A Trip to Utah

Cousins in the Costco Cart!!
Mac and Nixon made quick friends on my trip to Utah!
They were so cute together.

Nana gets lots of magazines in the mail, they usually throw them away but Nixon LOVES to tear them up.

Such cheap entertainment!

Nixon got to swing for the first time in Nana's backyard, he LOVED it.

Swinging with the cousins!

Totally cute face... I just want to kiss those cheeks!

Nana loves hanging with her boy Nixon!

My brother's birthday was on Sunday and we had a little party on Saturday night in Nana's backyard. It has a creek that flows through it and makes the prettiest sound. It is a perfect backyard for a party.

Brandon, Wally and Tim

The kiddo's playing.

Bella got my camera and took a few pictures "for me". This is Hailey!

My mom's bird Hermione.

Aunt Katie and Nixon.

Lilly REALLY wanted Tim to have a pinata for his birthday so my mom got him one. The kids LOVED hitting it. This is Beau, Casey's sister's little boy!

Hailey taking a whack at it.

Then Chloe.

Bella getting a piece of it.

Lilly was last because she is a tough cookie and got a good piece out of it.

But in the end the birthday boy got to hit it last and get the candy out, (before anyone got hurt:)

Yeah Candy!!!

Even Mac got some candy.... Yummy he didn't want to let the sucker go!

Happy Birthday Tim! Homemade chocolate cake and ice cream Yum!!

It was also my step mom's birthday while I was there. She was turning 50 and decided to go ski diving for her big birthday. A bunch of us went out to watch.

Surprisingly enough you only have to get there about an hour early and they just take you quickly through what you need to do. Linda was a little nervous as she told us everything she was suppose to do.

Grandma and Nixon.

Grandpa with McKyah and Nixon.

Suited up and ready to go.

This is her camera man that videoed the whole thing, it was crazy. He gets out of the airplane first and holds on to the top -- yeah of the plane and videos while she jumps.

Let's get this party started!

Ready for take off.

Nixon was pretty excited ... as we waited to see them come down.

Here she comes....

Weee.....

And come in for a soft landing... on their rears.

She did it!!!

Here we are waiting ...

Yeah Grandma did it and survived, she said it was AWESOME!!

While we waited for the video Grandpa took Nixon to see the cool bikes. Of course the people that work there would drive fast motorcycles too, why not if they like to jump from planes for a living right?

On Sunday we had a little surprise party for Grandma.

The whole big Pickett family was there.

Happy Birthday Grandma Linda, I made her a little scrapbook of some pictures of all of us growing up. It was fun to remember all the funny times of our crazy family. She loved it and I am glad I was able to be there to give it to her.

If you look closely you can see a big long stick in the air - Justin my cousin was trying to catch the balloons because his son had tied his binki to them and then let them go. Well bye bye binki!

Mac and Nixon enjoying some toast one morning.

Mac wants them both.... Nixon is not so sure.

Nixon learned to give kisses while we were in Utah, it is so adorable and funny. He does the whole open mouth kiss, then he laughs. I love it!

We went to my cousin Alec's baseball game at Bountiful High too. He is a freshman and plays on the JV team, he did a great job, hit a home run and got to pitch for the first time.

We went and swung everyday in the backyard, Nixon just loves to be outdoors.

Binki boy!

HOGLE ZOO!!
We all went to the zoo one day, Nixon's first time.

Can you see the baby chick poking his head up???

The black bear eating some watermelon.

Nixon was amazed by the animals, he wasn't quite sure what to think.

A stop to have a coke!

Casey and Mac, Nana and Chloe, Katie and Lilly. Nixon had had enough of the stroller by now.

The camels....

The big gorilla.

Lilly - we had so much fun at the zoo!!

Thanks everyone for making our trip to Utah so much fun!! We love you guys!



When we got home Nixon found out how to crawl and found Darby too. She is now hiding from Nixon all the time!

Poor Darby hiding from Nixon....

Nixon found the screen door and smashes his nose against it and licks it, it is the funniest thing ever.

A video of Nixon trying to find Gauge or Darby, he knows they went around the couch somewhere.

Finding Darby

Swinging and loving it!