Lake Tahoe

We were able to chaperone some of the Young Women in our church on a trip up to Lake Tahoe. It was a quick trip, but it was lots of fun. We stayed up late watching movies, eating treats, and crafting. The next morning we had waffles, went shopping, and stopped at the lake. It was fun to be able to spend some time away before this crazy Holiday season begins.

Our sleepy little bear - but her jacket is too cute

Lake Tahoe

My super cute, fun friends.

Betty Boop - for my Grandma B, because she looooves Betty Boop!

Halloween

This Halloween we kept it simple (or in other words, lame). Juliet doesn't really care, and I just didn't want to put in the effort of making a cute Halloween costume this year. I found an awesome Gryffindor shirt - cape included at the store, and so that inspired me to buy character shirts. Juliet was a pink batman and Jake had a darth vader shirt. It was cute! We went to our church chili cook-off and trunk-or-treat. Juliet helped me hand out candy. Then we got a visit from Grandma and Grandpa W. We got to spend some time with them and cousins M and S. We went to the zoo and ate yummy food! On actual Halloween day, we fed the missionaries and a "trick-or-treater" brought us treats! It was a delightful surprise!

I think she likes her costume!

Trix on the floor with your cousin are better than trix in a bowl

At the zoo!

R2D2, Minnie Mouse, Batman

Grandma and Grandpa Waite

Milestones

Juliet has made lots of progress in the last few weeks. It has been so much fun to watch her learn and grow. We love her so much!

Juliet's teeth are now big enough that they are in need of brushing. She only has two teeth, but is this not adorable!? She enjoys brushing her teeth

As soon as we got back from Utah, Juliet just started standing up all on her own. It was so cool! 

Could you just cry?

2.5 weeks after Juliet started standing, she started walking! She is always on the move!

Park City 2016

My parents celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary last month and Juliet and I were able to go and help them celebrate! We were able to spend a week in Park City (which is a tradition we've been doing since we were kids). We went swimming every day, watched movies, participated in cupcake wars, played games, did a puzzle, and ate delicious food. Juliet loved it and I did too! Jake took the responsible way and stayed home to work. We sure missed him. One of my favorite things about the condo in Park City is the giant fire pits that they have outside. One morning I went out and sat at the fire pit and took in all the beauty of the world around me. What a blessing.

Juliet loved looking out the window on the airplane. It kept her quite entertained. 

I love that she has no fear whatsoever. 

Eating a graham at the fire pit with Auntie T

I love snuggling this little bear

Grandpa R and Grandma L loving all the baby JuJu time

Auntie A and Uncle J. Juliet loved playing with them.

On our last day in Utah we stopped at the pumpkin patch that is across the street from where my parents live. It was fun to see all the pumpkins and scarecrows. Juliet even got to pet a goat which she thought was so funny!

We had tons of fun in Utah and we can't wait to go back again - this time with Jake too!

Family Pictures

We got our family pictures taken and I am obsessed. Little Juliet is a model baby - seriously! We are lucky enough to have a talented friend who takes photos, so she took the pictures for us and she did a fantastic job! I am so happy with how they all turned out!

Juliet is all about this standing business and it took a lot of work for us to get her to stand still and not go for a walk!

Seriously though

 I love my family!

This took us about 100 tries as well. Juliet did not like it one bit!

Juliet sure loves her daddy!

Just a few of our pictures. I am so happy with the way they turned out and I can't wait to decorate my family room with these adorable pictures!

J&A

We made another quick trip to Utah because J and A were getting sealed in the temple on their one year anniversary! We could not miss it no matter what! We were so excited. It also happened to be over Labor Day weekend - so we got to stay a little longer because Jake had the day off of work. Hooray for Holidays and wonderful family celebrations! We spent the day with J and A and their "extended" families and ate yummy food - of course! and chatted. Then we piled in the car and headed down to Manti for the temple sealing. Here are some pictures.

The W family! A completes our family in such a perfect way. 

She is the best wife for J possible. 

Jake and I have really enjoyed getting to know her and we are looking forward to our upcoming cruise to spend lots of time with J and A.

I also love having another sister-in-law

Juliet with Aunt A. Usually Juliet is all smiles for A, but she was teething on our trip. 

Teething = no expectations

Our little family with J and A at the Manti Temple. So beautiful.

I loved this picture because it is represents J and A so well. They are so in love, silly, and best friends. I honestly am so grateful that J has A in his life and for how she makes him better, and he makes her better.

The siblings

And of course. A shot of our family! I was 14 weeks pregnant with Juliet the day J and A were married in Manti the year before. And in this picture she just turned 7 months old. 

July 2016

I figured that since we are headed back to Utah today for a quick trip, I should post about our last trip to Utah in July! Juliet and I were there for 2 weeks and Jake was able to come for about 5 days. It was so much fun. We had a family reunion for a week and got to see so many family members that we haven't seen in a couple of years! It was awesome. Here are some pictures of our trip:

Meeting Aunt A for the first time! Instant love! 

This was one of my favorite pictures of the entire trip! Aunt A gave Juliet to Uncle J and this is the look she gave to Aunt A! Hahahah! Love that silly little baby!

At church with Aunt A and Uncle J. They were loving all the Juliet time and Juliet was loving all the attention too!

This picture won the "cutest picture of the week" award at the family reunion camp we were out! I was one proud mama! ADORABLE!

These two warm my heart. So much love between them!

Our matching shirts family picture! 

Juliet loves this picture and will stare at her daddy when he is at work. 

It is precious!

Love my little baby!

Family picture with the Utah W Family!

Family picture! Utah is so beautiful!

 This is another favorite. 

Juliet and Daddy spending their last few minutes together before daddy had to go back to work. 

Bummerest day.

Grandpa destroying at horse shoes. He and Uncle R won the horse shoe tournament.

At the zoo with Uncle J. That is her cute umbrella that protected her from the sun.

Laughs with Aunt A and Uncle J. Contagious smiles anyone?

One beautiful girl!

This is M (the mommy) and A (the baby). M and I were roommates in college and our babies are one month apart. Juliet is the older one. The picture on the left was at my baby shower in November 2015 and the picture on the right was July 2016. So fun to recreate that fun picture! I sure do love M and her sweet family!

Goodbyes with Grandma

Goodbyes with Aunt T

Goodbyes with Grandpa 

Goodbyes with Uncle B

We are so blessed to have such a wonderful family to spend our time with! It is so fun to see Juliet be so loved by our family members - and we love to show her off! Til next time Utah!