We decided to make a caramel apple bouquet to take to Steph and Wade at the hospital as they welcomed in baby Dallin. Salem loves helping in the kitchen and thought this was a great project. Maggie enjoys all the extra help in the kitchen...most of the time :).
Salem proudly displaying her completed caramel apple bouquet.
We are all so excited to finally get to meet Wade and Steph's newest addition, Dallin Thomas. He's an absolutely beautiful baby and very much resembles his adorable three older siblings. Salem is already very much in love with her newest cousin and talks about 'Baby Dallin' every day. Sutton seemed intrigued, but wasn't crazy about the idea of Maggie holding another baby.
After our visit to the hospital we stopped by a local restaurant for some lunch. Drue and sutton enjoyed relaxing out on the patio listening to the water in the nearby brook.
It's hard for us to believe that our sweet baby girl will be a year old a month from today.
She is sweet, gentle, playful, inspiring, and incredibly patient.
Maggie's so glad that Sutton has nearly perfected her straw technique. It's makes drinks at restaurants much easier.
Drue, Salem, and Sutton enthralled with the birds in the brook.
We planned on taking the girls for a game of miniature golf, but the course was closed for a private party so we took advantage of the batting cages instead. Salem may be hooked now. She was quite impressed with herself for hitting all the balls so well (thanks to her Papa's help of course!) 
Salem is slowly climbing out of her shy cautious shell and is becoming more and more adventurous. She was quite proud of herself for sliding down on her stomach.
We joined our good friends Jo, Maya, and Aidan for a fun trip to the Children's museum. Here are Salem and Maya having great fun at the water station. 
Jo and sweet Aidan posing for a quick picture. Aidan was incredibly patient and tolerant while the wild two year old girls ran from one station to the next.
Salem's favorite activity at the musem was flying the helicopter.
Sutton's favorite activity was playing with the magnetic letters. 
Drue broke away from his office to join us for some lunch at the Gateway after our trip to the museum. We of course had to fit is some fun in the fountains prior to lunch.
Jo and Maya enjoying the cool water on a hot Spring day! 
Drue and Salem picking up our first food box for this farming season. We decided to support a local farm by joining a CSA (community sponsored agriculture). Each week, for the next four months, East Farms will deliver a box of fresh organically grown produce from their farm in Kaysville. The cool weather this Spring in Utah has delayed the growing season for the farm so this first week's produce consisted mostly of greens, some of which we've never heard of before but we're excited to try new foods and new recipes. We received red leaf lettuce, green leaf lettuce, radishes, arugula, mizuna, and tat soi.
Also thanks for posting about Dallin. I've been thinking a lot about Steph.
AND we have a simple Teeball stand in the back yard the boys love playing with. They never hit it to hard or to far. Because the balls are soft I bet it would work in the area in the back of your house. and I bet Salem would love it.
The carmel apple bouquet looks yummy and so darling! And swimming lessons sound like a party. A count of 10? WOW! Way to go Salem.
Congrats to Wade and Steph. I bet those kids are excited to welcome their new little brother. Welcome baby Dallin.
You'll have to keep us posted about the CSA and how you like it since we're considering doing it next year. Have they included both fruit and veggies or primarily veggies?