oh how I love my life...

I seriously have the BEST travelers. 

These two are so chill and don't ask for much when we are in the car for 10+ hours.

The girls and I took off Friday and spent a week in Ohio.

Ammon (my little brother) was graduating high school and my dad was having heart surgery. 

A few things we always do when we visit Ohio:

cousin time with Katelyn and Olivia

trampoline

Columbus Zoo

Weldon's Ice Cream

Carly gets sick

Just coloring. 

I did have to move Carly's car seat for a bit because she couldn't sleep.
Emma kept pulling at her blanket.

Cousin Katelyn helping Emma put her shoes on.

It's tradition at graduation parties to sign the barn.
 Aunt Dana helped Carly sign her name and then she helped me sign Emma's.

Cousins! Their first time seeing each other. They are so fun together.

Cousin Ana and Emma found a mud puddle during the graduation party.
I told myself to embrace the mess and not care about the girls getting dirty.
It was pooring rain during the whole party. 

We made it through graduation! Woot woot!

They love Aunt Dana!

Pasta bar at a graduation party was a hit! 

Five siblings out of seven were together!
(Franki is on her mission and Korbin is in Idaho).
Anton, Dana, Ammon the graduate, me, and Clayt

With Uncle Leo! 

My mom is on the school board and gets to hand out some of the diplomas.
While handing Ammon his, he kissed her on the cheek! So cute.

Where we spent a lot of our time. By the dogs.

On Monday, we went to Hometown Hotdog! 

Carly loved sitting with Uncle Leo. She kept rubbing his facial hair.

Weldon's Ice Cream!

This is how we do Weldon's.
The three of us shared a banana split milkshake. It was delicious. 

Cousin Time!

Being three is tough.

Can you see her hair??! 

"Mom I touch my bum"
hahahahahaha

Typical Pitchforth girl photo.
One running away and the other being silly.

They are obsessed with strollers and the dogs.

Haha both their faces. Emma's tongue cracks me up.

Digging in Papa's garden.

They had a youth temple trip while we were there. Clayt and I were able to go and help.
After the temple we took Ammon to Chick-fil-a for the first time.
Oma and Papa watched a movie with the girls and put them to bed late, but they both slept in!

Perks of sleeping in the same room as the girls, I get to see how they sleep!
Emma is always curled up in a ball.
Carly is all sprawled out and moves a ton.

Sick and upset Carly. Poor girl.
She always gets sick when we go to Oma and Papa's house.
Makes for a rough 24 hours and lots of snuggles.

How sick Carly took a nap on the couch. Poor girl.
She woke up so sweaty and super upset.
Good thing I was giving Emma a bath at the time
and she did not want Oma to comfort her.

Zoo day! It was perfect weather! The sun was shining and the wind was blowing.

The four girls.

Carly wanted to see two animals. Elephants and Giraffes.

Emma trying to get a few inches closer. 

I love this picture!
Emma's cute piggy tails and the giraffes in the background.

Uncle Clayt pushed Carly in the stroller and listened to her orders.
She ended up on his shoulders a few times.

Papa and Emma.
As you can Papa did not have heart surgery! Whoa. Crazy miracle.
Monday afternoon he went in for surgery. Totally prepped.
Shaved, marked up, blue all over, tubes put in his arm and neck.
They did one last test to check his heart when he was completely under anesthesia.
And his heart wasn't leaking like they thought it showed in tests 7 weeks earlier.
They called in other doctors to check it out.
They said surgery wasn't needed.
The doctors said his heart is strong.
So onto more testing...but at least it's not his heart!

These parks at rest areas are a life savor!!!!
We stopped four times on our way home. Twice to only play on the slides!