utah trip. {easters.}

we got to spend easter in utah.  

we got to go to the walter family party on saturday.  emery got her first easter basket.  and we loved seeing everybody! 

on sunday we enjoyed going to church, having maria and ellice, and some of the johnsons over for dinner.  

utah trip. {byu}

we decided to take emery and give her a byu campus tour.  

figured she might as well grow to love it already...

we had fun spending the morning with uncle addison. 

then we headed down to visit (meet) great grandma and grandpa eliason while we were in utah county.

utah trip. {april}

byu picnic. // flower from grandpa.

all the attention. 

new swimsuit. // shopping with grandma.

meeting baby porter.

a little light reading. // the family childhood chair. 

great grandma and grandpa walter.

visiting great grandma johnson at "work". // visits with grandpa downtown.

derek had a trip for work in utah in april.  of course, we decided to join him. 

we had so much fun visiting our family and friends.  

emery got spoiled and so much attention. 

we love visiting utah!

a baby blessing.

on sunday, october 2nd, we were able to give emery grace a "name and a blessing" in our church.

it was such a happy experience and we were so glad to be able to share it with family. 

emery is such a special daughter of God.  

she is pure joy for our family.

great grandparents. // 4 generation photos. 

[emery's name sake.  my grandma walter grew up in emery, utah.]

be. utah. fall.

we enjoyed the fall leaves up little cottonwood canyon.  those colors though.

[all the heart eye emojis.]