Best Vacation Ever!

We went to HURRICANE, UT this last week and had SO much fun!!!! Hurricane is where my mom grew up, I have gone there every year my whole life and LOVE it there. I have a ton of cousins my age there that we are really close with and we always have such a blast when we visit! We also spent Thanksgiving there as well, which was AWESOME! This was one of my most favoritest (is that even a word??) vacations ever, it was well needed and my favorite part was spending some quality time with Eric. We went down last Friday for my cousin Jordan and Miranda's wedding on Saturday. It was a beautiful wedding, they looked SO amazing. We had a great time dancing the night away at the reception!

Ohh Sierra! We were seeing how wide we could open our mouths..one of the things I love most about Sierra is her talent of being able to contort her face! It makes for great entertainment!

We threw a baby shower for my Cousin Kara, it was perfect timing having all the family there from the wedding the day before! It was a great turnout, this wasnt even a portion of the people there!

Eric, Olivia and I went to Zion National Park! Even though I have gone to Hurricane every year of my life, I have never been there! It was SO beautiful, especially in the fall! It was even better because our pass was free all week long, so we got to go twice!

Eric and Olivia outside the car for Olivia's first animal sighting! It was a deer! She wasn't too excited about it, but we were! She'll appreciate it later...jk!

Family picture!!!
Olivia and I. I loved the color of the red rocks behind us!

We went on some of the hikes there, it was so fun! Nice to get out and get some exercise. It was a mile in to "The Narrows" and a mile out back to our car. It was a beautiful hike!

Eric showing Olivia around. Eric and I were talking about how funny it is becoming a parent and all the sudden everything becomes more exciting. We noticed it first when Eric went to go show Olivia the chickens, and we both got so excited over it! It was so funny!

I think Olivia looks so cute in this picture! Isn't Eric the cutest Daddy ever?? What this picture doesnt show is her eating his hair! She loves to put everything in her mouth and taste everything! She's so funny!!!Me and my sweet babes!
Another family picture. This one is probably my favorite because of the background! We want to go back so bad!

This was my favorite scenic place, and my favorite spot to take pictures. Isn't it gorgeous?

Olivia babes lookin so cute!

I figured I had to redeem Sierra...This is her looking super hott in front of "The Court of the Patriachs"
This is Sierra's sweet family, Her, Bryn, and Delicious Wyatt! Eric, Olivia and I went to Zion with them again the day after we went so I was able to take some CUTE family pictures of them, and we were able to finish our hike to the narrows with them along with us. It got too cold the first time so we had to go back.
This is at the end of the hike on our second day with Sierra and Bryn. It had a fun little eating area for picnics and we went into the water with Olivia a bit. It was fun!

We dont have any pictures of this, but Eric also went out shooting a couple times with the boys, and they went "spotlighing" which is where they get a huge spot light, and drive out in the middle of nowhere and shoot the jackrabbits (becasue the kill all the crops) and coyotes if they can. Apparently they have been having some troubles with coyotes getting their animals down there, so they went to go get 'em! Eric saw one, but they didn't get there in time to get it. We also played lots of fun games with my family, and I saw NEW MOON twice! The first time Eric watched Olivia so I could go with the girls, and the second time we got a babysitter and Eric came with me which I LOVED! Basically, we had a GREAT vacation and did not want to leave!