Weekend Getaway

For Memorial Day weekend we went to Franklin, TN (just a little before Nashville) with our good friends the Welshes.  Jesse's family was so nice to let us stay with them all weekend.  Declan loved chasing the two dogs and we all had a lot of fun.  We went to the Factory on Saturday morning and looked around at the shops their and also went to an awesome Farmer's Market. 

I love this picture of the kids!

Declan sucking on a lemon at Mellow Mushroom for lunch.

On Saturday night Jesse's parents were so nice to watch the kids so we could go to dinner.  We went to Puckett's and they had three country music songwriters performing while we were there.  It was so awesome to hear the background about some of my favorite songs!  They were really funny also.  

I am going to miss Marissa so much when we move!

On Monday morning on our way back to Memphis we were able to meet up with two couples, the Loves and the McKenzies, from our BYU-I ward.  We went to Mimi's Cafe in Murfreesboro and it was delicious!  They even gave Declan a little bowl of cheerios, crackers, and an orange slice.  It was really nice to see some old friends that we haven't seen in a few years!

I tried to keep Declan entertained on the way home. 

Daddy's boy

Last week we went for a walk at this huge beautiful park called Shelby Farms.  I got some of the cutest pictures of Zach and Declan and just had to share them.  We were given the outfit that Declan is wearing and Zach just happened to have something that matched perfectly!

I absolutely love this next picture.  It's my new favorite picture of my two boys.

Declan loves to walk around and has been doing so for a couple months.  Of course he doesn't like it if we let go of his hands.  He has taken a couple steps on his own but he is still a little unsure of walking all by himself.

Warning: this post contains no pictures of the cutest member of our family.

Last Saturday was Zach's senior send off dinner for his school.  They do it at the end of their 3rd year before everyone leaves for their 4th year externships.  This year it was at the Rhumba Room in downtown Memphis.  Our great friends the Beazers babysat Declan for us so we had a baby free night!  It was awesome! :)

The Hairs at dinner

Spencer won a Lightning McQueen hat for being the fastest test taker in their class.

We tried getting a good picture of us but someone kept getting in the way....

Finally a picture without Brandon! :)

Zach, Jason, and Spencer waiting for the slideshow to start.

Aren't those the coolest lights in the background?

I can't believe our time in Memphis is almost over!  It is so surreal to me.  The weirdest part is thinking that Zach will finally be done with school in only one year.  WOO HOO!

Easter

Our Easter weekend started off on Friday when we said farewell to our beloved but very unreliable Jeep Grand Cherokee.

We've been looking to get a new car for awhile now.  I was actually test driving cars on my due date but we never found anything that was everything we wanted in a new car.  Our main problem was that we wanted 4 wheel drive since we will be in Utah in a few months but 4 wheel drive is not easy to find in Memphis, TN!  Anyway, Zach was looking online on Thursday night and found the perfect car for us.  We test drove it on Friday and we left 3 hours later with our 2007 Rav4!

 Declan loves it - which is the most important thing right?! :)

The rest of the weekend was very relaxing watching Conference - the parts we could anyway.  It's so much harder watching Conference with a kid!  Declan woke up on Sunday to find his very first Easter basket.  My parents sent him some Easter gifts - a book, a toy, and a cute new Sunday outfit.  Zach and I got him the grass and empty eggs which he LOVED!  We also had some friends over for Easter dinner and it was delish.

Zach and I just started P90X this past week and we are both sore sore sore!  Anyway, Declan is always entertained watching us do it and he decided to try some pull ups of his own...(please excuse his extremely wet diaper.)