Visiting Grandma

After having a c-section, and then getting my gall bladder out only 3 weeks later, I had had quite the difficult summer. So, after Jayde's blessing, Jayde and I decided to go stay for the week with Grandma Judy and Papa Shan in St. George. We got to just relax and spend time with Grandma while Papa worked. My mom was nice enough to take Jayde when she woke up in the morning so I could sleep a little longer after being awake with her during the night. Jayde got some new clothes, of course, and a new mobile and binkies for 2 month olds! :) We loved getting spoiled a just taking a break from being in our little apartment for a while. Chris came and stayed the weekend after and then we came home. It was hard being away from Chris for 5 days...for the whole time we'd been married and we hadn't ever spent a night apart. I don't think I like it very much. Haha, but it was nice to have my mom there with me all the time and be able to take a break when I needed one. Maybe Grandma would like to come live closer so we could do that more often?


Jayde absolutely LOVES the mobile and Papa Shan INSISTED that she needed. Haha. All we have to do when she's crying or fussy is lay her in her crib, crank the mobile and as soon as she hears the music she's happy. She'll lay there just kicking and smiling watching the animals go round and round. It's so cute! She's getting close to rolling over now...so we'll have to watch where we put her.

She's also starting to smile a ton more now so we got a little video of it. :) Sorry there's no sound.

Musicals and Fun for Jayde!

As most of you know, I'm quite the theatre fanatic and therefore quite the theatre goer. That also means I have quite a few friends also involved in theatre and I get to go and see the productions they are a part of! This summer we've already been to quite a few musicals! :) Which makes me very happy. Jayde got to go to 2 of those musicals with us!

First we saw "Funny Girl" at the Scera outdoor theatre in Orem. It was quite the long musical...and it got a little chilly outside and Jayde was snuggled down tight in blankets but it was still fun to go see! I love the music from this musical...classic. It was also really fun to see two of my friends from school perform. Camee and Heather were both awesome! So fun!

Then we got the awesome chance (in the same week) to go see Chris's brothers Dustin and Bryson in the musical "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers." I'd never seen this show, and I'll admit I was a little leary about it but I really liked it! I heard somewhere that when this musical was on Broadway it didn't do so hot...and I'm not really sure why. The production was really well done; costumes, set and dancing were fabulous! And Dustin and Bryson were pretty good too. :)

Along with the musicals this summer I have been able to see Audra McDonald perform in "110 in the Shade" and then go see "The Wedding Singer" and the West Valley Hale. Audra McDonald is a 4 time Tony Award winner and was only here in town for a 2 week period performing her original role for a fund raiser. It was absolutely amazing. And "The Wedding Singer" was so hilarious! The music is so fun and the show itself was just so well done. It's been quite the musical filled summer so far and I love it! I think Jayde likes the music too. Maybe we've got a dramatic one on our hands? :)

Jayde's Blessing Day/Weekend

We were lucky enough that my Dad and his wife Marsha were able to make it to Utah for Jayde's Blessing! It worked out that it was also on Father's day, June 20, 2010, so it was quite the eventful weekend. We went to Temple Square and saw the beautiful flowers as well as did some Geocaching around Temple Square. Then we went to the Strawberry Days Rodeo in Sprinville and then had Jayde's blessing on that Sunday. Christopher gave Jayde a beautiful blessing and we had lots of family come for the occasion. After the blessing in Chris's parents ward in West Jordan, we went back to his parents house for a little brunch.We felt so loved to have so many people come for Jayde. What an awesome thing!






That same weekend we were also able to go see Chris's best friend Kyle get married in the Logan Temple!We stayed at Chris's cousin's house and got to attend Kyle and Chelsea's sealing. They're an awesome couple and we loved getting to be with them on their special day. Such an eventful weekend means we obviously took lots of pictures! Sorry it took a little while to get these posted.