We Survived and it was a success

If you read my blog post about a month back, I was pretty nervous leading up to my association's convention. This event is enormous, the best way to describe it to someone would be to say plan on having  four weddings, four days in a row that range from scale to style in every way. Good news all of the planning, tears, and stress over planning leading up to it all actually paid off. We had a successful convention! Now some things did go wrong as to be expected but all in all it was a huge victory and relief that some how in the end the whole event came together. I think my favorite and best surprise was the Zermatt Resort surprised me and my little girl for her first birthday during the UOA Carnival. It seemed very fitting since my water broke up there last year for this and we missed the whole shebang! I am so blessed with a husband who can handle our babies and allow me to enjoy what I do for a living. All was good, enjoy some pics!

Happy Birthday Sweet Kinsale!

Quinn's first carousel ride with his Papa and his Godfather

New head shots from convention

My new 2016-2017 board

Love,

The Whites

Durango, Colorado

We have officially started a love affair with Durango, Colorado! If you haven't already checked out this little mountain town, you need to. We went there this last Memorial Day to visit some of our besties, the Hallocks and meet their new little guy Oliver. The drive there from Utah isn't too bad about 6.5 to 7 hours and actually pretty scenic since you drive through Moab and then into pretty scenic area of Colorado.
We had a blast when we were there, both Sara and Zane grew up there and now have a gorgeous house out in the country that has horses in their back yard, you can see a real steam train from their front porch and don't mind the spectacular mountain view as well. Now that its not just the four of us adults and there are four additional children, the trips are pretty different but lots of fun. We had lots of hang time with babies and hanging in the backyard. The kiddos were all about the water table, pool and having our first fire pit with s'mores. We did manage to get some amazing adult time in as well, the boys got out for rides two days, us girls made it downtown for some great shopping and cocktails and the four us adults got out downtown Durango minus babies for a raging night (raging in toddler hood means 11pm, and flights of whiskey).
I will let the pics tell the story but it was a great weekend, can't wait to go back for either the brew train or Polar Express.

Little girl on the drive there

Meeting Mr Oliver for the first time- HELLO baby fever

Bren out biking

The beautiful Sara

Kinsey now fits the dress Sara bought her a year ago!

Downtown Durango, having too much fun!

Gummy Bear dance party

Quinn was helping....

Front porch waiting on the train for the Beat the Train Race!

Anxious little boys waiting for the steam train

Bubbles! 

Boys out biking

Girls out shopping

Durango Colorado

My ragamuffin babies

Quinn liked the horses

Our very first bon fire with S'mores

Leaving the train museum

sophisticated dinner time with toddlers

The boys!

The GIRL

Amazing train museum in Durango

It was awesome trip!

Love,

The Whites