New Lens

For our anniversary Brendan bought me a new lens.  It's the Canon EF24 - 70MM F/2.8L.   I've been enjoying photography, but there is a lot to learn.  With my new lens you are supposed to be able to get crystal clear images, but I'm still working on that.  Any tips from photographers would be appreciated.

Hazel's hair has been getting longer, so I put her hair in pigtails for the first time yesterday.  I remembered seeing some pretty places to take pictures on my run up the canyon the other day, so I took Hazel over to practice using my lens.  She looks so grown up.  As Hazel was wandering the halls at church on Sunday, two people asked me when she was going into nursery.  She still has another five months.

Best Yet

I know we've only had three, but this was the best anniversary yet. I love gerber daisies, so Brendan gave me three gerber daisies for three years. Last year he gave me two, so I'm assuming he'll continue this through the years. Look at the cute flower on top of my present. Brendan made it, and I was pretty impressed with how creative he was. He even sewed those buttons on top.

Brendan and I stayed at the Marriott Mountainside at the Park City Resort from Wednesday to Friday. On Thursday Brendan's mom came up and stayed in our hotel room (which was as big as our house) with Hazel while we went and played. We got all day passes to the park which included the zip line, alpine coaster, and alpine slides. I think the alpine coaster was my favorite. Here is a video of us on the zip line.  You soar up to 45 mph.

3 Years

Las Vegas, Cedar City, and Provo

My niece was baptized this past weekend in Cedar City.  Brendan and I decided to make it into a weekend trip and went down earlier.  We drove to Las Vegas on Thursday morning and went shopping and out to eat.  My mom and four siblings drove down from Sacramento and met up with us in Vegas.  On Friday we went to Hoover Dam and took a tour.  It was my first time there, and I thought it was pretty cool.  Saturday after the baptism, we all drove back to Provo.  On Sunday after church my family drove back to Sacramento.  It was a pretty exhausting weekend, but it was fun to be with family.

My family in front of the new bridge at Hoover Dam.

We stayed at a resort in Las Vegas that had some really nice pools, including a lazy river, but we only got to enjoy them briefly in the evenings.  We were hoping to get some nice tans, but we were just too busy.

We all went up to the Y mountain.

I Scream, You Scream, We all Scream for Ice Cream!

We threw a birthday party for Hazel at the park with friends and family.  It was on the same day as my sister Whitney's birthday, so we had a celebration for both.  We had a BBQ and ice cream sundae bar, and played lawn games like ladder ball and badminton.  (Sorry the last two photos are not very clear, but I wanted to include some of the guests.)

Happy 1st Birthday Hazel!

Hazel turned one on May 29th!  We were supposed to have her birthday party that day, but the weather was cold and rainy so we rescheduled it a week later.  The day of her birthday we threw a little family party.  Brendan's parents gave her some cute gifts including the cute wooden rocking moose in the first picture.  She loved it!  She also had a Baskin Robbins ice cream cake.  It is kind of a tradition in my family to get an ice cream cake.  I actually made her a cute pink cake a few days before as practice for her cake smash at her party, but I didn't get any pictures of it. 

12 Month Stats

Hazel had her doctor's appointment and is doing well.  I guess she is tall and thin with a normal head.

Height:   31 inches           95th percentile
Weight:  19 lbs. 17 oz.     25th percentile
Head:     45 cm                50th percentile