Utah Trip

The last week in March Ty left on a business trip to South Carolina for two  weeks! As if that wasn't hard enough he was gone for my Birthday! I was a little sad he wasn't around for my actual Birthday. He was gone Valentines Day on a business trip and I'm predicting he'll miss our anniversary in May and Mother's day which are all in the same week usually. I am really grateful he has a job though so I'll stop complaining now! Since Ty was gone for so long I decided to go to Utah to visit my family. I drove up with my sister in law Meghan it was a very low stress drive. Meghan actually drove the whole time so I could switch out dvd's, hand out snacks, and grab dropped toys off the floor. Contrast that with driving home by myself 8 days later the boys amazed me until we reached Cedar City and then it got tough. The way people watch me in public when I'm trying to wrestle and reason with two squirmy, vocal little boys always makes me feel like I'm in a circus. If you are going to sit and stare at me and my two wild boys at least try to help instead of pass judgement. The boys refused to sit in high chairs for lunch so I had to do booster seats and then it was me fighting them the whole time to sit down and eat, stop bothering people in the booth next to ours, cleaning up spills and messes. I stopped in St. George at a park to change diapers and in hopes of wearing them out to the point of exhaustion the boys were pretty good until the last 60 miles when they decided to cry and scream until we pulled in the driveway. I am proud of myself for driving all the way home alone. I think I'll wait a couple more years before I attempt to do it again though. We had a great time with my family and it was so fun to celebrate Easter with all of them a week early.

Troy shaking his finger at me while saying "No, No No!" That's his and Weston's favorite word.

I love this smile!

We went to a park one day while both my parents were at work. The boys favorite part was throwing rocks from this bridge into the water.

My sister in law Kim gave Troy and Weston some good looking haircuts.

Walking with Aunt Kim

Grandpa Cog worked a lot while we were there, but the boys loved being silly and goofy with him when he was home.

 

 I doubted my Dad when he said he was going to take both boys for a walk around the block by himself. I thought  they wouldn't hold hands the whole time and usually one gets tired and you end up carrying them. Of course they were perfect for my Dad and that really goes for anyone they are with except their parents!

 Hunting for eggs

 Troy and Weston had more fun looking and finding eggs this year. Once they found one they couldn't resist opening it right that second to see what was inside it.

 Sienna with her eggs. Isn't she cute?

My sister Lindsay had no pictures of her pregnant, so I took this picture so she can look back on it one day and remember what she looked like pregnant. Baby Henry came two days after this picture on April 2nd. I got to see Henry before I left Utah but he was in NICU  for a day and so I didn't get to hold him. I'll have to make up for that next time we go up for a visit.

 Averi, Weston, Baxter, Sienna, and Troy after hunting eggs in Grandma and Grandpa's yard.

 

"Look at our eggs!"

Grandma Cog was helping the grandkids find ladybugs and then letting them take turns with it crawling on their arms.

Grandma, Troy and Averi watching the ladybug Averi caught

 Troy dying an egg, about a minute later he splashed it all over. Weston had a complete meltdown didn't want to wait for his egg to dry and held it so hard it broke. So we put the dye away.....

And did this, the boys had fun decorating foam eggs with stickers, stamps and pom poms. And I was happy because it was a lot less stress and mess than dyeing eggs.