Summer Adventures 2012 Part 10

We went berry picking! We went to McBride Briar Patch in Mapleton and had a wonderful time! The kind man that helped us was wonderful. I wanted to adopt him as my grandpa. He told us to taste as many as we wanted while we were picking and to have a great time. We ended up picking for quite awhile and got a lot of blackberries and raspberries. My freezer still has berries. YUM. Hilary made us waffles the next morning with berries and cool whip. I'm so glad we went! We had a great time!

 Brent and Heather out picking some berries.

 Hilary had the brilliant idea to go berry picking.

 Brent was like a kid in a candy store. He was searching for the very best berries.

 All the berry picking tuckerd out Claire. (Actually, she was like this when we first got there. She woke up and had a wonderful time. Promise!)

 Mmmm. Ice cream and fresh picked berries.

 The yummy waffles Hil made us. She even added colorful designs with food coloring.

Hil and her waffle

Summer Adventures 2012 Part 9

Auntie Heather and Auntie Hilary came to visit us! We had such a fabulous time. Thanks for visiting, Aunties. We can't wait to see you again! We also saw Grandpa Mark and Grandma Kelly when they were on their way home from Vegas. Thanks for stopping by!

 Grandpa & Grandma Hirz

Claire loved having her aunties love on her. She thought she was something else being the center of attention of not only her mom and dad for a week.

Summer Adventures 2012 Part 8

We visited Santa Fe! We were originally planning on riding the train but the station is kind of far from the cool old town that we wanted to visit so we just drove. We were able to see a beautiful cathedral, walk around neat shops, witness some belly dancers in this neat square, and stop for Coldstone after. Hooray for Santa Fe!

The dads ready to start walking around Santa Fe.

Kevin and I, along with Henry, walked around something called the Labyrinth. We followed this pathway around all of these twists and turns to end up in the very center. The sign said it was supposed to symbolize life and all its twists and turns. It was kinda fun.

Brent and Claire in the cathedral. She thought it was pretty. 

This was the baptismal font in the cathedral. It was gorgeous.

I love this picture. I'm so glad Kevin married Stacie. She is one of my best friends. I'm so happy we got to see them for a few days. I already miss Kevin, Stacie, Henry, and Grant SO much.

Summer Adventures 2012 Part 7

When we were in Albuquerque, we went to the zoo! It was an awesome zoo. They even had some lions. Yeah people, I saw lions in real zoo life. It was awesome. We had a great time! Kevin called ahead to see if we would be able to rent a stroller from the zoo so we didn't have to go out and buy one. The super friendly guy said we could rent a one seater or a two seater for $5 or $7. Sounded like a pretty great deal so we were on our way. The stroller turned out to be a hard wagon with a strap. Claire is getting better at holding herself up but this wasn't going to do for her and so we carried her most of the day. Brent was a champ because I have a little bit of a chunker. Henry was kind enough to share his stroller for some of the day too. Thanks, Henry!

Brent showed Claire some big fish.

Kevin, Brent, and their super cute hatted babies. 

We were by a fossil of some sorts!

me and Claire

Claire loved it when Uncle Kevin stuck his tongue out at her. She thought it was funny. 

Kevin and cutie pants Henry

Claire liked borrowing Henry's stroller. So did her tired momma and daddy.

Stacie and Henry, Kevin, Grant, Brent, and Claire

Henry was very interested in the seals that were swimming around in the blue water. 

There are giraffes back there!

Kevin & Henry and Me & Claire

Uncle Kevin and Claire

Summer Adventures 2012 Part 6

We have been dying to meet Mr. Henry and we have been missing Kevin and Stacie like crazy. When we found out that Grant was going to be in Albuquerque in July, we knew we had to drive down to see everyone. We had a wonderful time! We have missed our friends like crazy it was SO good to see all of them, including Handsome Henry! :)

Claire and Henry just checkin each other out.

Henry was very nice to share some toys with Claire.

Claire tried really hard to show Henry how fun tummy time is. I don't think he believed her yet.

Claire Anita fell asleep on her new mommy.

 Claire and Henry were on the Grant Train!

Claire loved to touch Henry. She loves seeing other babies and smiles really big at them.

Henry had some big smiles! He was so tiny and cute. I miss him. When are we going to see you agan, Handsome? Come visit us soon. Please?

Make it two!

Claire has two teeth. They are right next to each other on the bottom. And next week, I'll be posting about her graduating from university. Slow down!

Teeth

Claire has her very first tooth! I told Brent last night that I knew it was coming but he didn't believe me. This morning, sure enough, a little tooth broke through. It's kinda cute. She hasn't been fussy at all though. What a champ! Where oh were has my baby gone?!