The Last of Our Utah Trip

My Mom, Daci and I drove down to Cedar City to visit Easton and Daysha and see Daysha perform in her shows at Tuacahn.  It was SUCH A FUN TRIP!

When we got there Easton and Daysha had a cute present all ready for Daci.  It was a Disney Princess bucket and shovel,  full of treats to eat during the show and some Little Mermaid momentos :) Daci was so excited!

 That night we drove down to St. George and had dinner with E and Daysh and then she left to go get ready for the show.  When we pulled into Tuacahn I was in awe!  It is so beautiful!  Its right in the middle of this beautiful red rock scenery.  Here is a pic of my mom, E, and Daci before the show.

 E, Daci and I in front of The Little Mermaid and Grease signs before the show



We saw Grease the first night and Daysha had the role of Cha Cha.  She was SO amazing!  They changed the role quite a bit from what it is in the movies.  Instead of being really sexy and hoochy, she was the comic relief of the show.  She had a thick spanish accent and did the funniest/craziest dance moves!  She was definitely the most entertaining part of the show and I was SO impressed with her!  Great job Daysh!  The show started at 8:45 so that most of the show would be dark.  Daci's regular bedtime is 7 so needless to say, she was exhausted once the 2.5 hour show was over!

With Daysha (Cha Cha) after the show

Mom ad Daysha

Daysha and her proud hubby

On the way home from the show Daci started coughing her head off.  By the time we got home (after an hour long drive!) she had a fever :(  Easton and Daysha ran to the store and got me some medicine for her while she slept in my mom's arms.  We finally got her in her crib at about 1:30am.  I stayed up with E and Daysh til 3 talking.  Daci and I shared a room and she coughed this scary croup sounding cough all night long.  She was snoring so loudly too!  She woke up at 6am so I got 3 hours of sleep and she got 4.5 hrs.  It was a rough night and I was so worried about her.

 I was thinking she would have to stay home with Easton the next day and miss out on the Little Mermaid show :(  Luckily, by the late afternoon she seemed completely better.  No cough, no fever, and she took a 3.5 hour nap.  She was playing with E and Daysh and seemed back to her normal self.

A cute Little Mermaid costume we got for her at the gift shop

 We took her to the show and I am SO glad we did!  She LOVED it!  It was so fun that she knew all of the characters.  She would get so worried when one of them would leave the stage.  She kept saying "Oh no!  Where Prince Eric go?"  or "Where Ariel go?"  Her favorite of the night was Flounder though!

We tried, but couldn't get Daci to look at the camera. Darn!

Mom, E and Daci before the show

Daci, Daysha and Easton after the show

Mom, Daci, Daysha and I after the show

The next morning we got up and drove back to my parent's house in Springville, but not without stopping for Squeaky Cheese in Beaver!  I was SO excited!  I love fresh cheese curd! :)

Daci loved it too :)

The next day I went and visited my cute friend from SUU, Megan.  She lives in Springville now and it was so fun to see her!  Can you believe I knew her when that little guy next to her was born!?  Time flies!

Cuddling with Grandma

The last night we were there we had The Roberts out for a little "Farewell BBQ".  It was so much fun for Daci to have everyone she loves so much all together for one last time!

Yia Yia Penny, Daci, and Sophie

Easton, Mom, Me, Daci, Dad and Dawson

Sophie, Me, Penny, Daci and Fred

It was such a fun trip and it gets harder and harder to say goodbye every time!  Love you all!

5 Amazing Years

Today is our Fifth Anniversary and I honestly can't believe it!  The day we got married I thought five years sounded like so far away and we are already here!  It flew by and I have enjoyed every moment of it.  Every stage of our marriage was so much fun for me.  I loved the newlywed stage where I was still learning to cook and clean and I would wait anxiously by the door for him to get home from school and basketball practice.  I loved the year we attended SUU together and were both students.  I loved watching him be a college athlete and being his biggest cheerleader from the stands.  I loved living in our "bat cave" in Provo while I worked as a teacher and was pregnant with Daci.  I loved learning to be a parent with him and watching his heart grow even bigger every time he looked at his precious little girl.  I loved moving out to Chicago and starting a brand new life together, all we had was each other.  I loved watching his face the moment the doctor told us we were having twins.  I have loved every second of our life together and can't wait to see what else we have in store.  I love you Rick so much, you are my EVERYTHING!

