bridal veil falls

Bridal Veil Falls and Meredith at 18 Months

August 16, 2017 by Rebecca Whitehead

Before leaving Grammy and Grandpa’s on our epic two-week stay in Utah, we couldn’t leave without going to the girls’ favorite nearby attraction, Bridal Veil Falls. I was reluctant to let Jake go with all three girls, envisioning Meredith escaping his grip and running haywire toward the rushing water, but he assured me he would keep a tight leash on all three, so that I could pack and get ready to depart. Everything ended up being fine and they spent a solid two hours exploring the area and climbing the rocks near the falls (not what I had envisioned!) Meredith was too tired from no longer getting her morning nap to protest and was happy in her stroller while the girls explored.

Bridal Veil two years ago:

One last swing before we left!

Last minute, I remembered taking pictures of the twins in this chair the summer they were 18 months and we came to Utah, so we snapped a few impromptu photos of Meredith.

The twins at 18 months in the same dress.

The twins at 18 months in Utah.

Amelia, 4 years.

Amelia, 18 months.

Samantha, 4 years.

Samantha, 18 months and with a black eye!

Telling secrets.

We love our sister!

Lots of love,

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Twin Friends at Bridal Veil Falls

July 21, 2016 by Rebecca Whitehead

While in Utah, we met up with my friend, Katie, who used to live in California, then Michigan, and now Utah. We haven’t seen her adorable twins, Lizzie and Iris since they were babies. Now that everyone is finally out of the baby/toddler stage and are talking and playing more, it was cute to see all the twins interacting with each other.

We took a short walk up to Bridal Veil Falls and fed the fishes in the pond.

Poor Meredith. When will she be able to make some friends of her own?

We crossed over the rocks to the other side of the falls, amidst four squeaky voices complaining about the ice cold mountain runoff.

Jake took some random pics of us without us knowing. We were apparently deep in conversation comparing “twin” notes.

All the girls were a tad bit cranky at the falls. Nothing a picnic lunch wouldn’t fix.

Full tummies (even though it was only 10:45 a.m.) did the trick and the girls threw rocks in the river and played with each other the rest of the time.

Who’s up for ring around the rosie?

So cute!

Serendipitously, Katie and her twins had planned a trip out to California for the following week when we would be home, so the girls were happy they would get to see their friends again!

Lots of love,

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Cousin fun at Bridal Veil Falls

October 21, 2015 by Rebecca Whitehead

We all jumped for joy the day Daddy flew back to Utah just in time for Aunt Sarah’s wedding weekend. After a week of me telling the girls that Daddy was STILL at work, they seemed dubious.

When Daddy walked in the door with Grandma Celeste, who had picked him up from the airport, the girls were in total shock and wouldn’t leave his lap the rest of our lunch with Grandma. Making the five minute drive to Kneader’s with Jake driving with his mom and the girls in my car was like the apocalypse as far as they were concerned. I WANT DADDYYYYYYYYY!!!! Traumatized much?

Everyone enjoyed lunch, except for perhaps Jake, who couldn’t eat due to two toddlers glued to his side, chatting away about all the fun things he missed that week. They listened with sympathy when Jake told them all about his fun plane ride wherein he got peed on by the toddler in the seat in front of him. Only on a Jet Blue flight to SLC does that happen!

It was a no-nap day, thanks to all the excitement of having Daddy back.

That weekend, Uncle Mike and Allie drove down and the bridal party/family converged on Grammy’s house for a pre-wedding bbq and short rehearsal.

Samantha and Amelia entertained everyone with their play doh skills.

Amelia inspects her flower girl basket before practice time.

Baby Noah loves corn as much as the girls.

The girls loved their hike to the waterfall with Grammy so much that they decided to go again, this time to show cousins Allison, Zack and Baby Noah. He’s not so much of a baby anymore, but the girls still call him that!

Throwing sticks and rocks into the river. Classic entertainment.

Noah was more interested in Bandit.

Three amigos.

Peek-a-

Boo!

~~Feeding the fish~~ preventing three toddlers from eating fish food/falling in the water.

We were successful on one of those counts. Kidding! Not fish food.

Guess who was “feeling silly”? Samantha’s words, not mine.

Cousin fun at Bridal Veil Falls!

Lots of love,

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Bridal Veil Falls and Football

October 17, 2015 by Rebecca Whitehead

Since the first week we were in Utah was pretty hot down in the valley, we went for a short excursion up the much cooler Provo Canyon with Grammy. It was such a lovely fall morning. Having lived in California for almost a decade now, I’d forgotten how much I love a real autumn!

It’s always more fun sporting our Ute gear when we’re in BYU country.

Feeding the fish at the base of Bridal Veil Falls.

Samantha was not cooperating for a family photo…

My girls. Amelia on the left and Samantha on the right.

After the falls, we went to a small park down the canyon and the girls entertained themselves by throwing rocks and sticks in the river.

Collecting more rocks.

Moving on to recreational rock climbing. Yes, we went through a hundred boxes of Hello Kitty bandaids this trip.

Meanwhile in Oregon… Jake and his brother, Jarom, were also enjoying the beautiful scenery on their boys road trip. I have no idea why anyone would want to drive from Boise to Eugene, taking a million “detours” to the coast and through national parks on the way, particularly after just having driven from California to Utah, but they seemed to have a great time. Boys. Go figure.

In the evening, we all anxiously gathered around to watch the Utah Oregon game, which turned out to be perhaps the greatest Utes game of all time. To say Samantha, Amelia and I were jealous we weren’t there with Jake and Jarom in their seats on the 10th row midfield would be an understatement. Still can’t believe we missed that game.