Temple, Panera, & Baseball

Why, oh why, does Autumn’s body HATE me & decide to wake up at 6:14 on a Saturday morning???  We went in the living room & I put on some cartoons for her.  I started making breakfast & everyone finally woke up b/c Mom & Dad were leaving for the airport at 8:00.  They are flying up to UT to surprise Rufio & the rest of the family at Rufio’s 87th birthday party!  I’m SO JEALOUS & wish I could go with them.  I made them promise to take a bunch of pictures for me.

Nate took them to the airport & I went home and got cleaned up and went to the temple.  I haven’t been in over a month & b/c it was closed 2 weeks for cleaning & then it was Easter weekend & we were at Aunt Sandy’s, etc.  Anyways, I missed it so much!!!  I made the 9:00 session & was so glad I did, b/c the most lovely older black gentleman led the session & he was very emotional and the Spirit was very strong.  He was truly worshiping, not just going through the motions.

I came home & we had a Panera picnic on the patio.  Riannon’s face in this pic cracks me up.  She & Nate like to pull random faces.  The weather was perfect, and the food was really good.  Nick & a friend came over and ate w/ us too, but I forgot to get a picture after they had gotten there.

Mom texted me these pictures of the beautiful jasmine that is in bloom everywhere.  They also went and walked about the BYU campus, which was where Dad & I both got our Bachelor’s degrees.

She also posted this picture on Facebook w/ this caption, “1746 S. 500 E., Orem, UT.  Our 1st apartment while Kerry went to BYU. This is where we lived when Lisa Marie was born.”  So cool!

We spent a lot of the afternoon just relaxing, loving on Baby Olivia, and watching a Will & Grace marathon on TV.  Since the weather was so nice, Nate wanted to go outside and enjoy it.  He & Nick went and played catch in the backyard.  Awwww … brotherly boding time.

Autumn & Riannon wanted in on the fun too, so they also went out.  Autumn was pretty good and had great form.

At 5:00 Nate & Riannon & Nick all left to go to the Ranger’s baseball game.  Autumn & I got to babysit Olivia, who slept for 2 hours.  Then we went to WalMart to get a few things we needed.  Oh my goodness, I forgot how hard it is to go shopping or do anything with a baby!  Just getting her in & out of the car was a chore, and then her car seat took up the whole cart so we had nowhere to put the groceries, etc.  Thankfully Autumn was a HUGE help!  We got home, watched a little TV, and then it was bedtime.  I got Autumn to bed, Olivia to sleep, and I started making cookies for my lesson tomorrow.  Olivia woke up at 9:00 & was inconsolable b/c she was hungry, but she refused to take a bottle.  You can see in this pic that Autumn had tried feeding the bottle to Olivia earlier, but she would just spit out the milk.  Olivia was so happy when Nate & Riannon got back & she could eat.

I can’t wait to see all the great pictures from Rufio’s birthday party when Mom & Dad get back!