Christmas Vacation in Utah

The following few posts are all of our vacation to see my family in Utah. I know they are not the most recent pics of the babe but I will be doing those tomorrow, I just hate going out of order so you gotta take what you can get and deal with my weirdness. I like things to flow ya know. Enjoy!

Ari loves her Grandpa Steve and always wants him to hold her, even over me sometimes. We were able to stay with my Dad for a good part of the trip and it was just nice for Ari to get to be around my Dad and brother who love her so much. We so appreciate everyone being so open to letting us stay with them:)
Grandpa and Lola, Emily's newest little one. She is such a sweet baby girl and it was my first time meeting her on this trip. I love my little baby yoya and miss seeing her change in these first huge months of her life. But I'm paying Emma to tell her about her favorite aunt everyday so she won't forget me.

My mother is obsessed with D.I. toys and the grandkids love them. Ari didn't even know what to do with so many new toys around, and I am talking daily. I loved this pic because she looked like such a little girl and not my baby anymore, but we all know I will not be letting that happen anytime soon. She may be getting older but she is still my baby, it makes me sad to even think of that changing so I just won't.

Ari and her two friends. The one on the right is Pepper and the other is Deiter. Ari loves these little dogs and the chair in the background is an indication of how I feel about them. Just kidding, I do love them...sometimes.

Ring around the doggy. Good thing Pepper is so good natured because I am pretty sure he has been tortured by the kids more than once.

This was really Ari's first snow experience because last year she was just a tiny baby and this year we had yet to get any snow before we left NE so we had to wait to get to Utah. She was freaking out at first and kept trying to eat it but then she settled and realized she could only sit in it because the hill was so steep she couldn't walk around.

Ari loves being with her Daddy.

There they go!!
Now you can see why I was afraid, it's a huge hill.

Daddy & Ari getting ready to sled down the hill in Grandma Wendy's backyard. This was Ari's first time sledding and even though I was paranoid to let her go down, she had a fun time and Bobby kept her safe. Oh and Ari is dressed like a boy because the coat I brought would have gotten soaked so we borrowed and there were only boy clothes so we took what we had. We all had so much fun!!