June 29th - July 5th

Rachel tries to be such a big helper and I can get her to do most things if I say it in the form of "will you be a big helper to mommy". She has also decided that she is going to feed her baby dolls the same way as I feed David.

David continues to grow and get bigger. He makes some cute noises, when they are made during the day. He is spending more time awake which frustrates him since he doesn't know what to do.

Monday 29th - Rachel, David, and I got ready in the morning and then
Gloria came over to help me take Rachel to the dentist.  She held
David and hung out in the waiting room while I went with Rachel to the
exam room. They were playing Frozen on the tv above the exam chair and
Rachel was very excited.  She did a good job and has no cavities which
is awesome. After the dentist Gloria went with me to the grocery store
so I didn't have to go shopping with 2 kids without help which was so
nice of her. Once we made it home and Gloria left we all ate some
lunch and then I put Rachel down for her nap.  David was having a hard
time being happy but once I got him to calm down and stop crying both
of us took naps as well.  After John got home we had some dinner and
then headed to Ross to look for a few odds and ends that we needed.
Once Rachel was in bed (talking and playing) John and I spent some
time relaxing with David.

Tuesday 30th - Both kids woke up really early so my day got off to a
tired start.  Mid-morning we went to Gloria's house and hung out and
made cards. After we got home I put Rachel down for her nap and then
ate a little lunch so David and I could take a little nap. Once we
were all awake we headed out to Bad Apple to get my screen repaired,
while we were walking in my phone fell out of the diaper bag and
cracked the screen pretty bad. They told me it would take a couple
hours so I headed back home and John got there soon after so we could
eat dinner.  After dinner we headed back to pick up my phone and then
stopped at Costco for a few things mostly diapers and wet wipes which
we are going through very fast. When we got home John helped his dad
with his computer and I got Rachel in the bath. Once she was in bed we
spent some time cleaning up the living room and relaxing.

Wednesday July 1st - David had an ultrasound for his hips to make sure
that they were lined up alright. The doctor said things looked great.
After John got off of work, he came home and watched the kids so that
I could go out and run a couple of errands. After I got back, we
packed up as much as we could so that things would be fairly quick on
Thursday and headed to bed.

Thursday 2nd - John woke up and went for a quick run before work. I
worked on getting things ready while he was at work, and then went to
pick him up from a trax station where he parked his car as he would be
taking the shuttle home from St. George on Sunday. After we got back
home, he packed up the car while I fed David, and we got on the road.
We stopped in Fillmore to feed David, but made fairly good time down
to St. George. Once we got there, we visited with my Dad for a bit and
then went to bed.

Friday 3rd - We woke up and headed over to tennis for a bit. Rachel
was a bit ornery, but she got to play a little bit. I enjoyed showing
David off to the women there that I knew. After tennis, we stopped by
Swig so I could get a drink for myself and for my Dad, went home and
packed up, and then headed out. We were able to make it to Boulder
City before we had to stop. We stopped at a McDonalds there so that
Rachel could play while we ate a quick lunch and I fed David. He
didn't eat as much as I was hoping, so we were a bit worried. Once we
got back on the road, I pumped a little bit so we could try giving
David a bottle while we drove. After we stopped for gas, I got into
the back to try and give him the bottle. Of course, he didn't really
want it, so after a while I got out of the back, and since John was
feeling a bit tired, I drove the rest of the way to Prescott. We
unloaded our stuff, and then my family wanted to go out to eat, so we
joined them at Cracker Barrel. It was good, but not as good as we were
kind of expecting. We headed home and got the kids to bed, and then
headed to bed ourselves.

Saturday 4th - John woke up early and went for a final long run before
Bryce next Saturday. After he got back, everyone got ready and we all
headed out to the parade. The parade was fun at the beginning, but
started to get really long. Rachel seemed to have a lot of fun, and
David slept. After the parade, we all headed to the courthouse where
all of the booths were set up. John fed David a bottle while my mom
and I walked around some of the booths. After we finished, we started
heading back to the car. While we were walking, it started raining
really hard, so John went and got the car and brought it back. Once we
got back to my grandma's, we put Rachel down for a nap, and I was able
to get a nap as well. In the afternoon after we woke up, we went to
take family pictures. Rachel didn't cooperate very well, so we weren't
able to get the family pictures I was hoping for. After we finished
with our pictures, we ran to target to try and get another video that
Rachel could watch while traveling as we used way too much data
streaming Netflix on the way down. We picked up a copy of Little
Mermaid, but the site we were supposed to use to download the digital
copy was having issues, so John got so frustrated that he just
downloaded Cars. We had fun hanging out with my family in the evening,
and Rachel had a blast playing. Eventually we headed to bed as John
and my Dad and Gibson were leaving really early the following morning.

Sunday 5th - David had a tough night, so I didn't get much sleep.
John, my dad, and Gibson woke up at 5 and headed out as soon as they
were packed up. The rest of us went to church at 9:00 and Rachel did
awesome at nursery. After we got back to my grandmas house everyone
but me, the kids, my mom, and Sierra. We all decided to take naps
which was really nice. We worked on cleaning up the house from having
31 people in it and then spent some time relaxing. After Rachel went
to bed we played a game of Ticket to Ride which was a lot of fun even
if I didn't win.