I had to take some pictures of Lucy in the beautiful scenery before we left today.    Eric’s house is so nice, and has some very yummy tasting rocks!
  Lucy had to try them out.  Niki, Jacob, and Savannah got in late last night from Arizona. They were visiting her parents and sister’s family before they move to Indiana. We sure missed seeing them. Savannah was so sweet to Lucy and showed her everything about her gardens.     We were able to get some great family pictures before we left for the airport.  I am REALLY going to miss everyone!    This trip was a blast, but way TOO short! Bye-Bye for now Utah! We’ll see you again in August. (Our plane ride home was fabulous and Lucy slept almost the entire way! Couldn’t be a better end.)

Brie and Tim were blessed with tickets to the Saturday morning session of General Conference.  Brie was so excited. I have to say I was a bit jealous. 😉   We went back to Cafe Rio, after we picked her up from Temple Square, for lunch. I am going to majorly have Cafe Rio withdrawals.
  Lucy LOVES it too! Their homemade tortillas are incredible!  The rest of the day we spent watching conference and just enjoying each other. (Lu loves her Uncle Eric! ☺️) It is so hard to believe we leave tomorrow!
 

Today is April Fool’s Day. I got a text early in the morning from Brie. What started out as a funny joke…   …rapidly turned into horrified panic as she realized what was inside the cups outside the of the doors in the freshman hallway.
  The morning quickly changed to a save the fish rally at Helaman Hall. With all the talk of fish, Lucy kept signing “fish” to me, so we went upstairs to visit Savannah’s beta.

Lucy is fascinated with this fish!  The view from Eric’s house is gorgeous. Today was our visit friend day. We headed into Provo to get Brie for the weekend. While we waited for lunchtime, we had to take some selfies.  
  We met up with Shattie, Shawn, and their spouses for lunch at the Brick Oven. It was really great to see them all. Shattie has been such a huge support for Brie here in Provo.  After lunch, Brie took us on a tour of campus. I had to go to Jamba Juice and the bakery to try the treats. They were fabulous! 
  Lu enjoyed checking out the school crest.  Brie enjoyed taking us to all her hang out spots. 
    She especially loves the greenhouse. Lucy loved it too. 
  We went back to Brie’s dorm for a tour, then we headed up the mountains to the Williams’ house.  It was so great to see them all! We sure do miss them! They were so nice and made dinner for us, and we laughed and talked until it got late. I cannot wait to see them again in the summer with all the kids. It will be a blast!  For now, Lucy enjoyed being the center of all the attention. 

Lu woke up early this morning, so she went back to sleep for a cat nap after I got her dressed.  
  She loves Uncle Eric kisses!  We decided to go to Temple Sqaure today, but had to stop at Cafe Rio first! Yum! It was fabulous! 
  Entertainment and all!    In Temple Square, the flowers were gorgeous!   It was such a wonderful feeling to be there with MY family!     Lucy is so funny! She HAD to walk on her own, which drew so much attention. All the visitors, and especially the sister missionaries, kept stopping to talk to her. Lucy just hammed it up. She is crazy!        Eric really knew how to connect with her for great pictures! 💕  After Temple Square, we walked across the road to the mall.   Lu loved the water and would have preferred to be in it. In the evening, we visited Aunt Joan and Uncle Gary. It was great to see them. Lucy was REALLY walking too.   Aunt Joan wanted to hold Lu so bad. Even Easter eggs couldn’t distract her though.  Hopefully one day she’ll let others love on her besides mom and dad. She has really been blessed with a wonderful family! 

