The Big Spring

Last Sunday our neighbors told us that the big springs was over flowing with water. So we decide to take Rachel up there to see. The water was about double what it normally is. We tried to have her put her feet in the rushing water but the noise was too much for her. We took a little walk to were the water turns into a stream - Rachel LOVED it, especially when she found out that there were rocks under the water. She loves rocks!

Rachel feeding herself

The other day I started thinking that if I keep feeding Rachel will she ever figure it out on her own? So I just let her tear into a bowl of carrots. We had carrots everywhere! Rachel wants to be like us so much - she wants to sit in chairs like us, she wants the same fork that we use, she want to have the same glass at the table and she wants to eat the same food. She follows me around and tries to do what we do. She is something else!

Easter with the bunnies

This last Easter my friend, Cindy, was blessed to go to a family party and each of her four kids were gifted a white Easter bunny. Rachel and I went and visited. We just got the pictures and I was amazed how different Rachel looks. There are parts of me that can hardly believe how much she grows up in a week. I miss the little girl that is in these pictures but I love the little girl that I hang out with each day.

The duck pond!

So we have figured out that Rachel LOVES water. Any and all kinds of water she loves. Monday for FHE, we went to provo to go the seven peaks, a water park. The weather went bad so we just hung out and went to a duck pond. We still had a great time just being with family. Adam and Ryan go home tomorrow so this was our last time to see them. We went to Macey's and had ice cream cones for a special treat. Adam got the king kung ice cream and it was the largest cone I have ever seen and I am from TX.

July 4th

On July 4th - we went to Provo to hang out with Auntie Biz and Auntie Maura. We got up at 4:30 so that we could leave a 5:30 so that we could be in Provo at 6:30 to watch the hot air balloons take off. When we got there the weather was bad and we ended up not seeing any of the balloons. So we than headed for the parade. We got great seats and really enjoyed so many of the floats. The Provo parade really is long but we never got bored and Rachel loved it, especially the horses. I think that my favorite was all the decorated strollers. We had cloud cover most of the morning but than we realized how lucky we are when the sun poked through.

After the parade we had a little BBQ and ate very well. Also the irrigation water was running and we enjoyed getting our feet wet. Ana and Roger and cousin John and cousin Ariana came to visit us for a little minute and John and Rachel really enjoyed playing with each other. We missed the other Provo family but Pop and Popo were on the east coast.

1st Hair Cut by Auntie Hanna

My sister is a hair stylist and while we where in TX - Rachel got her first hair cut. I am so surprised how much it made her look older. It was really neat how Hanna bought Rachel a "My Aunt is a Hair Stylist" T-shirt for her first hair cut. It was also really memorable for us to go to Hanna's work, at a big time salon, to have the first hair cut. Auntie Hanna did a great job - I can't believe that now Rachel almost needs another hair cut.

Visiting TX

About a month ago, Rachel and I went and visited Grandma in TX. We had a great visit and these are some pictures of Rachel and her Auntie's and Uncle.