Kids in Utah

It is hard to express how grateful I am to my family for taking the 4 older kids to Utah.  It was so hard to let them go... and we missed them terribly.  But it was so good for all of us.  It was good for them to be with family, do fun things (that we haven't been able to do), and have some big kid independent time.  Good for me because I was able to recover and focus on just me and Eve, they also missed all my crazy hormonal recovery that would have been worsened if they were here.  Good for Dane becasue he got to slow down a bit and figure things out with Eve on his own terms, he also loved all the one on one time with Jason (where he learned how to talk!).  Good for Eve because she got to have all my attention.  Good for Jason because he got to spend some time with Dane and teach him a lot.  I asked my family to text me pictures.  So while I wasn't there.  I will try to tell stories of what they did do.

They got to meet Charlotte!  I haven't met her yet.  Daniel and Angie are actually living with my parents so they got to spend a lot of quality time with those cousins.  I am so glad! 

Angie is a mother after my own heart and took my girls to the temple!  They also did Come Follow Me with my kids in the evening.

She took them on all sorts of outings.  It sounds like my girls were big helpers and loved "mothering" their girls.

They also spent some time at Katie's house.  She lives in a town house with a pool!

Angie took them to Barnes and Noble and bought them all books!

Audrey did everyone's hair so cute!

Brock played a lot of corn hole

Addie (who is living there) also has a gluten allergy so it made things easy for Megan's celiac.  Here they are making gluten free brownies.

Katie and Audrey love taking portraits.

Cousin movie night!

My parents got bunnies and my kids were in heaven!

Brooke gave my boys hair cuts!

They got to go to Sam's birthday party

And they slept out on the tramp almost every night.  Daniel would project a movie onto the shed and they would have smores.  They lived quite the life!

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They also went swimming at Cottonwood heights and jumped off the rock cliffs - one of their favorite things to do.  They also went and visited their great grandparents and roasted hot dogs in their pear orchard.

Daily Pictures of Eve

The girls were sad to leave Eve her first 2 weeks of life.  Megan considered staying but she knew how much fun she would have in Utah.  They both insisted that I send daily pictures of Eve so they could see her grow.  So here is Eve's first 2 weeks:

Hanna's

My mom  and dad came the next day to pick up the 4 older kids and take them to Utah for 2 weeks.  I wrote about my emotions earlier.  It was SO good that they went.  They had a great time and it was wonderful for me, Dane, and Eve.  I don't know why we didn't get any pictures with Grandpa and the kids.  Weird!

Dane INSTANTLY fell in love with his "grama".  He followed her around the house saying "grama" "grama" and wanted to play ball and have her read books.  He didn't give her a moments break.  It was so funny. 

And she got to see this little cutie!  They were only at the house for a few hours - but they did get a little cuddle time!