  Wow! After an eventful late night, we slept in pretty long. We finally made to Utah after 10, and by the time we claimed our luggage and met up with Eric and Time, it was almost 11:30. It did not help that we distracted Eric on the way home and caused him to get a speeding ticket. 😞 Doesn’t seem like the best start to our trip.
   However, everything was great from there. It was a bit chilly, with rain/snow mixed together all day, but it felt fabulous! The view from Eric’s was incredible.
   Lucy was intrigued by Eric. ☺️She also LOVED Aspen.     Lucy was so sick for so long, it is so nice she can finally rest.     Lucy slept for 3 hours while we ate lunch and went exploring mansions in the mountains. (That included scoping out the deer.😉)    After a little playtime in Aspen’s dog food, we headed to Provo for Brie’s banquet.   The views are absolutely beautiful here!  A lot of the flowers are beginning to bloom. It was so great to see Brie! I have missed her so bad.  The banquet was very nice. We are so proud of Brie and all her hard work!   We got to eat dinner on BYU’s official china. We had salad, rolls, chicken with an almond sauce, roasted potatoes and veggies, and the most heavenly strawberry cake with white chocolate crusted bottom. Yum! Afterwards, we strolled the walkways of campus with Brie. Lucy loved hanging her head out of my jacket just staring at her sister. It was hilarious because she did it for about 5 minutes straight! Brie had to show us the library before we headed back to Eric’s house. It was  wonderful evening.

Wow this morning was CRAZY!   We got the dog dropped off at the boarders, and were so grateful that she went in very politely and calm.
  Lu and I had some last minute errands to run. In a hurry, I was trying to get things accomplished, but Lucy had other plans.  She had to play peek a boo with herself in the mirror at Old Navy…
  …take over the desserted crate at home…  …and play in the sink so I could get her car seat cleaned and the dishes washed before we left. Luckily she wore herself out and fell asleep when it was time to pack the car, drop off the bunnies, and get the kids from school.
  The boys said bye to Miles, then we headed to drop them off at Grandma and Grandpa’s.   We got Dad picked up and dropped off our luggage curbside. Fortunately for us, the airport agent noticed Sam had left his driver’s license and debit card at the counter before we got too far away.
    Lucy loved watching all the carts and vehicles travel below the terminal.
  We boarded without any problem and were so exited to be heading to Utah.  
  That was until they told us a landing gear flap was broken and we would be delayed for an hour.😳 Luckily they let us off the plane!   After an hour and a half, and lots of running and playing with blue lights, we were finally on our way!
 

   As we are packing up things and getting ready to leave tomorrow, Lucy is finally feeling SO much better. She wants to be outside so bad. I think she has had enough inside you time, that she is just bored with her toys now.    Luckily Hadley and Mrs. Jaime came to see us.  Lucy loves Hadley and feeling like a big girl when they are together. ☺️ 

Lucy’s rash sure looks terrible!    At least her smiles are coming back a little and her fever has NOT come back!  We are all so out of sorts after this last week. I am pretty forgetful and grouchy from lack of sleep and down time caring for a sick Lucy. We did manage to remember dying eggs this year. 😊    Lots of serious coloring and ceativity! Lucy was more than happy to help. ☺️ Lucy and I skipped out on Church today(for obvious reasons) so I decided to at least dress her in her Easter dress to take pictures for a little bit at home. She was NOT having it though.   This is such a special dress because it was Brianna’s Easter dress when she was a baby. Yesterday, I would have said the dress was ruined because Natalie had it on one of her dolls. It was horribly stained and discolored. Hooray for Oxy! It came clean beautifully and looks brand new. I managed to get one smile… …and then some serious pics. 😆  She kept staring me and Sam down like we were nuts.    Poor baby girl! I want her happy self back ASAP. When everyone left for church, she slept for over 2 hours. (On me, so I couldn’t move.) When everyone came home from church, we went to celebrate Easter at Grandma and Grandpa’s house. Egg hunt and all.   Lucy enjoyed just staring at her eggs.     After our hunt, we ended the evening celebrating Quinn’s and Shelly’s birthdays. Such a fun night. We sure LOVE this little sweetheart!  

 I  am so sad that all the beautiful flowers around us were Obliterated by the hail the other night. I wanted to get a picture of Lucy in the flowers with her bunny hat so bad. Maybe they will come back soon.  

  Lucy wants to go and do things so badly right now, but she is fighting her poor little body so bad. Her rash looks more TERRIBLE as the day goes on. Everytime we think she is going to be fine, she starts her screaming episodes again. 
  In the middle of all of this, she keeps showing off her standing skills.  Then it quickly catches up with her. Today she has slept A LOT! I am so glad Sam has been home to help hold her, and that she has let him. I love Lucy dearly, but my whole body is so sore from carrying her all week. It needed the break.
  These end of the day moments are the best. I am hoping with her going to bed this easily that it means she is feeling better and will sleep well tonight.