Utah trip!

so laylee and i"s Utah trip to see family is coming to an end! we only have two more days before Tyler comes to pick us up. it has been full of fun memories we will never forget. here are a few pics of the daddy daughter (and grand daughter) date we had with daddy a few days ago

it was a total blast! although i have to admit, it was super hard golfing with an extra 9 (and then some) lbs strapped to me! (dad discovered that too... as you can see). after words we hit up a restaurant with the best middle eastern food on the planet! "BOMBAY HOUSE!" i have missed Indian food so much! we don't have ANY Indian restaurants where we live in Colorado.

also on this trip i have spent alot of time working on my hats and trying to get a booth for next years "holy cow" boutique! i am super excited! here are just a few pics of hats i have made in the last week

"the monkey" modeled by my precious nephew Preston

"the cow" in blck and wht modeled by laylee bug

"the pumpkin" part of my seasonal ONLY stock

                        modeled by laylee (of course)

a few days after our daddy daughter date.. dad suggested we take a drive up the canyon to see the changing leaves. they are so pretty! dad and Jewell said their not as pretty as they normally are cause it's still a little early... but we don't have seasonal color changes at all in la jara! so it was awesome to see the beautiful trees! it got dark really fast and you could really see the moon lighting up the mountains.. that was so cool.

also on this trip i have had the awesome opportunity to visit with family and friends! Tyler was able to visit with chad and Rachel and their two cute kids Parker and Avery. it was a blast being able to see them again. last time i saw Rachel was at the baby shower when i was six months pregnant. such a treat to spend time with them. Ali and i spent some time at grandma gibbons house along with mom, aunt Donna, and baby laylee. here's a sweet picture of the four generations!

dad and Jewell also spoiled me with a trip to the hair salon! it felt so good to get my hair done. REALLY made me feel like a woman again and not just another tattered mom. sorry for lack of picture but I'm keeping what i have done to it a surprise for Tyler, but i promise to post pictures soon!                             

just a quickie update on baby laylee! she is getting huge! so heavy i can hardly pick her up (I'm going to have to start lifting weights to keep up with her rapid growth rate!) she is so much more expressive now than she was when we brought her home! she will be 3 months old on the 27th of this month! she has officially graduated out of all her newborn clothes and is on her 0 to 3 (not that i think she'll be in those long either). we are so excited to see her getting bigger! its been an awesome (and exhausting) journey for us as new parents.

and since it's been a while... here's an update on Tyler's hand. he is going back in for a second surgery on his thumb to correct a piece of fractured bone that is protruding out and causing him a significant amount of pain whenever he bumps it on anything. that will take place on the 5th of October and baby laylee and i will be going with him to pueblo.

well, that's all the updates i have for now! i will be posting again before we leave to head back to la jara. hope you are all enjoying the blog!