Hayes Family Vacation

The Hayes family came to visit us for a week we all stayed in our little apartment so it was a little crowded, but fun. We did a lot of fun stuff like hiking and feeding the ducks at the pond (sorry I didn'tget pics. of those - Julie has some really cute ones

though) so here are some of the highlights of our week with the Hayes.

We camped at the Grand Canyon, it started with us getting there super late and spotting a small fire in the trees, so we pulled over and Dan & Lance being the Great Boy Scouts that they are took a few bottles of water and put the fire out, a cop pulled over just to make sure every thing was OK and we found out that it was a controlled burn to help control all the extra growth. Thanks for the help guys! So we got there and it got soooo cold at night (into the 30's) and we were horribly unprepared for that, then we went to the grand canyon and Mia slept through the whole thing so we woke her up to take this one picture. I wish we would have taken a group picture but we didn't. bummer. Obviously we ate a lot of food. Here is Dan helping Aubrey make a PB&J sandwich. I thought this was cute and just had to take a picture.

We went to the park and this is one of the only picture I had on my camera, because Mia pretty much slept in the stroller through our whole visit to the park. The rest of the pictures I took were with Julie's camera and I was quite proud of those pics. too they were so good, but I don't have them so here is Mia and I on the swings.

Bath Time! this is Mia's first community bath. We love the bumbo, it can go anywhere! I don't care about the recall. anything can be dangerous on an elevated surface, just be careful.

Conference Weekend

The Hayes family also came to watch Conference with us. It was nice to see them. Aubry and Austin were so cute with Mia. Especially Aubrey, She wanted to hold her all the time. It was really cute.

We really got to enjoy the sunday sessions of conference because everyone wanted to play with Mia so, we didn't have to entertain her. Here she is with her Auntie Cody.

We decided we would surprise our families over conference weekend with a surprise visit. We had a really good time with the Thorson family and friends. Here is Mia with Grandma & Grandpa Thorson.

Getting caught

Do you see that pepper grinder? Well I was cooking dinner one night and Mia was sitting on the table in the bumbo as you see there. She reached over and knocked over the pepper grinder I thought it was cute, her first time playing with something she wasn't supposed to be touching, so of course I went over and set it back up again, this happened 4 times then when I tried to get it on video, she would not touch it when she knew I was looking. tricky little girl! and check out her Buddha boobs she really chunkin' out.

Making Pie

My friend Bianca & I tried t make apple pies totally from scratch using only stuff we had in our food storage. Mia helped! They turned out pretty dry, but I think I know what we need to do for next time. we'll see.

Sunday in the rain

Last Sunday (9/23) there was a 10 minute rain storm with thunder & lightning and everything. So we went out and enjoyed the rain for a little bit. We went for a little walk and had a family dance out in the rain. I didn't think Mia would enjoy it but she did. She's a real trooper!

Mia after her bath

Mia loves to take baths! She has always loved the water, even when she was a newborn when we would take showers with her she didn't mind the water in her face and would just try to suck the water off our shoulders. She is always so happy when she gets out too! I can't wait until she will enjoy playing with toys and stuff in the tub,for now she just splashes a tiny bit

Mia loves watermelon

Over Memorial day weekend My parents and Nicole & Jeff came to visit my grandparents here in AZ. It was really fun to see them. And it was especially fun for them to see Mia. every one just waited in line to hold her next. Let me tell you this child is not starved for attention. She is spoiled rotten as you can tell here she is at 2 1/2 months eating watermelon! She loved it, and it was so cute. (if I don't say so myself.) it ended up all over her face and her dress, and she was happy about it.

Do you see what I mean she loved it!