Conference Weekend

I took my first solo trip to Cedar City with Sofia Lu. She surprises me every time and only cried for about 1 hr of the 3.5 hr trip. I ended up putting her in the front seat for the last leg of the journey. Don't judge me people! Utah doesn't have a law against putting babes in the front seat, they only discourage it. My airbag was turned off anyway, so we were safe (Mostly). I am a firm believer in those 80 mph zones.

All ready for the road trip

Sleeping in the front seat :)

Sofi wasn't too sure about the new sleeping arrangements. This is how I found her after her first afternoon nap.

We had to show grandma Sof's Halloween costume. Here is a preview.

Sofi has always loved Grandma Jan. Not many adults can hold this one, but she has no complaints
with this lady.

It amazes me how social Sofi is. She becomes a completely different babe surrounded by people.
Greg and I have no idea where she gets it ...

I'm trying to progress Sofi's love of animals just so we can both spite Greg one day, so we took a trip down to aunt Lynette's to see her cute little baby kitties! Greg's lucky we didn't bring one back. He's also lucky we live in a place that doesn't allow pets, but it won't always be that way ... Bahaha!

Sofi kept trying to eat the kitty, so he planted himself a safe distance away

The main reason for going to Cedar City was to watch conference at our cabin. We weren't able to find a receiver this year and ended up blasting it over our radio. It didn't matter. Being at the cabin makes everything better!

This gives a little glimpse into how cold it was

Sof got to hang out with cousin Ridge. He is huge :) and super cute! Can you tell he's 7 weeks
younger?

After the Sunday morning session, We decided to take a ride as a family down to the lower property. Even though I have been going to this place for 24 years, I still get lost - it's that big. But who's complaining right?

I had to document my mom's yellow cone head

I may be a bit biased, but I think I have the prettiest baby ever!

They're going to be best buddies!

My grandma Thorley always took a picture whenever she went somewhere because she never knew when she would be back.
I decided to follow the tradition. I yearn for this place like nowhere else. 

MaKaty went a little crazy on the drive home with my phone taking pictures. I'm actually glad she did. This is the prettiest time of year on the mountain and I now have proof to show Greg that the skies are the prettiest in Southern Utah.

It's blurry, but this is our Samurai selfie. Sof got to rock & roll with Grandma and Grandpa in the diesel.

The original plan was to come home Monday, but we convinced ourselves to stay another day :). 

This is Sofi giving herself Tylenol. She is still teething like crazy.

Playing with cousin Thor

Sofi loves her aunt Shelby

She loves her aunt Katy!

It's always hard to leave when spending time with family. My wonder baby slept the whole way home. We got home in record time - 3 hrs and 10 minutes. Did I mention I love those 80 mph zones? :)

It was so fun to come home to this. Do you think Greg missed us?

Now that I know Sof will travel, and travel well, new horizons have been opened for us. She has become quite the little traveler. Perfect timing too, because we leave for Seattle in 2 weeks.

Our Latest and Greatest

Her absolute favorite food is Peaches!

Guys, we have a 5 month old! She is getting so much fun and has quite the little personality. She will eat literally anything (food or non-food) we give her and just discovered yesterday she is getting 3 of her 4 canine's. Poor little babe! No wonder she has been drooling like a rabid squirrel. But she's a trooper and will be able to look like a vampire just in time for Halloween!

I'm basically obsessed with this cute girl, so here are some pictures from the last month.

This is her, "I know I'm cute" face

Notice the cutest little moccasin toes sticking out

Just another day, ain't no thang

She has been chewing on everything and everyone.

For one who won't take a bottle, this sure gives me hope

She found my nose one day

She loves chewing on this thing and has to have it whenever
she see's me taking a swig

She loves her new toy. Especially because her feet don't touch.

We have done some fun things the past few weeks. Sof has been quite the little trooper and only complains in the car, quite loudly. She loves being new places and seeing new things, the only hard part is getting there. She has never been a fan of her car seat.

We have made it a little tradition of ours to go to Peach Days in Brigham City each year. With living in Logan, and Greg's mom being from Brigham City, this part of Utah holds a special place in our hearts. The trip was short and sweet, but was a must needed little respite.

Like I said, she's a trooper ...

Back in her hey day, Greg's mom worked at the local hangout, Peach City. It's kind of a fun little place and we go there just for their greasy hamburgers, waffle fries, and famous peach shakes! Was the wait worth it? Why yes, yes it was. We usually sit at the bar just because we love the fact that the springs in the chairs no longer work and the counter has never been replaced ... yummy.

This is how much Greg loves waffle fries

Sofi tasting her first ever Peach shake. Yes, she loved it.

We are trying to explore this area in which we live, so we decided to take a hike to Patsy's mine, just above Greg's parents house in Farmington. I strapped the Sofi loaf on, and away we went.

Patsy's Mine

We were being adventurous and went into the mine until the end.
I kept thinking, "If there's an earthquake, we're dead. Oh well,
at least it wipes us all out at once."

Me with Sof strapped on

We can't go anywhere without a family selfie

This is Sofi looking slightly shocked after we pulled her out
of the pack. She just hung onto her daddy

Sofi is all about chewing on anything she see's us drink out of.
She's a genius this one, she knows how the camel back works.

With out adventurous streak still going, we decided to go on a walk on the Farmington trail. On our way back, we found this gigantic thing ...

Not a very good pic, but this bullfrog was HUGE!

Okay, it's not huge compared to me, but it was.

While I'm at it, Greg wanted me to put this pic in, to prove Sofi really does love him ... :) He's excited she's finally getting big enough for him to start throwing around.

She got some pretty good air

We are enjoying the cooler weather and are so excited for the upcoming holiday's. I finally decided on Sof's Halloween costume. Stay tuned for super cute pics!