Mommy + Emma Weekend Adventure

Once a year, Sam goes on a fishing trip to Boulder Mountain with his brother-in-law, Mike. Since there is a bit of a long distance drive involved in the trip, they usually end up camping there for a couple of nights. It might be just me but, it seems like every year the trip gets longer and longer. Don't get me wrong, I love that Sam gets to go off on a fun fishing trip to a place he loves (really, I do!) and I love that he has such a great time with Mike. It's just that I miss him! Like a lot. In fact, so much that I really have a hard time just staying at home while he's gone...I get too lonely. 

Lucky for me, I have a built in buddy to keep me company AND really great family nearby. We missed daddy but, we sure had fun hanging out with a bunch of our other favorite people. 

The weekend included an overnight stay at grandma and grandpa Stucki's house.We went shopping in the morning and I found my favorite shoes majorly on sale--I bought two more pairs of course. We chatted about mom and dad's upcoming trip to Scotland. They'll be gone AN ENTIRE MONTH!!! Don't know what I'll do without our daily phone calls and weekly hangouts...not to mention my on call babysitters!! 

Friday night, my dad babysat Emma and I got to go to a movie with mom and aunt Brenda. The movie was fine but the company was even better. Oh-and the nutella hot chocolate. If you haven't been to The Crepery, you really should go. I've loved everything I've tried. 

I hadn't eaten breakfast when I got there Friday morning so mom
brought me this lovely berry medley to go. Couldn't help but snatch a picture.

Saturday was a full day of fun for sure! Emma and I got to join my mother & sister-in-law on a day trip. First stop was cherry picking in Hurricane. The cherries were just starting to ripen so we didn't get as many as we wanted to but, It was fun to be there with everybody. I enjoyed watching my cute nephews, Connor and Caleb climb trees to reach for the ripest cherries and seeing Emma and cousin Cooper interact with each other. 

Coop's face kills me! These two are the cutest. 

My little fashionista! Go check out The Children's Place for
super cute and inexpensive clothes. I've been having a blast online shopping
for my little cutie. Link HERE. 

 Next stop was Zion National Park. It was crazy busy but, Mary knew a place that the kids would enjoy that wouldn't be very busy. We took the kids down to a section in the Virgin River. I thought Emma might like to put her feet in for a second but, she had other ideas. She was practically ready to swim the second we touched the water and I could hardly get her clothes off fast enough before she sat all the way down in the river. Cooper joined her soon after and we had two naked babies loving life in the water. I think they would have been content to splash around and play in the water and mud all day long.

After some yummy ice cream and a little shopping in Springdale, we were ready to head back home. I had some fun with Emma on the ride back......

Later in the day, Emma and I went back to g-ma & g-pa Stucki's house to find that grandpa had filled up the new back yard swim pool. Of course, we had to go for a little dip. Especially because Emma had a new swimsuit to try out! (Also from The Children's Place.) Grandma bought Emma a special bath tub baby especially for pool play and she LOVED it. 

Thank goodness Sam made it home safe and sound--I don't think I've ever seen a bigger grin from Emma before. We're happy to have him home but, grateful for all of the fun and company we had while he was away.