Days 3

Day 3 was filled with wedding things. First I guess I should explain that we took this trip to attend the wedding of Korrine. She is the daughter of a couple who Nick became very close with on his mission. They were like second parents to him. We got up early and went to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple for the sealing. The girls were so excited to go to the temple and Ellie couldn't believe she actually got to go inside. Granted it was only the waiting room, but she didn't care. The sealing was beautiful and it was so happy to be there with Nick. It's good to go and see a sealing to be reminded of our own. When we came down to the waiting room the girls were out walking around the temple grounds. They came back in and their hair was soaking wet. Turns out they decided it would be a good idea to put their hair in the fountain. Silly girls. After the sealing we got a chance to stop by a visit with my cousin Terra. I haven't seen her in quite a while and it was great to get to visit for a short while. Then we headed of to the luncheon and back to my grandmas for a little rest before we headed back out to the reception. We had a great time at the reception visiting with Nick's old missionary companion Smitty (Ericson) and Korrine's friend Cassie and her parents, the Beahms, (who Nick got to know while a missionary). The girls danced the night away on the dance floor, there was even a little break dancing involved. Overall it was a wonderful day. Seeing how happy it made Nick to see all these people he hasn't seen in 7 + years made the whole trip worth while.

Nick and Smitty

The Beahms

Mike and Karen (brides brother and Mom)

Nick, Brandon, and Korrine


The girls were embarassed while the bride and groom kissed. So cute!

Dancing the night away, I may be biased but I think they were the cutest girls there!

Lexie needed a little lipstick

Driving, driving, and a little more driving

We set out early with 800 miles ahead of us. One hour into our trip Lexie started throwing up. Apparently she gets carsick. Cleaning up a pukey kid and car seat on the side of I-90 is not exactly how I had envisioned this trip going. Luckily the rest of the day went better. We stopped every few hours to feed Lila and let the girls run around the rest stop. They played a rousing game of hide and seek. (Lexie was REALLY hard to find under that table)


Scared away a herd of cows.

Then gladly got back in the car to watch more movies. Nick picked them up head phones so we didn't didn't have to hear their movies. Yay! The only time we heard much out of them was when they started singing along with the movies, which was very cute.


The highlight of Lexie's day was giving Ronald McDonald a kiss. I don't know what got into her, she climbed up and just kept kissing him. It was so funny, but I don't even want to think about all the germs that were on there.


Sweet Lila happily sat in her carseat for most of the trip. She had a few fussy times but overall did awesome. I did however learn that changing her poopy diaper in my lap on the side of a freeway on ramp is not a good idea. Let's just say things weren't contained.

After 800+ miles, 3 states and 18 LONG hours, we arrived in Salt Lake City at 11:30 pm. We were exhausted and so happy to finally get out of the car.

Newborn Pictures

My wonderful friend Melissa took Lila's newborn pictures when she was two weeks old. I love them!

The past three weeks

The past three weeks have been full of...

Baby smiles

lots of photo taking

this sweetness sleeping peaceful during the day (not so peaceful at night)

cuteness to the max

and lots of baths, clothing changes, and mounds of dirty laundry.