More vacation

My cousin and her family came to California for the weekend, so we got to do lots of fun stuff around town with them. We walked around downtown disney, checked out the beach down in Laguna (even though it started raining!), and got to eat yummy Chinese food in K-town. It was lots of fun and the two kiddos played really well with each other too! (Lacy is 14 months and Marielle is 11 months)

Then our little Lacy was so exhausted from her exciting weekend, she fell asleep in mama's arms on the way home (which she NEVER does).

And as luck would have it, it didn't snow until the morning we had to leave to come home. But Lacy saw the snow and got so excited she ran into the middle of the street and babbled and talked and pointed and was telling us all about it.

Then one night Lacy was having so much fun, she didn't want to go to bed. So she wrestled out of dad's arms in the dark while they were sitting in the rocking chair and she gave herself a nice shiner (she hit the arm of the rocking chair).

She felt right at home with Uncle John and Aunt Char (& Dennis and Ashley too!). She made faces, babbled, hung out on the stairs, and went into every room in their house to find things she could play with. But they all still loved her!

Then Lacy drove us to the Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake City where she pretended to be our tour guide and showed us a big wooden elephant, some giraffes, and a baby orangutan and her mama and a bunch of other cool animals.

We met up with family and had dinner at Temple Square.

Our Utah Trip...

First, Lacy decided to help us pack a few things that we probably would have otherwise forgotten (because we didn't need them)--while also pulling out a couple of things (that we did need).

Basketball Belly

Lacy loves to walk around with a basketball under her shirt. We did it once to tease her, but she really liked it. What a weird kid!

Little Trouble Maker

She's into everything. Walking, climbing, and running. Nothing is safe anymore!