The Graduate

CONGRATS to my baby sister on graduating from high school! We love you Aunt Laura, better known as 'Sippy' at our house. It was fun to be there to celebrate with you.

Cousins all born in 1993.

I love this picture in so many ways.

We played with the camera and took some Senior Pictures of Laura. She is so pretty.

We LOVE you! xoxo

Utah

The last stop on our trip was a visit to Salt Lake. We celebrated my sisters graduation and dads birthday. It was fun to see everyone again. The girls loved all the attention they were getting for the entire trip and they 'milked it' for all it was worth. Abby loved having family members sneak her treats behind mommy's back. Both girls have been going through 'family withdrawals' since we left. It was so nice to spend time with family and friends. Love you all!

Kate loves to chew on anything in front of her. Poor Nadine sacrificed her finger.

Baby Kate and Pops.

Abby running through the awesome water park at Liberty.

Flying the planes and cars.

Everyone loves Aunt Sue.

We had to go to Cafe Rio. Yum! We met 'Aunt Shano' there and it was so fun to see her. Shano also made an amazing Mexican Dinner later that week.

The babies holding hands.

Watching Kung Fu Panda in 3D with Spencer and Nadine.

Getting to know Great Grandma

Taking a bath in the sink

All bundled up with Pops.

Fun at the Park with the cute Bradley girls, so great to see them.

Riding the Farris Wheel. Abby loved it but kept telling me to 'hold on tight'.

Logan

Next on our trip was to the GOREGOUS Cache Valley. We always love to visit family in Logan. The valley was BEAUTIFUL with the snow topped mountains. It was the greenist I have ever seen Utah. They have had so much rain and snow that there were even flood warnings. I should have brought warmer clothes because we went from 90 to 40 degrees. I couldn't stop looking at the mountains, I wanted to hike them all.

Abby was in paradise playing with her cousins. We were pampered. It was wonderful to be with family and enjoy a few days together. We LOVE you!

Crazy picture

Aunt Angie

Megan and Nicole

Abby and Isabelle

The girls

Megan

Emma

Did I mention we were pampered? Abby woke up and the girls put her in a chair, propped her feet and gave her some chocolate milk, complete with the Dora Show. The royal treatment.

The mountains were so pretty, they almost didn't seem real.

We loved visiting with Great Grandpa and Grandma in Bountiful. We love them.

Kate is pulling quite the face in this picture, but still a good one of the girls with Great Grandpa.

Colorado

Our trip out West started in the beautiful State of Colorado. There is nothing better than getting off the plane and smelling the sweet fresh air of the Rocky Mountains. Ahh...bliss.

It was fun to spend some time with Grandma and Grandpa Hamilton. We were able to visit lots of friends and family and take a tour of campus at the University of Colorado were Brett's dad works. Abby loved playing with cousins and running in the backyard.

Abby enjoying the library.

Abby loved jumping up and down the stairs at the library with Grandpa. Boulder was beautiful.

We got a few pictures in the library but the lighting was pretty hard to work with. I love this picture we caught because of Abby's face. She is such a nut.

We visited my great friend Shannon. We love the Shaners! It was so great to see them. Hopefully we can spend even more time together next time. Abby was in heaven playing with her little boy Mark. They would feed and chase the chickens around. It was cute to watch them.

We were also able to get together with Jalayne, Hailey and Brady at the park. It was so great to see them. Abby and Hailey were inseparable. They loved eating pink ice cream at the end of our visit and Abby is still talking about it. Jalayne was sweet and let them pick out twin princesses at the store. Abby was in paradise.

Countless 'boo-boos'. We need a band-aid for everything.

Brady was so tired at the end of the event, he crashed in his mommy's arms. Cute.

Swinging with Grandma.