The Lopes Family: 2012

Saturday, December 15, 2012

Fotos with Santa

So this has been a very busy past couple of months... I'm sitting here thinking, "I should mop the floor. Or I should wash the dogs. Or I should fold some laundry. Or I should get ready for my class tonight." Nope, I'm here blogging... Quickly!

Here's the super adorable pictures Vivi took with Santa (AKA Daddy)

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Cousins

My sister LaDawn came up from Tucson for a quick Ikea visit (gotta love that lady!). She stopped by the house to visit Miss Vivi. After playing awhile, we all went to the water & ice place down the street to get Thrifty's ice cream - yum ... my favorite is mint and chip!

Cousins - Vivi, Abigail, and Lilly!

Changing of the moods

How quickly do you think it took to go from this...

to this???

Approximately 32 seconds :)

Gotta love her!

Sunday, July 29, 2012

More of Utah - Part 2

Finishing up here.... a little belated, but better late than never!


This is cute Caleb - he loves to eat... He found this pizza and helped himself to a slice!

Elisa and Caleb - watching the Fireworks. We went to the show in West Jordan, Utah - it was such a fun night! The show doesn't start until after 10:00 pm, so the kiddos were trying to stay awake. The evening was even cool enough, that I was wishing I'd brought a light jacket - I'm such a wimp!


We went for a hike in Sandy, Utah. I'm not sure if it is really considered a "hike" - it only lasted about 20 minutes. But it was perfect for bringing little ones along. At the end of the hike is a beautiful waterfall. Perfect!

Our little family!

Vivi wasn't sure about sitting in the backpack and fussed quite a bit. But, she eventually got the hang of it.

Cousins!

Little Caleb and Elisa - he's so stinkin' cute!

Uncle Gabriel and Caleb - eating again :)

Cousins - From the top: Livia, holding Caleb, Jonah, Eliana, holding Vivi

Little toes - exploring

The view of Sandy from the hike.

Our Family - in front of the waterfall

Elisa, Eliana and that's Caleb under the hat - strapped on Elisa's back!

Gateway Discovery Center - in Salt Lake City - such a great place for little kids. They have everything you can imagine. We were there for a few hours, but seriously could have stayed the entire day if little ones did not need a nap. Very fun!

This is a cool contraption where little plastic balls make there way through and once they build up enough, it rains balls on you. The kids had a blast poking the balls in all of the holes.

Caleb and Eliana in the little boat.

Climbing up the slide! With socks!

Making her way down!

We went shopping at City Creek - a new mall in Salt Lake. Amazing place. It's right across the street from the temple. It happened to be raining the day we went. Inside the food court, they have this great play area for kids. They would have preferred to play there all day!

Look what we found in the dinosaur egg!

Being Silly!

On her tip-toes! She wanted to climb everything like the big kids!

On our way home we stopped by Young Living Lavender Farms. Beautiful place and it's nice to get up and walk around the trails. Perfect weather too!

Checking out the pretty flowers.

Daddy and Vivi - sitting by this little fountain/pond


More flowers! I think we have a little gardener on our hands!

Monday, July 16, 2012

Utah Trip - part 1

We took tons of pictures, so here's just a few. More to come...

At first we thought, "Wow - look at all those elk!" And then we thought, "Poor elk."

We stopped in Panguich to get out and move around. Vivi was moving!

Vivi loves her cousin Eli! She was constantly giving her hugs!

Daniel with Vivi and cousin Caleb

Vivi and Caleb sharing treats (Thanks Aunt Elisa for bringing goodies!)

The Silly Faces of Utah Family!

(Aunt Clarisse, cousins Livia, Eliana, Jonah and Aunt Elisa)

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Walking...

Our little one is cruzing... well, at least she's taking more steps. She started "walking" just around her first birthday. But now, she'll actually take several steps.