Spring Break

Mark got the week off for Spring Break so we decided to take advatage of the time and go to San Diego to visit family. We decided to bless Sadie in the ward I grew up in. We did this so that all of my family could be there and Mark's family could drive down from Utah to come. It made a lot more sense that Mark, Sadie and I flew out than fly out tons of people to Virginia. It was a great week but of course the highlight was Sadie's blessing. It was so very beautiful. I'm so grateful to be Sadie's mommy. She is the sweetest little thing and she has brought so much joy and love into my life. I am just so in love with my little family. So fun!!! Sadie's blessing dress is the dress that I was blessed in. Interesting story.... Before my family's house burned down my mom randomly sent me the dress. I'm so excited that it was saved and Sadie was able to blessed in it. I want to take some more pictures of her in the dress so you can see more detail. I'll try to get that done this week. It was such a busy day I didn't really capture too many pictures of just her in the dress. Sadie was very popular among all her aunts and uncles. 18, to be exact, and 3 cousins. They were not all there of course but there was a good amount.







On Sunday after Sadie's blessing party we all headed to my family's property. In October the house that I grew up in was a victim to the 2007 Southern California fires. I had not yet seen the property; only pictures. So it was good to finally see it. It was really crazy driving up to it. The property is all graded off and ready to build a new house. I'm so excited for the new house. It's going to be a good one.

This is where the house used to be. That is where my family is going to stay while the house is being built. They are at a friend's house right now.

This rock was always my favorite place to go and sit and relax and enjoy the veiw. I'm glad the veiw is still there. There used to be 100's of avocado trees but they all burned as well.
We spent a lot of time at the beach. It was Sadie's first beach trip and I'm not sure she enjoyed it too much. Too sunny, windy, chilly and sandy. All these things don't fare too well with a 7-week-old.

Good old game of Bocce Ball

The ward I grew up in threw me an awesome surprise baby shower. I had no idea that anything was going on. Completely surprised!





Mark's brother and sister and their spouses went on a cruise that left from San Diego. So when they were done cruisin' we went and picked them up and spent the day with them. More beach. It was a lot of fun.

Three men and a baby!


Uncle Nick's swim meet

It was such a fun week. Sooooooooo good to see family again.

Our day with Kelli

Mark's little sister Kelli who is a senior in high school came out to DC on a choir trip with her school. So we took the 2 hour trek to spend the day with her. She got to be the first aunt and first Olsen to meet Sadie. She felt truly honored.  And let me tell you, what a champ our little Sadie was. She basically slept the entire day, which made me nervous about how we would spend our night, which wasn't to bad. We hesitated about going at all. For starters it was a pretty cold day and I am no pro at feeding her let alone outside the home. But she did great. We just bundled her up like crazy and fed her in the car. She was a huge hit and got a lot of attention. We spent some time at the Holocaust museum, ate dinner and then headed over to the temple to watch Kelli sing. We ended up getting home around 1 am. It was great to see Kelli. We get to see her again next week along with my whole family and most of Mark's. We are blessing Sadie in CA and she finally gets to meet all her aunts, uncles, cousins and Olsen grandparents.This trip up to DC was just a test to get us ready for the all day plane ride with Sadie.  Can't wait!!

More pics

My little sweetie

This is what happens when Mark changes her. We had a good laugh.

check out the cheeks 

I love her face in this one. So funny!