Mother's Day

Over Mother's Day weekend Chris and I decided to take the kids up to my parents vacation home in Eden, Utah. It's just about 2 hours north of our house, up in the mountains in a quiet small town. We thought it would be fun to get away and have some relaxing time. We went up Friday afternoon after Chris got off work and came back Sunday evening. The weather was fantastic so we spent a lot of our time lounging on the deck soaking up the sun. Christopher's parents, sister, brother-in-law, and niece came up Saturday morning to spend the day and night with us which was a ton of fun! We went shopping, ate at the local mexican restaurant, and then drove over to the lake in the evening. Nobody else was there and it was too cold to swim but we sure had fun playing on the beach. Chris, his dad, and Mike skipped rocks on the water, Liam rolled around getting sand in every crevice in his body, Maddy collected tiny shells and drew pictures in the sand with some driftwood, and Cris, Emily, Lainey, and I soaked up the fresh mountain air. The next morning, which was Mother's day, the boys cooked us moms some breakfast. It was really good. Very nice to relax for a little bit that morning. After breakfast Chris' family left so we just spent the rest of the day watching movies and napping. It was a wonderful way to celebrate the birth of my children.

This was Liam's favorite activity of the weekend. He swept that porch over and over.

Liam and cousin Lainey getting acquainted.

Kissing cousins!

Maddy teaching Lainey all about the ipad.

Auntie Em, Lainey, and Maddy at the mexican restaurant Carlos and Harley's.

Liam thought uncle Mike was hilarious eating his big burrito.

Beach time!

Liam loved the sand so much, he ate it!

The stick was her crayon and the sand became the canvas.

Oh no! Maddy grew duck feet!!

Liam wanted to bury grammy in the sand.

Bliss.

The family hanging out by the lake.