Weekend Checklist....

-Send boys out the door for a weekend hike in Southern Utah. check

-Finish work at 2:00 on Friday. check

-Head into Salt Lake City with my mom and Lucy. check

-Have a girl's weekend to remember!!!!! check. check.

This weekend's festivities included:

-Dinner at the Wild Grape Bistro on South Temple. Best halibut EVER.

-A tour of the Church History Museum. I hadn't been since I was little and wanted to check it out. There are SO many cool things in there. Definitely worth a browse.

-Dairy Queen Blizzards while watching the BBC 5-hour version of 'Pride and Prejudice". Colin Firth in breeches? Yes please.

-A shopping trip to the Park City Outlets. This mama was tired of feeling frumpy!!

There you have it. A wonderful, (much needed) women's weekend.

Girl's Week in McCall....

Lucy and I are back from a Walker girl's (+ dad) trip to McCall. John, Kathy, Jenny, Jessica, Emma, Abbi, Lucy and I left Tuesday afternoon and got home Saturday night. Jessica and I left our poor husbands at home (because they couldn't take the time off work and school). It's funny how much the Walker family has changed in the last 4 years. The girls definitely out number the boys now! Anyway, McCall is beautiful (albeit frozen) this time of year. There were HUGE snow piles everywhere and the lake is still completely frozen over. We spent a lot of time watching episodes of 'Bones', playing cards, going for long walks, and eating good food. One afternoon we went to Gold Fork hot springs, which has severals pools that get successively cooler. One of the pools has sand and is the perfect temperature for kids. The girls had such a good time splashing each other and playing in the water. As usual I took lots of pictures.

Playing Memory

The Papa Bear of the trip.

Jess and Abbi reading.

I bought these great lift-the-flap Peekaboo books for Lucy for Easter. All the girls LOVED them. It was fun to read together.

Aunt Jenny extraordinaire. Jenny was so helpful to husbandless Jessica and I.

I brought my exercise ball to do my back exercises with. This is Emma showing me how to back exercises her way.

Lucy and Abbi have a special bond. Abbi is seven months older than Lucy, but she watches out for her. If Lucy's binky falls Abbi is the first to pick it up and put it back in Lucy's mouth. These two are always hugging and kissing each other. Abbi is even good to share toys with Lucy. I've never seen anything like it. I love my nieces!!

Lucy and Grandma.

Jessica and I discovered that not only had we purchased the same pajamas for our girls, but that we had packed them. Photo op!!!!

Things started getting a little crazy.

Beautiful girls.

At Gold Fork.

Little Lucy Potter in her cupboard under the stairs. I thought that Lucy was an amazing sleeper. While she is a good sleeper, she is also a very LIGHT sleeper. The first two nights she was sleeping in a pack-n-play next to my bed. Every time I would shift in bed, she would wake up and cry. After two nights of neither of us getting any sleep, I put her in the storage closet next to my room. She slept, I slept, everyone was happy.

Lastly, Lucy discovered she loves french fries and chocolate shakes this week. uh-oh.

What a Week...

Conference and Easter the same weekend. Does it get better? It's been a great week. Here's why:

Remember how I said that Lucy has been teething? One morning I went to get her out of her crib and this is what I found. Green snot crusted all over her face. After visiting the doctor, turns out she had developed a sinus infection from the teething. A few antibiotics later and she seems to be feeling much better, and..........her two bottom teeth finally broke through. Hooray!!!!!

Last Monday I got to spend the day at Thanksgiving Point with some of my closest friends. We fed the farm animals, went to lunch, and caught up on each other's lives. What would we do without girlfriends? This is my dear friend, Lindsey, holding Lucy. Lindsey looks like she could be Lucy's mom.

Lucy loved the animals!

Lucy's first pony ride. I about broke my back trying to keep her upright on that pony.

Dying Easter eggs. I thought this one was particularly awesome.

My cousin, Erin, came down for the weekend. Everyone always says we look so much alike.

Jordan's "poop" egg. How couth.

Ooooooooh. Pretty.

Lucy's first Easter basket. She gets a basket full of new toys and books and what does she go for? The mini bag of Teddy Grahams. Remind me why I buy her new stuff?

After finding our Easter baskets.

Lucy discovered that she LOVES chocolate pudding. Once she got a hold of the beater it was all over. Happy Easter everyone!