A Sunday Drive

Sunday after everyone got home from church(I have been staying home with Emery since I'm not ready to take her to church) we ate dinner and then loaded up to go for a Sunday drive.  To where you may ask...the poppy fields in Mantua just east of Brigham. They only bloom once a year and only last a couple weeks but are absolutely beautiful. The girls had changed into pjs when they got home form church and decided they wanted to wear them on the ride as well they were so thrilled and thought they were so silly. When we got there there were quite a few people there taking pictures and just hanging out. We got out and did a little exploring. On the south side of the fields there was a dirt road going up so we followed it and found a beautiful green meadow at the top of the hill. It was so beautiful I only wish that pictures could capture that. The girls wandered around singing songs and dancing having the time of their lives. 

After a while we headed back down to the poppy fields. Quite a few people had cleared out. The girl couldn't wait to run through the flowers and they even found a few that were on the ground that they carried around.

Gracie found and climbed this rock and then asked to have her picture taken because she was higher than the mountains(according to her) and was Rapunzel in her tower.

My mom had never seen the fields so it was fun that she got to come with us. We really enjoyed having her with us for the week she was here.

When Hallie was about 9 months old we did our family picture in this same field. It was fun to think about how far we have come now that we are a family of 5! Funny enough Emery happen to have her poppy blanket on that day the girl thought that was so funny. We called it her camouflage. 

Hallie was captivated by how many flowers there were and some of them as tall as she was!

Matt took Emery's first ever selfie with the poppies...she was even awake for the occasion 

Daddy and Em selfie

There was also a field of sunflowers nearby that the girls headed to next

Then came the silly pictures

I love these 2 and hope they always have the confidence to be themselves

We headed for home just as the sun went down. We loaded up and headed back down the canyon. Just as we came back into Brigham the sun was settling and the light was hitting the temple just right. It was beautiful. How blessed I am to have this family I do...forever. It was a great day.