Utah

Ben's Grandpa in Utah passed away two weeks ago so he took Charlotte to the funeral and was able to stay for a few days to visit family. It was so weird to have her gone. I'm used to not seeing Ben (as unfortunate as that sounds), but not waking up to her babbling and sucking on her foot in the morning was awfully lonely. BUT they both had a great time with Ben's family. I told him to take a ton of pictures and video and he came back with like 15... men...

It all started with Ben missing his flight and having to fly to Las Vegas, sleep in that airport for a few hours, and then fly to Salt Lake City the next morning... apparently Charlotte was a little trooper.

If any of you are Little Chocolatier's fans then you recognize the store behind Ben. I had him go to get chocolate and meet the owners, but unfortunately they left a few hours before he got there. Luckily the chocolate was dang fine.

with her Grandad

He also happened to be in town for his cousin Alan's baby girl's birth.

Margaret is her name and she is adorable.

Thank you, Caitlin, for teaching Charlotte what a phone is and how to text.

with her Auntie Jenna

I love these girls.

Okay, so neither kid looks very happy, but whatever.

The siblings and niece... can't ya tell she's from this family or what?!

(sorry, Marci, but Ben didn't take one picture of you with your grandbaby!)

and just being stinkin cute on the airplane

but of course she missed her Mama... check out the video below... I think I've watched it several times every day since they got back =)