reghan + Kristian coming out of the Manhattan temple.

We took pictures in Central Park after the temple. There was a man playing the sax there an he got down on his knees and serenaded Reghan to"Here comes the bride".

Heading back on the subway

The Reception was at a great old building in the East Village not far from where Reghan has lived and worked for the past 6 years. It had a beautiful staircase that we took pictures on with the whole family. Later on I was lucky enough to get this cute shot of Greta.

Me and my cute cousin Jill who came all the way from Seattle!

Cutting the cake

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Father and Bride Dance

The reception was a ton of fun. There was of course great music and lots of dancing. This little video shows two little girls who really hit the floor. At one point everyone makes a cirlce around these dancing girls.

The next day,

Brock in front of the Apple store &

all of us on 5th Avenue.

A trip to FAO Schwartz completed our trip!

Charlie and Lola

Elsa learned to wave on our trip and the first video is her waving to Lauren while waiting for the subway.

Lindsey Hatch

My sister in law Lindsey is a wonderful photographer. She just updated website here and it looks fabulous. Of course I may be a little biased because the first kiddo that comes up is mine. I highly recommended her if you are looking for a photographer!

St. George

We went to St. George over the Presiden'ts Day weekend. It was such a great get-away, very much needed. We were down there with Brock's parents and had such a nice time with them. Plus, it is also our anniversary and they watched the kids so we could go out! We went hiking, Brock & his dad did some biking, Sue and I got to hit the parade of homes and we also made it to the art festival. Sunday was of course V-Day and here are our little Valentines!

The hikers at Scout Cave.

Someone got a little tired hiking, this is before...

and after.

The art festival

The jury has really been out on who Elsa looks like. A lot of people tell me that she looks exactly like me. Others say that she looks just like her sister did (who looks exactly like her dad). I found this photo of me as a baby and I think she looks like me in it but, she has also changed a lot since this picture and does at times look like Greta too. I'm sure she'll keep changing but for the moment it's nice to see abit of me!

Brock's sister, Lindsey took the most ADORABLE photos of Elsa. There were soooo many cute ones I had a hard time choosing which ones to post so I just posted a bunch. I can't believe my baby is getting so big. She is so happy. You can't look at her without her lighting up and giving you a big smile. I want to freeze her right now!!

Snowy Day

We had a lot of snow this week and got to get Greta dressed in her snowsuit for the first time. She loved being out in the snow, much to Brock's delight!