Five Year Anniversary

About a month ago Dan and I planned on going to Park City for our anniversary. We were looking into going out of state, but it was getting a little pricey and we have med school applications and hopeful interviews to pay for in the coming months. Park City ended up being perfect though, it was nice to not be tired from traveling and we did several fun things in our 4 days away.
We got to our hotel early Sunday evening and got settled. We watched some TV and talked a little that night before going to bed.
Monday we went to the Utah Olympic Park. There were some ski jumpers practicing that we watched for a minute before doing our own activities. We bought the Summer Gold Day Pass, which included unlimited use of Extreme Tubing, Extreme Zip, Alpine Slide (which was actually closed so that was a bummer), Discovery Course, Canyon Course, Summit Course, Drop Tower, Stunt Bags (also closed), Mountain Challenge + Scenic Chairlifts. It was really fun! We started with the smaller zip line and it was over pretty quick and not that exciting so we did the big one next and it was great! We did that several times. We also did the extreme tubing a few times. We got to tube down the Olympic jumps. You go really fast so it's over quick but it is quite a thrill. I was a little nervous to do the bigger jump but I'm glad I did. Dan did one of the courses by himself because I knew my anxiety would be through the roof if I tried it. I would totally recommend going to the park if you haven't been. We ate lunch at Cafe Rio (we had a gift card there) in between playing at the park. After we were done at the park we went back to the hotel to swim/hot tub. Then we went to the outlets and looked in a few stores before heading to dinner around 8:15 at Baja Cantina. This has been a Hayward family favorite for years and I love Mexican so it's becoming one of mine too.

Tuesday was our actual anniversary. We went and did more shopping in the morning at the outlets and ate some leftovers for lunch back at the hotel. We both took a quick nap and then headed to Main Street to look around at the shops there. We had dinner at Fuego, an Italian restaurant, and it was really good. Then we saw Jurassic World. I could not remember the last time Dan and I saw a movie, it had been years, no joke. It was nice to go see a movie at night. I know that sounds silly but we never go see movies together. We went to bed once we got back to the hotel.

Wednesday morning after we had breakfast we took another nap/watched the World Cup and then got ready to head to Midway. We swam in the crater at The Homestead. It was really cool! Definitely one of those things you should do at least once if you're in Utah. The water was perfect and I could have stayed there all day ha. Since Dairy Keen wasn't that far away I convinced Dan that we needed some shakes, so we got those and then headed back to Park City. We cleaned up and then went to Five Guys for dinner (another gift card we had), and then did some more shopping at the outlets. It was really nice to be able to shop over a span of a few days instead of making sure we hit all the shops we wanted to in one day. And I actually found some new clothes, usually, it's just Dan walking away with the shopping bags. We headed back to our hotel after and just hung out until we went to bed.

Thursday morning after breakfast we packed up our stuff and checked out. We went to Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory so we could get some treats to take home. We made it back to Kaysville around noon. And back to reality, it is.
A huge THANK YOU to my parents for watching our girls while we were gone. We couldn't have enjoyed our time away as much if it weren't for them. It was fun to get pictures of the girls doing fun things with Grandma and Grandpa while we were gone.

These past 5 years have been wonderful with Dan. We have definitely had our struggles, but overcoming them has strengthened our love. I am so grateful he is the man by my side as we go through this life together. We are always learning and adjusting as new things come along.
In 5 years we have moved 3 times, 2 different cities. We have had 6 different cars and a motorcycle (including the ones we now have). We have 2 beautiful daughters. I don't even want to count how many jobs we've gone through. Dan has had 3 surgeries, all on his Achilles'. We have been to 7 different states together.
Here are 5 things I've learned about Dan in our 5 years together:
1) He likes the bed to be made.
2) He is all about being logical and using logic. (Don't get in a debate with him.)
3) He will not spend more than $15 on clothes unless they're shoes.
4) He can sleep through practically anything.
5) He is good at pretty much everything he tries.
I love the life we are building together and all the memories we have made thus far. Here's to eternity with you, love!

Evelyn: One Year

Happy Birthday sweet little Evelyn! It really doesn't feel like she was born a year ago, that year went by way too fast! I've been feeling a little weird about it all day.

Evelyn can now get into just about everything. She has figured out how to open cupboards and climb onto shorter things. She loves to go up and down the stairs. 

She is taking two naps a day and sleeps 11-12 hours every night. I noticed more of her top teeth coming in yesterday. She has been nicknamed a "baby vulture" because she will come up to anyone with food and just whine until she gets some, and she has gotten really good at gumming things down. 

This past week she has gone to bed without being breastfed and has fallen asleep just fine so I think weaning will go smoothly like it did with Hayley. She can use her sippy cup all by herself. She still fits in her 9-month clothes but I will probably be needing to get out her 12-month clothes this month. 

Church is getting hard because she doesn't stay in her car seat anymore and is super wiggly. Plus it's during her morning nap and she doesn't sleep in my arms very well so it is a tiring 3 hours in more way than one. 

I feel like she has changed and learned so much in just the past month. She does not like grass. She will hold her legs up to keep them off of it and if she does decide to crawl she crawls like Mowgli, as we call it in my family. She has started clapping more. 

Her ginge tinge, which I thought would go away but hasn't, is from her Great Grandma Harris. 

She loves to point her little finger, it reminds me of ET sometimes. 

She enjoys reading books and can turn the pages. I absolutely love when she crawls up to me and puts her head on my chest or my legs and just snuggles for a few moments. 

She has a cute little throat laugh and will occasionally snort when she's laughing really hard. And I don't think I'll ever be able to get over how perfectly pointed her eyebrows are. 

She got stuck between the chair

Riding the train.

We spent some time in St. George with Great Grandma.

Begging for food.

She loved playing with the water balloons, just like her sister.

Go Jazz!

Her birthday theme was, "She leaves a little sparkle wherever she goes." We had a party at our house and enjoyed some cake and ice cream with my family and our good friends. Evelyn loved her cake and will hopefully figure out how to open her presents by next year ha.

I love my baby girl! I am going to miss her being a baby but I'm excited to see her personality develop more.

Photos by Moments by Ally Photography.
Cake smash cake by Kiss Me Cake.