Tulip Festival

Yesterday Claire and I went to the Tulip Festival at Thanksgiving Point with my mother-in-law and sisters-in-law.  It was so pretty and so much fun!  The weather held out just long enough for us to finish our outing and then it started raining as soon as we left (perfect timing)!  I took tons of pictures but tried to narrow this post down to my absolute favorites.    
I brought the stroller and pushed Claire around in it most of the time since there was a lot of walking, but I would let her out every so often to explore a little and get a break from being strapped in.  She loved getting up close to all of the colorful flowers and may have accidentally got a little overzealous with some. 
While we were there I tried teaching her to be soft and just smell the flowers so she wouldn't keep trying to pick them all.  She caught on really quickly and started sniffing all of the flowers and saying "Mmm!"  It was so adorable!
There were so many gorgeous flowers, but these yellow ones were probably my favorite!  I'm not sure what exactly they are though, I need to find out!
Claire thought all of the fountains were so much fun.  She could have splashed in them all day long!  I had to watch her closely because she kept trying to hoist her leg up and climb in for a swim.

More flower smelling ;)

This fountain was one of my favorite parts in the garden.  It was so so pretty!

I've been saying I want to go the Tulip Festival for the last few years and I am so happy I finally went.  I'm even more glad that I got to take Claire with me.  Most of the fun for me was getting to watch her explore and experience all of the gorgeous scenery in the gardens.  The Tulip Festival is definitely something you have to go to if you are in Utah.  I would love for it to become an annual tradition for the girls.  Maybe I can even talk Bryce into going with us next year ;)!    

Happy Birthday Audrey!

Today is Audrey Hepburn's birthday.  She would have been 86 years old.  She is easily my favorite actress of all time.  I love her even more for the role model she has been not just as an actress but as a mother, woman, UNICEF ambassador, etc.  She was an incredible person.  I have read several of her biographies and have loved learning about her life.  Claire and I had a little party today in her honor.  We read one of our favorite books Just Being Audrey, dressed up in our best Audrey-esque outfits, and watched Roman Holiday & Breakfast at Tiffany's (well we tried watching them, but mostly they were on in the background while we played all day).   
Claire's best Audrey-inspired look.  I tried bribing her with some chocolate chips to keep this hat on, it worked just long enough to snap a picture but the price was a chocolate covered face :).  I love that I can teach Claire about good role models and strong women she can look up to as she grows up.  Audrey Hepburn is without a doubt one of the best of for her to look up to.  Happy Birthday Audrey!

Sunday at the Farm

After church and naps yesterday afternoon we decided to go to my parent's farm for a surprise visit.  

Watching the sheep, trying to get a glimpse of the baby lambs.

Going for rides in Nana's wagon.

Claire loves the mules.  She couldn't stop giggling when they would sniff her and try to sneak some of her granola bar.

Checking out the pigs.  Claire thinks all animals are pets like Rory, so she even tried to pet the stinky pigs haha!
My sister and her family stopped by to visit too, so Claire got to play with her BFF/cousin Lydia.  She was a little overly enthusiastic giving Lydia loves.

I love taking Claire to visit where I grew up and I'm glad we live close enough right now to visit often!

Ice Cream Night!

This past Friday night we decided to celebrate Bryce being done with finals by going out for ice cream.  It was a much needed family night after having him gone studying so much the past few weeks.  Bryce is so close to graduating.  He has to take two classes this summer that he wasn't able to take during the semester because they were taught the same time as two of his other senior level classes.  His classes will end in June and then he will graduate with his bachelor's degree!  Hooray!! I am so excited and so proud of him.  After that...we will see where our journey takes us. His first goal is medical school and if that doesn't work out then possibly PA school or Physical Therapy school.  It will be a little bit of a crazy year until we figure out what our exact plans will be, but there's no one else I'd rather be on this journey with!