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Yellowstone

Posted on Saturday, November 8, 2014



Prepare yourself for this post.  I am about to dump a bajillion pictures on you from a vacation that happened months ago. But I love these pictures and I loved this trip, so....

This summer we went on a weekend trip to Yellowstone.  It was so much fun! I love Yellowstone! Since we were only there for a few days we spent most of our time driving, and driving, and driving, trying to see as much as possible.  Hudson surprisingly handled this so well! Our main goal was to see a ton of wildlife and we were not disappointed.



We loved that there were bison everywhere, in our campsite on the roads, everywhere.  Note below the guy getting way to close for a selfie.











Old Faithful kind of ended up being one of our least favorite attractions, it was neat, but there were so many people there.  The hot springs were all so neat, poor color blind Jason couldn't see all the cool colors though.  The rainbow smoke from the spring above was awesome!



Guys, we saw a bear! We were so excited because that is the one thing we wanted to see, and it was even a grizzly.  It may look far away in the picture but when an animal is that massive there is no way we would want to be any closer.  There were so many times we saw people getting way to close to wildlife, and this was one of those times.  Nobody was hurt of course, but once we saw the bear running towards a few loud people, we were out of there real fast.









Can I just live in Yellowstone all summer?  It is so gorgeous. We ended our little trip with a picnic by the lake, watching a couple lone boats with Hudson. I hope we can make this trip a yearly thing, because I feel like there is so much more to do and see there!

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St. George

Posted on Wednesday, April 9, 2014

This post is long overdue, but the pictures are so cute I had to share!  Basically, I am just proud of my self for blogging, this little blog is so neglected ,whoops!

During Jason's spring break we decided to join the crowds in sunny St. George for a one night get away.  We are really good at these one-night, mini road trips, it seems like that is the only kind of vacations we go on, fun and exhausting.

I love St. George. It is so amazingly different from northern Utah, I love the red rocks and the hot dry air.  My color blind husband may not agree with me about the red rocks though ;)

Let me break down our trip for you; wake up early and drive to St. George, eat lunch at a really good hippie cafe which you would never guess existed in St. George, check into the hotel, take Hudson to a Park to climb on the rocks and get dirty, take Hudson to the Children's museum, swim in hot tub, sleep, wake up, hike Johnson's Arch, stuff our selves on massive amounts of food at Black Bear Diner, drive a tired and cranky toddler home in time for dinner.

We are learning more and more as parents that vacations are no longer a time for us to relax, they are a time for us to think off everything we can to entertain our toddler, which is still pretty fun.

Here is Hudson on his very first hike, he loved it!  Unfortunately we forgot our baby carrier and he insisted on walking almost the whole way, it took us two hours to hike two miles, awesome.


He was so excited to wear those sunglasses!




He held that stick the whole mile back to the car, and stopped every ten steps to draw in the sand with it.




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Happy Halloween

Posted on Monday, November 4, 2013

I have always loved Halloween.  Fall time, costumes, and of course candy, what's not to love!?  It is fun to enjoy Halloween a little differently with a toddler and watch him enjoy himself, observing so many new things. We went to the trunk or treat in my parents neighborhood to let Hudson do a little trick or treating. 


He was the most adorable little elephant!  I think I might dress him up like that again, just to watch him run around in his costume!



I was impressed with how well he picked out candy!  I was expecting him to try and eat every piece he got, but was so good!  He would take his time and look for just what he wanted from the bowl, grab a hand full, and carefully put it in his bucket.



He did get a bit overwhelmed by all the costumes.  For some reason he would not let me or Jason hold him, only my mom, he cried every time she tried to let him walk, or we tried to hold him.  Maybe it was our cowboy hat "costumes" we had on?  But really, I don't think his Grandma was complaining at all.



The next morning I walked into the living room and realized I forgot to put his candy away, he had climbed onto the couch and was sorting through the candy. It was one of those moments where I felt like I was the mom of a boy and not a baby.



On the way to trick or treat we stopped at a park we took pictures at last week, which Hudson loved, to let him play a little, see him in his spooky pjs...




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Hoppy Easter!

Posted on Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Holidays are a lot more fun with a baby.  I was excited to put together an Easter basket for Hudson (and Jason), but I didn't expect him to love it so much!  We put the little bunny ears on him and he giggled with delight!  We set the basket in front of him and one by one he took each item out, examining each plastic egg and little toy.  




I made him a polka dot, yellow bow tie to go along with the outfit for Grandma bought him for church.  What a cute baby I have!



(We spent forever trying to get him to smile for the picture above and he was too distracted.  Finally Jason said, "Hudson, smile!"  And he gave us this one quick smile.  Don't you love those little teeth!?)

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Remembering Grandpa Hal

Posted on Monday, April 8, 2013

My Grandpa Hatch passed away a while ago, and he is so missed. 


I will always remember him as one of the most healthful people I know, showing up for his weekend trips with a box full of supplements, and showing us his funky crystals.  I remember being so impressed by my Grandpa running the St. George marathon.  Every time I see the red rocks of the St. George desert I will think of being a kid and finding fire ant hills and lizards in his yard.  Jason will miss their conversations about guns and science.  



We traveled down to St. George to say our goodbyes.  Our family stayed in a charming old manor and enjoyed the warm weather.  The funeral was on a beautiful day, until the graveside where a chilly wind blew and blew.  There were jokes that this was Grandpa's doing, as he hated standing around these sorts of things ;)  So it was short and sweet, the wind whistled and blew as guns were shot and a bugle played in salute to his time served in Germany, a flag was handed to my mom, and sweet words were said.


Even though he was gone so unexpectedly, he lived a good life and didn't have to deal with those doctors he claimed were so full of Bologna :)  Although he will be missed here and now, I feel him watching over my family and someday will see him again.






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Happy Belated Halloween!

Posted on Friday, November 16, 2012

Halloween has always been one of my favorite holidays.  When I was a little girl I would beg my parents to tell me "spoooky stories" at bedtime, and I love dressing up for any reason!  In fact, I think I usually have more fun putting a costume together and getting ready than actually going to Halloween parties.

Now let me flash back, Halloween 2010, Jason and I's first Halloween married, I can't even remember what we did, boring! Halloween 2011, we played games and passed out candy at my parent's house, and announced to friends that we were pregnant with Hudson!  Still pretty uneventful (Besides the prego part)!  Halloween 2012 we had Hudson to dress up and show off, which turned out to be my favorite Halloween yet!

While I waited for Jason to get home from class, I carved three pumpkins in a row, all by myself.  THREE!  Who does that!?  Someone excited for Halloween!

The puking pumpkins, and the baby pumpkin!


Jason got home and we put on our costumes.  The night before we managed to pull together some silly costumes.   We already had Hudson's giraffe costume, so we dressed Jason up like a bear, and I was a Zoo Keeper.


The rest of the night consisted of trick-or-treating at J's work.  Trunk or treating in the neighborhood, and a ward hot dog roast.   Hudson may not remember anything, but we sure will!









PS, Halloween is Tilly the cat's Birthday!  We celebrated her turning 2 with a candle and can of wet cat food, she loved the food hated the candle, in case you care. :)