Red Butte Gardens

My dad came in town for a visit and he loves to garden so we took a trip up to the university to visit the Red Butte Gardens.  It was a nice day filled beautiful flowers and scenery and we enjoyed a great walk and also found some ducks and geese to feed along the way.

the beginning of a few of the many flowers...Josh is getting so good at photography

aw...Adey already loves snuggling her sissy

she had fun "scaring" Grampy and Daddy...they were good champs and played along

just a few of the beautiful flowers

Grampy got us some duck/geese food and Adey and Josh had so much fun

beautiful waterfall

towards the end Adey was super tired...can you tell?

Dance like no body is watching...

Adey has been in dance class now for a few months and just LOVES (understatement) it...I think we will invest some of our money towards her passion (which makes mommy happy since I danced as a little girl and made my high school dance team a few years in a row).  At least this one we found is quite affordable, friendly, she gets to practice ballet, tap, ribbon and more...we have nothing but good words for this amazing studio.  Hope as we move and eventually settle down we can continue to find a place we are as pleased with!  but anyway...back to Adey's passion for dance.  She dances with daddy plays the guitar, dances with Just Dance 3 for our xbox kinnect, dances when music is playing in the house, the point is she always wants to dance.  Josh came to her class this past Monday and got to see her for the first time (at class) and he brought along the camera and got some good shots of our little star:

the star had time to pose with her momma before class

stretching...look at that beauty

dancing with ribbons (one of Adey's favorites)

trying on her first costume for her first recital...we are two proud parents

my garden...

I have decided to take a stab at gardening.  I have wanted to for a while but with todays foods...it is time to start even if it is small (we have already been working on cutting out processed foods, high fructose corn syrup, artificial sweeteners). It will take some time but I will eventually have a BIG garden one day with strawberries, tomatoes, green peppers, okra, zucchini, carrots, herbs, and much more.  For now this is what I have chosen to start with:

green pepper plants

2 different kinds of tomatoes...one is Cherokee and the other is Roma

Zoo trip yet again

We love having our zoo passes and will continue to get one yearly for how cheap they are and how often we go...Adey has such a big heart for animals and we always have so much fun as a family getting some fresh air and exercise while enjoying one of many of God's creations:

Easter weekend

Adey had such a fun Easter weekend.  On Friday we had an egg hunt at school/work (i love getting to spend my days with my little girl...she is growing up way too fast) The next day while Josh caught up on some homework I took Adey to the Riverton city Easter egg hunt.  We waited in line to meet the bunny...but when it was our turn Adey got so scared.  The hunt was fun and surprisingly pretty organized!  I hope next Easter wherever we may be Utah, Colorado, who knows...that the city does an Easter egg hunt so we can take her again.

 

After the egg hunt me and Adey went to soak up some sun (even though it was super cold) at the park.  She loves to play at the park and swing...not a big fan though of big slides but she will slide down the little ones all day!  She is working hard on learning how to pump her legs on the swing.  We will always have to live close to a park for Adey's sake...

she is so beautiful in my eyes...

On actual Easter we had a small egg hunt for Adey that the bunny hid and he is also hid her Easter basket that she had to find.  I love she is so gentle and careful with everything that is hers and that the simple things in life make her so happy!  We had a yummy family breakfast of pancakes and juice.  

look at our beautiful princess...GOSH SHE IS GETTING TOO BIG!

Later that day we went down to Nana and Papa's house in Mapleton to have Easter with his family.  We had a nice dinner, good time visiting and catching up, and the kids had a blast playing together and doing an egg hunt.  Adey helped her Aunt Clarissa crack eggs for devil eggs which were quite yummy and Josh's mom made her yummy rolls.  It was a nice day...beautiful and sunny.  I love getting to spend time with family!