The first two weeks of our vacation were spent in Utah. This vacation seemed to be full of firsts for us. Audrey's first time on an airplane and being in the U.S. Audrey was able to meet all her grandpas, grandmas, aunts, uncles, and cousins for the first time. Rachel had her first professional haircut and dentist visit. The haircut process was horrible, but the visit to the dentist office went great. Go figure! Here are many other firsts that I actually got pictures of:
Audrey meeting her great-grandparents.
Rachel's first time playing arcade games. She had a blast one afternoon with her cousins!
Audrey's first little playmate, her cousin Chase. Chase is 2 1/2 months older than Audrey. They had fun checking each other out. Sometimes they were really sweet with each other and other times they weren't so sweet! :) 
Rachel had so much fun playing with her cousins. Here they are having fun with a bubble maker! :)
This is actually Rachel's second visit to Wheeler Farm. It was a bit chilly, but we decided to go one morning with grandma, grandpa, Julie, and Presley. After about 20 minutes Rachel declared, "I'm done with the farm". She had seen what she wanted to see and was anxious to get back to all the fun toys at grandma's. 
This was Rachel's and Audrey's first visit to Temple Square. These are some pictures outside the Salt Lake Temple, where Andy and I were married. We walked around, took some pictures, and enjoyed the visitors center as well. We were able to go inside the Draper Temple a few days later. When we told Rachel we were going to the temple, she quickly asked, "Who am I going to marry?" What a cutie! I quickly explained to her that we were just visiting the temple and that she didn't have to worry about getting married until she was at least 20! :) 
One evening when we were over at the King's house Brinley pulled out her old ballet outfits. Rachel had fun dressing up and both of the girls looked so pretty. 
We stayed at the King's pretty late that night. Rachel took a bath with her cousins and then borrowed Isaac's Buzz Lightyear pajamas. And before we knew it she was asleep on her Aunt Julie.
The next morning we woke up to quite a bit of snow. So, Rachel built her first snowman with her daddy. Yes, that's Rachel in her PJ top. We left her coat at the King's the night before. We had to take advantage of the snow before it melted, so Rachel went outside bundled up in layers. 
Audrey had her first experience with family pictures. It was crazy trying to keep all the little ones happy and smiling. Andy's cousin, Robyn, did a great job working with all of us to get some pictures taken. 
Here's Rachel with Issac, Brinley, and Presley. We went to a place called Jumpin Jacks and the kids had fun playing. 
It took the whole time we were there to convince Rachel to go down the big slide. She went down with Andy quite a bit and by the end she was going down the huge slide by herself. 
Grandma Smith wanted to let all the cousins celebrate Easter together. So, Rachel experienced her first big Easter egg hunt. She had a blast looking for eggs and we are still all enjoying the candy that she got. Rachel and Audrey received cute matching PJs. Rachel wore her PJs the whole time we were in Texas because they were perfect for Texas weather.
We went downtown to the Salt Lake Children's Museum. We were able to meet up with some of my roommates from college. Between the 3 of us there were 5 girls 2 years old and under. It was fun to catch up with Holly and Shauni.
The last night we were in Utah we did some indoor miniature golfing. Rachel had never golfed before and she really enjoyed it until the end. She didn't like the fact that her ball wouldn't come back. I think several family members let her hit their golf balls in as well.
We had such a good time in Utah. Andy was able to go skiing one day with Nate and Ken. We were able to have lunch with some good friends, the Caldwells, one day. They use to live out here in Holland and I miss Amy! :) We were able to do tons of shopping and stock up on our favorite things. I believe the girls came out ahead. We brought back at least twice as many clothes for them as we took. We had fun playing games, eating good food, and just visiting with family. The two weeks we had in Utah flew by so quickly.
Audrey meeting her great-grandparents.Rachel's first time playing arcade games. She had a blast one afternoon with her cousins!Audrey's first little playmate, her cousin Chase. Chase is 2 1/2 months older than Audrey. They had fun checking each other out. Sometimes they were really sweet with each other and other times they weren't so sweet! :) Rachel had so much fun playing with her cousins. Here they are having fun with a bubble maker! :)This is actually Rachel's second visit to Wheeler Farm. It was a bit chilly, but we decided to go one morning with grandma, grandpa, Julie, and Presley. After about 20 minutes Rachel declared, "I'm done with the farm". She had seen what she wanted to see and was anxious to get back to all the fun toys at grandma's. This was Rachel's and Audrey's first visit to Temple Square. These are some pictures outside the Salt Lake Temple, where Andy and I were married. We walked around, took some pictures, and enjoyed the visitors center as well. We were able to go inside the Draper Temple a few days later. When we told Rachel we were going to the temple, she quickly asked, "Who am I going to marry?" What a cutie! I quickly explained to her that we were just visiting the temple and that she didn't have to worry about getting married until she was at least 20! :) One evening when we were over at the King's house Brinley pulled out her old ballet outfits. Rachel had fun dressing up and both of the girls looked so pretty. We stayed at the King's pretty late that night. Rachel took a bath with her cousins and then borrowed Isaac's Buzz Lightyear pajamas. And before we knew it she was asleep on her Aunt Julie. The next morning we woke up to quite a bit of snow. So, Rachel built her first snowman with her daddy. Yes, that's Rachel in her PJ top. We left her coat at the King's the night before. We had to take advantage of the snow before it melted, so Rachel went outside bundled up in layers. 
Here's Rachel with Issac, Brinley, and Presley. We went to a place called Jumpin Jacks and the kids had fun playing. It took the whole time we were there to convince Rachel to go down the big slide. She went down with Andy quite a bit and by the end she was going down the huge slide by herself. 
Grandma Smith wanted to let all the cousins celebrate Easter together. So, Rachel experienced her first big Easter egg hunt. She had a blast looking for eggs and we are still all enjoying the candy that she got. Rachel and Audrey received cute matching PJs. Rachel wore her PJs the whole time we were in Texas because they were perfect for Texas weather. We went downtown to the Salt Lake Children's Museum. We were able to meet up with some of my roommates from college. Between the 3 of us there were 5 girls 2 years old and under. It was fun to catch up with Holly and Shauni. The last night we were in Utah we did some indoor miniature golfing. Rachel had never golfed before and she really enjoyed it until the end. She didn't like the fact that her ball wouldn't come back. I think several family members let her hit their golf balls in as well.We had such a good time in Utah. Andy was able to go skiing one day with Nate and Ken. We were able to have lunch with some good friends, the Caldwells, one day. They use to live out here in Holland and I miss Amy! :) We were able to do tons of shopping and stock up on our favorite things. I believe the girls came out ahead. We brought back at least twice as many clothes for them as we took. We had fun playing games, eating good food, and just visiting with family. The two weeks we had in Utah flew by so quickly. 
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The picture of Chase and Audrey laying down and the ballerina pic are really really cute! Miss you guys!
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