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! 

The Blessings of Today

Today was not my most shining moment. I struggled. Anxiety is lame, and annoying, and painful. I had a major anxiety attack today. It was bad. Jacob and I both were in tears. It took me an hour to calm down. I haven't had an axiety attack like this for a very long time.

Through all the turmoil, tears, anger, and fear I was reminded of how much my Heavenly Father loves me. My sweet husband held me tight as I fell apart in his arms while he told me how much he loved me and how much Heavenly Father loves me. "You are a child of God", he told me. That is when I started to feel myself break through the anxiety mask that I was wearing. After each irrational sentance I said Jake repeated to me, "this is your anxiety". He was patient, thoughtful, and real. He made me face my fears in a way that was kind and manageable. What a blessing.

Today was a testament to me that there is a God in Heaven that is directing my life. How else would I have found the one person in the entire world that knows how to cope with me and my anxiety with such grace? Jake is so in tune with me and my emotions. I was in awe today. How blessed I am to have him in my life to keep me from leaping off the edge. He is amazing - he is my best friend. I love him with all my heart.

Fourth of July

We had a wonderful Fourth of July. We got to spend time with our friends the Vs and with our family too! We got together for a BBQ and a small fireworks show for the kids. It was just what we needed. We love spending time with our friends and family.

This is Juliet in her super cute bow that our good friend MP made for her! Seriously, she couldn't be more patriotic 

Waiting for the fireworks with K, Juliet, Baby M, and Baby S

Jake and J lighting the fireworks

Skills

This one exploded into a burst of fire and we thought the trees were gonna light. Oops!

Jake is always a hit with the kids and they are usually climbing all over him. He tosses them in the air and throws them around. Always good times!

We had a lot of fun and Juliet was mesmerized by the fireworks. We will definitely have to do it again next year! Juliet will be almost at big as Baby S is in these pictures. CRAZY!

Fun Things

The last few weeks have been fun fun fun! We got another visit from Grandma L and Grandpa R. We love when they come! We just had a quiet, lazy weekend, and enjoyed spending time together. We went to a delicious fruit stand, watched the Warrior play, and played some games. We mostly just enjoyed little Juliet. She really is the sweetest thing.

Isn't this the cutest? Grandpa R loves little Juliet!

Here is Juliet wearing Grandpa's hat. She is adorable!

 We also were able to take a trip to the temple. We haven't been since before Juliet was born and it was so nice to go again. Our friends were able to watch Juliet and it worked out perfectly. It is such a beautiful building with an amazing view of the bay! Who wouldn't want to see that?!

At the Oakland LDS Temple

Juliet got to start solid food this month as well and it has been so fun! She doesn't like the rice cereal, but she is loving the carrots. We are excited to try new things with her. She is growing so fast and Jake and I are having so much fun watching her discover new things. She rolls over now like a champ and is constantly rolling over - which makes for difficult diaper changes! We love her soooooo much!

My little rice cereal face girl!

I took Juliet swimming for the first time with some friends and she had a great time. The water was a little cold, and she wasn't sure what to do at first, but by the end did not want to get out and she cried when I made her get out! She had a fun time watching the other kids in the pool too. Jake is excited to take her this weekend! She is a very go with the flow little girl.

This is her watermelon suit and she has an American Flag suit too so she is basically a 4th of July BBQ in one tiny body!

Our most recent fun thing was a visit from our friends the B's. Their baby girl is two weeks younger than Juliet and it was so fun to watch them together. They were starting, hitting, and kicking (with love of course) each other. Juliet sucked on Baby R's head and Baby R used Juliet as an anchor to roll over. They were perfect little friends! It was so fun to see the B's and we are glad we will get to see them again next month!

Baby R and Juliet playing together

Such cute girls!