May 18, 2019

 Dance recital 2019. Success. I sent Patrick to the all day rehearsals and had to have our sweet neighbor girl do her hair since I’m the worst dance mom ever and didn’t even know how. Also—the pic Patrick sent of her reapplying her lipstick ❤️

May 5, 2019

 Weekend in Vegas. Top of the Eiffel Tower, Caesar’s palace, m&m’s store, Venetian gondola ride, and a family birthday dinner for Caroline—she suddenly got very shy when the wait staff sang to her!

May 1, 2019

 Caroline is 10. I simply can’t believe it. One word to describe her? Charisma ❤️

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She got a phone and was over the moon about it

April 2019

 The rest of April

A girl and her dog:

Caroline babysitting baby Vera (her cousin Courtney's baby).

The girls built a fort with our neighbor friends, the Beverlys):

Easter brunch at La Caille restaurant: 

Decorating Easter Eggs:

Take-your-kid-to-work day at Merit.  Maggie (and Daddy) had a great time!

Listening to the rain hit our sunroom roof.

Capitol Reef (Pt 2)

 More from Capitol Reef:

Right outside our little cabin, trying to make fire with sticks:

April 4-7, 2019 Capitol Reef

 Best girls trip!  Capitol Reef with our favorite neighbor family, the Beverlys.

Hiking with llamas:

Last day in Capitol Reef. There’s even a pic of me (with my eyes closed!) as proof that I was, in fact, there!

April 2-3, 2019

 Study time at the coffee shop.

Maggie has two games going at once.  One on her phone and one on the Xbox.

April 1, 2019

 Bored and waiting.  I think more family life happens in our car than anywhere else.