A day in the park

Yesterday Lance's sister came down from Park City and we took the girls to the park to feed the ducks and play on the playground. It was a beautiful day and Reagan and Grace had so much fun playing together. They are going to be great friends.

 

 Unfortunately, not everything went smoothly yesterday. While I was getting Reagan ready for bed last night, I undressed her and then ran into the bathroom to fill up her tub. When I came back 30 seconds later, she had pooped everywhere and she was covered in it and putting it in her mouth. Gross gross gross. I freaked out, and it took Lance and I forever to get things cleaned up. However, she made up for it by behaving well enough that we were able to stay for the whole Sacrament Meeting today! Hooray!

Marissa and Chase. Chase and Marissa.

Yesterday Marissa and Chase finally got married!! It was a beautiful wonderful day. Unfortunately, halfway to the temple I realized I forgot my recommend, and I had to turn around. After speeding to the temple, running out of the parking garage, carrying my diaper bag, purse, and Reagan in a stroller up the stairs, meeting up with Lance and running across Temple Square and through the temple, we made it in to the room about a minute and a half before the happy couple. Phew. The sealing was beautiful, and Marissa look gorgeous. While we were waiting for them to come out, we snapped a few pictures.

 

 Oh here they are!

 Biffs.

Marissa was pretty busy, but luckily I had Annie to keep me company.

 After pictures at the temple, there was a luncheon at Chase's stake center. Marissa sang a beautiful song to Chase, and several people (including yours truly) gave toasts. Delicious food.

 After the luncheon, it was time for the reception! And what a reception. Despite some difficulties with the outlets at first, everything went well. The bouncy castle, gladiator ring, cotton candy, popcorn, and hot dogs were a big hit! Also, Annie and Reagan had a moment.

 I was too busy enjoying the reception and taking care of Reagan to take too many pictures. Reagan was soooo well behaved all day. She just tottered all over, being cute and putting things in her mouth and taking things out of containers. The only time she got fussy was right after Lance got to the reception. She kept crying, and I just figured she was tired after a long day with little sleep. Then I realized it was 30 minutes past her dinner time. Oops. After I fed her she was back to her cheerful self! At the very end of the reception, we realized that no one was decorating their car, so Marisssa's cousin and I ran over to Walmart to grab paint and Oreos and threw together a quick masterpiece.

One last pic on their way out, and of course it wont rotate. Yay! I am soo happy for them. And I have to admit, I was a little envious as they drove away. I think the moment that Lance and I left our reception was one of the best feelings ever. Weddings are awesome, and honeymoons are even better :).

2 years

This past Tuesday marked two years of marriage for us! Part of me can't believe it has been that long, and the other part feels like we've always been together. The Friday before, Marissa was nice enough to babysit and we got to go on a date. Lance took me to a really nice steakhouse in Salt Lake, Ruth's Chris, and we saw a movie after. It was delicious, romantic, and so much fun.

 On Saturday we went out to Antelope Island, the biggest island in the Great Salt Lake, which is just a few minutes from our house. It was actually kind of disappointing. It was hot and ugly and lots of bugs. Reagan did get to ride a buffalo, and we almost got ran over by one.

 On Tuesday, our actual anniversary, Lance came home early from work and we made dinner together. Lance especially loved the Mormon tiramisu that I made (found here). He brought me beautiful flowers, which Reagan tried to eat. She was probably jealous.

We had a wonderful anniversary celebration, and had just a one day break before....Marissa's wedding!

P.S. Right before Reagan's last swim lessons:

10 months!

Our baby turns 1 in just two months! She has become such an adventurous little girl. She loves to be outside, playing in the grass and eating sticks, and she loves her swim lessons.
 
Skills: waves (not usually at the right time), walks- 24 steps is her record!, says dada and mama sometimes at the right time, and tonight she said duck in the bath. She plays crawl-chase with her daddy, and can do peek a boo on her own. She go up the staircase like a rock climber, and has freaked me out a couple times when I forgot to close the gate and she went upstairs to play with her toys! She is just started to try to climb on furniture, and yesterday she realized that she can open cabinets- darn. She weighs 19.2 lbs, which puts her at the 43rd percentile. She is transforming from a baby to a toddler and it's just amazing to watch! She is such a happy girl and is the star of the show wherever she goes. We went to a friend's shower on Friday, and she was so well-behaved and everyone loved her. Lucky because she's been teething bad this week, so it was hit-or-miss. Afterwards we got to see Marissa and Chase's new apartment- can't believe they are getting married in less than 2 weeks!  We also got to see my brother this week. Reagan loves her Uncle Stuart- and his scruff!

 Today we went to the Tulip Festival and got some really cute pictures of Reagan.

We also tilled and planted our garden- it was a lot of work! Lance and I both got pretty sunburned. Thank goodness tomorrow is Sunday. Day of rest!

Growling and Walking

One of Reagan's favorite games is the growly game. You growl at her, and she growls back. This can go on for quite a while, and usually Lance or I quit before she does, because it's hard on the throat! It's hard to get videos of Reagan because she loves the camera and gets so distracted by it, but I managed to capture this today:

I was watching it on my computer before I uploaded it, and Reagan was on my lap. Every time I growled in the video, she would growl in real life. It was pretty cute. 

After several tries, I also got her taking a few steps. What a big girl! She's been walking for a week and a half now.

Marissa's Bath

I mean shower. Saturday morning, bright and early, we headed down to Provo to throw Marissa a bridal shower! Can't believe this girl is getting married in 25 days! The shower was so much fun. Lance was such a good sport, and ran the waffle bar for an hour!

We played tons of fun games, but the most entertaining was watching a blindfolded girl do Marissa's makeup- foreshadowing the wedding?

Reagan was a big hit. 

We also played the Newlywed game, where Marissa had to answer questions about Chase. Every time she got one wrong, she got a piece of bubblegum. 

It was a good time all around, even though it was weird to be back in Provo and the condo. It's been exactly a month since we moved!

Easter Bunny Walk

 

It's been a big day in the Brunson household. Not only was it Easter, one of my favorite holidays, but Reagan started walking! She took her first few hesitant baby steps. It was so exciting! She must really like holidays- her first tooth on St. Patrick's Day and her first steps on Easter! She also enjoyed all the other parts of Easter. The Easter bunny came, and Reagan LOVED her Easter basket.

 

 After church, Reagan took a long nap while Lance and I made a delicious ham dinner.

 After dinner, we did an egg hunt for Reagan. I thought she might be too young, but she actually really enjoyed it, especially after she figured out there were treats in the eggs!

 Then, Lance and I colored eggs. Despite our very busy weekend, we managed to cram in all the Easter classics!

Best other things about this week: we finally got our washer, dryer, and coffee table! After spending the second half of Saturday doing yard work, I assembled to the table and the bench seat for out kitchen table while Lance spent hours installing the laundry stuff. So exhausting. But wonderful. Happy Easter!