While we were out

Yes, I am avoiding my blog so I can pretend I am still on a blissful and relaxing vacation. But, the reality is we've been back home for a week, so I guess I can acknowledge I am back in the trenches, plugging away at work, taking care of kids and having to actually cook and clean (a little). 

Someday soon I'll share pictures of our trip, but for now enjoy pictures that Mimi and Coco (Daniel's mom and sister Courtney) took while they stayed at our house and watched the girls. They deserve medals for taking care of the girls for 8 whole days. They jam -packed the week with a ton of activities and the girls loved it. 

Awesome face

Love Ron and Lani's deck

 Cousin Jack's toys are so much better than ours

 Movie night

 Labor Day activity was the Highland Splash Pad

 Mimi let Sadie help in the kitchen and she has not stopped talking about it. We made some oatmeal fudge bars the other day and it took us 2 hours since this is all I heard from the Sadie the whole time, "Let me do it." "Let ME do it." "Let me doooo it." "Let me do it!!!!" "Mom! Let me do it." (All of these said in various forms of whine)

Chocolate blueberry pancakes?!? Totally spoiled

 Just our cute Lou

Provo Beach Resort carousel

Our favorite toy store- Blickenstaff's

Partaking in the Nielson tradition of afternoon Sonic drinks

 Sister love

 Park time

BYU campus visit

Creamery on 9th- of course Sadie's ice cream was pink

 Sundance

Gymnastics open gym

Side note: Elise got hand, foot and mouth disease a few days before we left. It wasn't too bad. She had a fever one day and a few days later she started getting bumps all over, which turned into scabs on her face, which looked pretty gross. The picture above is at church the day after we left and the one underneath is the day before we came back. You can see her face finally cleared up. 

Coco and Mimi- thank you, thank you thank you thank you. It was so nice to not have to worry about our kids one bit. We could completely relax on our trip. Grandmothers (and aunts) are amazing!