A couple of weeks ago I was thinking about my March post for the blog. I thought to myself, "It's going to be a small post because it's been a quiet month." After uploading all of my pictures to the computer I've decided I was wrong. It may have had "quiet" moments, but it was full of adventures like every month is for our little family! We wouldn't have it any other way!
Our month started out with a weekend trip to Utah. One of Dave's nephews was being baptized in to our church and one of his nieces was having a birthday party so we decided it would be fun to attend both family events. It was nice to be at the baptism. It was a first for Miles. He was so excited to watch his cousin get baptized. In our church we believe in submersion and Miles thought that was especially cool. I, unfortunately, didn't get any pictures.
Later that night Dave and I got to go on a group date with two of Dave's brothers and their wives. An older niece and nephew offered to babysit their brothers and their cousins so we could all go out and have some adult time. This boy and girl sibling pair watched two of their own siblings plus four cousins. They had their hands full! Our niece really wanted us to leave Oliver there too, but we figured they already had enough kids to watch...they didn't need a 3-month-old on top of that...so we took Oliver with us. We went out to eat at Firehouse Pizzeria in Smithfield, Utah (one of my favorite places to eat while in Northern Utah) and then went bowling afterwards. It was so loud in that bowling alley. I hope we didn't damage poor Oliver's ears. We had a good time hangin' out with Dan, Tonya, Jake, and Megan. Bowling is the only sport that I can beat Dave in so I rather enjoy bowling with him!
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| Oliver glowing at the bowling alley |
The next day was Lily's 4th birthday party. She is one of Miles' favorite girls. He has even often referred to her as "my girl." He loves her so much! Lily is in to Jake and the Never Land Pirates which was the theme of her party. Her mom did an amazing job at decorating for the party and an even more amazing job at making a cake that looked like Bucky, their pirate ship. The party was late in the day on Sunday so we didn't get to stick around for the actual party (had to get back to Colorado), but we were able to spend a little bit of time with her earlier in the day. Miles had fun playing with her and was sad to leave.
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| THE cake, Miles, & Lily |
This month we've gotten a couple of cute videos of Oliver. If you are friends with me on Facebook then you've already seen them, but just in case you haven't, I've added them here too.
He loves to talk
Dave and Miles both got a two week spring break this year! In fact, they are starting their second week of it right now. It's been nice having Dave around so much to help with the boys and get a few spring cleaning projects done as well. We've also managed to have a little fun too. My mom flew out for the first part of Dave and Miles' spring break. She was here for about 7-1/2 days. Miles was in HEAVEN having his grandma around.
We did a lot of shopping and eating out while she was here. She always spoils us! She even watched the boys a few times so Dave and I could have some time alone. We don't have a babysitter picked out yet in Fruita so time alone is a rare commodity these days.
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| Dave feeding Oliver in Target so us girls could keep shopping! |
We took her up on the Colorado National Monument because Miles wanted to show her the "mountains." She's been up there numerous times before, but it was a new adventure with Miles!
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| The boys standing close to the edge and giving Grandma a heart attack |
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| Family picture |
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| Grandma & Miles |
On March 22nd, we thought it would be fun to take Grandma down to see Mesa Verde National Park in Southern Colorado. We took the scenic way down and probably almost gave her a heart attack. I had forgotten how narrow and winding that road is through the mountains. The road has HUGE drop-offs on the side as well. My mom is scared to death of heights. She was a nervous wreck. Miles also got car sick on the way down so that was fun! What should've been a 4 hour trip turned in to a much longer trip with all of the stops we made along the way, etc. We also decided to forgo seeing the park the first day and instead head to our hotel since Miles wasn't feeling well. We stayed the night in Farmington, New Mexico because it is only about an hour away from Mesa Verde and the room rates were so much cheaper. We got a nice little two bedroom suite. It was so nice to all be in the same room, but have our own space to sleep in! Miles and Dave spent some time in the pool Saturday night. Miles loves the water!
Sunday morning we got up and did some more shopping before heading off to Mesa Verde. It was a perfect sun shiny day! You can see a lot of the cliff dwellings from the car or from short walkways, but there was one hike that Dave, Miles, Oliver, and I decided to go on while Mom waited for us in the car. It was a 100 foot descent down a winding path to see this cliff dwelling. Miles had such a good time. I wasn't quite sure I'd make it back up to the car, but it actually turned out to be a bit easier than I thought. I'm glad the four of us could experience that up close.
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| At the top of the 100 foot descent |
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| We made it! |
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| Trying to get a selfie family photo isn't easy these days! |
There is a 6 mile loop on top of one of the mesas that gives you a pretty good view of a couple of cliff dwellings, but it also contains several pithouses that you can get up close to without much walking. After our little hike we drove that loop so my mom could see more of the park as well. It's so amazing to learn about the Ancestral Pueblo people who lived in that area for over 700 years, from A.D. 600 to 1300.
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