Our wedding day is still one of the best days of my life.  It was filled with joy and love.  We both couldn't stop smiling and we enjoyed every minute of the day.  Below are some photos from the temple and the reception. Enjoy!


I was dumb and completely forgot to reserve this day just for an anniversary post, so there is another post below that I did today of some more Utah trip.  Scroll down if you want to see it!

Week 2 at The Pedersens House

 The second week Rick went home to Chicago to work and I went and stayed at my parents house.  Luckily, Easton was up for the weekend from Cedar City for a friend's wedding so we were able to see him for a little bit.  Daci loved playing with her "squeaky" (squirt gun) and blowing bubbles with him!

We went to the Spanish Fork Rodeo Preliminary Rounds to see one of my dad's friends from South Dakota do calf tieing.  Luckily it was the Preliminary Round and not many people were there cuz all Daci wanted to do was climb the bleachers!

Easton, my Mom, Dawson and Daci

Daci loves her Daws!

I love this pic of Daci just chillaxing on Easton as they watch the events

My dad's friend doing the calf tieing.  He had a good time and moved on to the finals that night.

My cute mom and dad

Grandma showing Daci the horses

My dad with his friends.  The one in the middle was the one in the Rodeo (if you couldn't tell, haha!)

On the 24th my Aunt Cindy and her family (minus Katie :( ) came over for a BBQ.  Daci had so much fun with my cousins: Tyler, Ammon and Paige!

As the Astons were leaving our neighbors were shooting fireworks off up in the sky.  Can you tell that Daci doesn't like fireworks?

I got to get together with my besties while I was there. Kelli had just had her baby so we went to her house and got Cafe Rio. I sure love my girls!

Kelli, Trish, Me, and Kari Jo

Stay tuned for the last installment of our Utah trip :)  We went to Tuacahn to see Daysha perform in The Little Mermaid and Grease and I have lots of fun pictures to share!

The Rest of Week One in Utah

We stayed with The Roberts the first week we were in Utah.  My parents moved to Springville a little while ago and it was a lot harder trying to work out when we could see them when they weren't right down the street anymore.  So, we decided to do the first week at the Roberts house and the second week Daci and I stayed with my parents after Rick went back to Chicago.  We were still able to see my parents a few times that week though.  Like I said in the first Utah Post, they came up to the Roberts for a BBQ and then one day we went to Easton's best friend's wedding at the Mt. Timpanogos Temple with them.  It was so much fun to be back in the temple that Rick and I were married in, especially with it being so close to our five year anniversary!

Don't you just love this picture my mom took of the temple?  I want to get it framed for my house!

Rick and I at the Timpanogas Temple

After the temple we went home and Rick played with Daci on the riding lawn mower.

If you can't tell, she LOVED it!

Later that day Rick booked a glider flight in Heber.  Riding in a glider has been one of his life long goals and I'm so glad he was able to do it!  We made a day of it with Daci and Rick's parents and we went to lunch at a little place called Spin City (so good!), then Rick went on his glider ride, and then we decided we didn't get enough of Spin City and we went back for some Gelato :)

Rick's long body was so cramped in that tiny plane!

Haha!  His knees are in his ears!

There was barely room for our camera so Rick couldn't look to see what he was taking pics of.  He just had to hold it up and snap.  He got some really beautiful shots though.

Our little fam after his flight

 Back at Spin City for Gelato!  Daci was in a wild and crazy mood by now!

She loved the Gelato!  She couldn't get her mouth open wide enough :)

Feeding Papou

Having Fun with Yia Yia

Feeding Papou again

One thing Daci LOVED in Utah was walking The Roberts' little dog, Gus.  She would always ask if she could take him for walks.  Luckily, he is the perfect size for her!

Saying Good-Bye to Yia Yia and Papou before we headed up to my parents' house

These two are adorable together!