Ah, Saturday!

Life has been really busy around here lately so every Saturday is a wonderful break. Yesterday was an especially wonderful day to spend time as a family. It was a gorgeous Colorado day too!

Our day started out with a trip here....
Hazel talks about the temple all the time so we wanted to take her around the grounds. She LOVED the fountain. (And I love this picture. Sometimes her face reminds me of one of those porcelain dolls)
Then we took some family pictures in front of the temple. If you look closely in this picture you can see the baby bump...

Hazel also enjoyed running around the grounds. It was a wonderful start to the day. I loved feeling the peace of the temple and watching Hazel enjoy herself so much. She cried when we had to get back in the car and kept saying "No all done temple!" What parent doesn't enjoy hearing those words?


Next stop was Mike's volleyball tournament. He is currently coaching a club volleyball team of 18 year old girls. They had a tournament this weekend at the convention center in Denver, and sadly Hazel and I hadn't seen them play before so we were excited to go. It was "pink day" in support of breast cancer so Mike got to wear a lovely hot pink shirt:)

The girls played hard but only won 1 of the 3 games we saw.
My parents joined us, and Hazel had fun with "Gam" and "Gampa!" Hazel loves them to pieces. Of course Gram had to bring her some Oreos which she thoroughly enjoyed!
My mom also helped me turn one of the team shirts in to a little dress for her so she could be their little cheerleader. It turned out soooooo cute! Too bad she wouldn't smile for her picture.

Last, but not least, was the bouncy house.... Between the 2nd and 3rd game we took Hazel over to an area with bouncy castles and mazes. At first she wanted nothing to do with them and refused to get in. Once we convinced her it would be fun, she had a BLAST! They were closing for the night so she only got a few minutes in it before we had to get her out. I've never seen her so upset. She kept saying "Jumpy bed, jumpy bed" and crying big, fat alligator tears. It wasn't until I took her back to show her that they were deflated and had gone "night-night" that she finally calmed down.
Despite the minor melt-down, it was a wonderful day!