What a Week[end]

My parents bought me a ticket to see the Piano Guys clear back in October. I have anticipated it since then and the week finally arrived! (Be ready for picture overload).

Busy season hit Greg full in the face, so we were unable to unbury him from his workload to bring him south with us. Boy did he miss out.

We left Wednesday to have a few days to play in Cedar before our fun weekend plans. Sof was talking all week about playing with cousins and seeing "Granka." She sure loves her Grankas.

She is such a trooper on car rides now. She will gothe whole 4 hours without a nap or crying. 

No words.

She couldn't wait to see Grandpa!

Later on, my mom encouraged Jess and I to go to a movie after our kids were in bed. Jess loved La La Land so much she fell asleep the whole last hour ...

#WeCanDoHardThings

So it turns out Utah was having a heat wave this week, but for some reason no matter what it always feels warmer in Southern Utah. Sof played on grandma's teeter-totter multiple times.

She loved taking these apart and putting them back together

She loved to listen to Shelby practice her cello

Friday was the day! The day for The Piano Guys!

Nothing like playing in a frozen sandbox

Testing Grandma's icing

The before party 

My cute grandma came with us. 

Saturday morning was spent getting ready to go play at the Sand Dunes. Sof helped Grandpa outside. She loved to ride on that trike. I now know what to get her for her birthday.

 

Cousin Dayton could make her laugh more than anyone

This picture perfectly captures why I love Southern Utah. Snow Covered mountains down to the Red Cliffs.

She was exhausted. Cute little thing fell asleep holding Katy's hand.

This hill was so steep! The picture doesn't do it justice. I had the brakes locked and the sand carried us down..

Sunday morning I was able to go to my Dad's Singles Ward to see him in action. It was Fast and Testimony meeting and my dad was a lone man in the wilderness (both councilors were gone) so he conducted the meeting. There is something special about hearing a parent bear their testimony. It was an amazing meeting.

We were able to play a bit outside before having to drive back to Bountiful. We soaked up as much sun as we could in Grandma's sand box.

One last hurrah!

Sofia learned how to entertain herself while at Grandma's house. She also had a lot of cousins to play with. She may have learned a few new tricks without me knowing ...

This is before she starting cleaning Greg's shoe like a toilet

Cute Greggy had Super Bowl goodies cooking. I think he was missed us. How could I tell? He talked my ear off :). That doesn't happen often.

We had so much fun with my family! Greg was the only one who wasn't there (story of my life), but we had fun anyway. The good thing about him working so much is that we have a reason to escape so he doesn't feel guilty about working such long hours. I'm already planning the next trip down. What a special place Southern Utah is.

Old Man Greg

Greg turned 29 on Saturday, and was happy to have to shovel 3 times because of all the snow we got (not). Sofi was sick, so we were pretty much home bound, which was perfect for Greg, my perfect birthday-loving husband :S.

She kept calling them "Sofi's b'loons"

Holding the balloons, sitting on her chair, watching princess. Was it really Greg's birthday?

Greg loves her blue eyes

She kept saying, "No, no, no."

Helping open presents. She liked to use his Nintendo case as a stool.

Somehow Sofi, Greg, and her puppy all fit.

Modeling Greg's new knee pads.

Dinner at Red Robin. 

 We had Mark & Kathy over to celebrate Greg's birthday on Sunday. He requested stuffed peppers, so stuffed peppers he got. Greg managed to take a pic of Sof sitting on Mark's lap, just to get proof that it actually happened. She also led him from the dinner table into the front room to watch Beauty and Beast with her. Baby steps people, baby steps.

Happy birthday to Old Man Greggy. Can't believe he is officially in the last year of his roarin' twenties. He is the best daddy and husband and Sof and I are lucky to have him.

Oh January

I think I've developed the January blues. It is real and not very fun. I'm not depressed by any means, but life seems to have slowed to a crawl.

Extreme sledding. It was awesome! Sof was co-pilot in the van and loved every minute.

We went and hung out with my sister and Lex for a day. We introduced Sofia to the trampoline park. She hasn't been the same since.

They are the best little buddies

I had to document her crazy piggies.

One day we did real piggies. I couldn't handle the cuteness!!

Making 'soup.' She was soaked!

She loves the temple.

Hideous, I know but hilarious too! You should see the one with Greg.

I just enrolled Sofia in a toddler gymnastics class. She walked right up to the instructor on the first day and sat on her lap. That right there sold me. I think it will be a lot of fun. Tuesday mornings just got a little brighter.