We opened it..................
And to our Surprise.........
Grace LOVES, LOVES, LOVES IT! She played with it all day long... She carried the little animals all over the house and then went back and picked them up again.
Thank you Aunt Jenn, Uncle Bake, Emmers and Dane Man. We love you guys and thank you for thinking of Grace. We can not wait to see you next week. We miss you more then you will ever know! xoxoxo
This past week Grace and I drove with Amanda and her kids back home to California to visit mom and dad. Grace had a WONDERFUL TIME!! She LOVED exploring and getting dirty on the ranch.
Hanging out in Boppa's truck watching the dogs......
helping with the yard work......
We went to a local pumpkin patch one morning.
They allow the kids to pick and eat tomatoes. The girls were in heaven. 
She was LOVING the pumpkins as you can see.
It was really neat to see Grace enjoy everything from back home. My home town is such a great place to raise your kids. So much to see and do. We saw lots of tractors, trucks, ducks, moo cows, and so much more. We got back to Phoenix and I think Grace was bored. Thanks again Nanny and Boppa for a great visit. Hope to see you soon. 
My little sis who is going to school at BYU-I, drove to Provo this past weekend with some friends to chill and hang for a few days. She ended up hanging out with my brother in law Josh who is going to school at BYU-P. These are two of my favorite people ever! I love that when you marry someone ALL your family becomes family!
A few weekends ago we had some visitors from San Francisco. Michael's brother, sis in law and our sweet niece Alia.
Grace and Alia had so much fun playing, swimming, eating, yelling, and chatting together.
We went to a few ASU volleyball games while they were here.
We loved having them come visit. We miss them already.
FINALLY! After having double ear infections for more then half her life Grace got ear tubes today.
She was playing "peek a boo" with her gown with the sweet nurses.
Once again I was more emotional than her. It is hard seeing them take your baby away. Good thing the procedure was short. She was under for less then 40 mins.
BYE BYE ear aches!! Please don't come back EVER!!!!!!!
Yep! Grace turned one this week. I still can not believe it! We had a great but simple day.
We met up with some friends and cousins for lunch and cupcakes.
Dad was even able to go with us.
We had a yummy dinner and then..................
The CAKE!
Grace was a little nervous with all of us looking at her. But eventually got into it.
ALL DONE! Grace we love you and we are so happy you are part of our family. You bring so much joy into our home. Thanks everyone for a great FIRST birthday!
