Tim, Tanaya, Ty, and Lucy

Saturday, June 27, 2015

4 Months!

Boy does time fly. Lucy is my little sweetheart. She is an easy baby except that she still likes to be held. She gets bored easily laying or sitting anywhere, but LOVES attention from anyone, and she'll give big smiles to anyone who asks. Lucy often still sleeps through the night, occasionally waking up once to eat. (I'm so grateful!) She is great at holding her head up and grabbing things, and she likes to giggle and squeal. We sure do love this little princess of ours.

Stats:
Weight: 13.8 lbs; 31%
Height: 24.25"; 36%
Head: 16.4"; 59%

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Lucy's Blessing

As part of our trip to Utah, we blessed Lucy at my dad's house on June 14th, while all of my family and Tim's Grandparents could be there. A few months ago, I kept asking my dad where my old blessing dress was (it was in my closet growing up), but all of my leftover items from St. George are in a storage unit there. I gave up hope, but when my dad and Sheila came to visit after Lucy was born, he had found it and had it cleaned/whitened for her! What a sweet gift and now memory to have my daughter blessed in my dress! I snapped a few pictures of the special girl on her special day.

She is a lucky girl to have two sets of great-grandparents be there for her blessing.

Great grandpa Gordon and Grandma Marge Larsen

Great Grandma Dot and Grandpa Mel Lotz

I'm so grateful to have a wonderful husband who blessed her. The blessing went well. I remember Tim mentioned Lucy to live up to her name of Light and Beauty, and to be a good sister, as well as an example. There were several men in the circle including Tim, TJ Lotz (uncle), Ben Lotz (uncle), Tom Lotz (grandpa), Melvin Lotz (great grandpa), Gordon Larsen (great grandpa), Thomas Adkins (uncle), Todd Burton (cousin), Brad Watts (step-uncle), and Daniel Reed (step-uncle).

I love this picture of the little boys admiring Lucy...

Best (and most handsome) big brother!

Our happy little family:

Sunday, June 14, 2015

Summer Trip to Utah

We had such a great time taking one last trip to Utah before moving East again. We made sure to visit lots of friends and show our cute kids off.

First stop: Grandma and Grandpa Larsen's. They got to meet Lucy for the first time! Ty really enjoyed their toys and backyard. He misses their Shopko tractor trailer.

Our first morning was free, so I met up with my old roommate Megan whose son Will is only a few weeks younger than Ty, but still much taller! They had a blast at Wheeler Farm.

The famous "Shopko" truck:

That night, we drove up to Cyle and Athena Adair's. Cyle was one of Tim's old roommates. Ty's new friend Kingston is only six weeks younger than him, and their little girl Cadence is only three weeks older than Lucy!

Later on in the trip, we also met up with two of Tim's old mission companions in Midway. It's always fun to catch up!

My family came into town on Thursday, June 11th and we started right off by going to the Hogle Zoo.

They are hosting Zoorassic Park, so there are lifesize animatronic dinosaurs spread throughout the park. It added a lot of fun!

Expecially in the picture taking department. I love these cousin pictures!

Friday we went to the children's museum and I can't believe I didn't take any pictures (actually, remembering how busy it was, I don't think there was even room for a camera!). That night, my dad and his wife Sheila were sealed in the Payson Temple. It was so nice to have family there, and the temple was beautiful (and big)! After the temple, we got together at a park for a nice dinner. It was Grandma and Grandpa Lotz's first time meeting Lucy as well!

We love family time.

Lucy has such a sweet smile!

We threw our own family water party on Saturday. It was a blast.

Lucy and Makayla were swim suit twinners!

We got to meet Ty and Lucy's cousin Carter for the first time this trip. Ty kept saying "Hey, Mr. Carter!" He was a wonderful "big" cousin and Carter is adorable!