Well I'm slowly but surely updating the family blog.... so here are the pictures I took when we went to Utah last month!
We all drove up to Utah on Friday as soon as Rick and Jessica were done with school and work that evening. We came pulling in to good old Salem, UT early on Saturday morning. It ended up taking a little longer than normal since we got completely stopped in traffic on the road due to a broken power line that fell down across both lanes! So we had to wait for them to get people out there to take care of the problem. We were literally stopped. Completely. So we turned off the car so we wouldn't waste so much gas. Kimbri had to use the bathroom so I had to just let her go on the side of the road! There was nothing else we could do! I opened both doors to screen her and propped her feet up on the edge of the car and held her up so she could go. Haha! Oh boy. But we eventually got going again and made it to Utah just fine the rest of the way.
Salem was our first stop. We were so excited to see family! We visited for a while and then drove over to Mapleton to see my family and unload all our stuff. After visiting with my family for a while, Rick and I ended up taking while my mom watched Kimbri and Garrett so we could catch up on sleep from driving through the night.
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| Our view as we arrived at my parents house. The sun was just rising above the mountain and it was beautiful! Oh how I miss those mountains! |
Later that night after resting up we had a big get together with Rick's family and my family. They all came over to my parents house to swim and eat dinner. We had yummy dessert after out on the back patio and hung out for the evening with everyone since Rick had to turn around and leave the next day so he could be back to school and Jessica could be back to work both on Monday morning.
But they were glad to see family and at least meet their new little nephew, Logan (Minday and TJ's baby) for a day before having to leave back to AZ. He is sooo adorable! I loved getting some newborn snuggles from him :)
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| We tried to get a grandkids/grandparents pic but our kids were not cooperating. |
Megan became way good buddies with Garrett! He warmed right up to her and she was so cute with him, reading him books and playing with him.
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| We walked to Mapleton Park. They always love going to parks! |
I guess we played too hard that he fell asleep eating lunch!
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| Worn out! |
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| Kimbri fell in love with the kitties while in UT |
One of the days in UT we went to the Aquarium and the kids loved it!!!
I think they would've stood there all day staring at the fish if I let them. Ha! They loved seeing the huge fish right there in front of them!
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| Kimbri with her Uncle Enoch |
This totally freaked me out and I definitely did not want to cross it because of my fear of heights... but Kimbri loved it! Zach crossed it with her. Thanks Zach! And as soon as she was done she wanted to do it again. She has no fear I tell ya!
Penguins! It was so cool to see real penguins. We even saw one swimming under the water
My babies sitting on a baby whale :)
They loved the tunnel that you walk through and can see fish all above you and to both sides!
Garrett kept saying, "Ooooohhhhh!" and just looked all around.
More random pics from our UT trip:
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| Dressed up like a princess playing with the cat in the sandbox. Haha! |
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| Wesley and Kimbri zonked out on the couch :) |
Fun at North Park in Spanish Fork!
So tired... trying to keep him awake until we got home so he would take a good nap and rest up!
On a walk by my parents house. I love that they live right next to the mountain! It is absolutely beautiful!
And this was taken from the guest bedroom we were staying in at my parents house. They view is spectacular! Such a gorgeous sunset!
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| Maple Mountain in the morning |
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| She wanted to wear Garrett's hat on her face.... |
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| Tired out... again! We played hard in Utah! |
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| Slip 'n slide on the front yard hill. The kids loved it! |
We had so much fun in Utah! One of the days we were there my mom took me out to celebrate my birthday. Sundee offered to watch the kids for me so they got to spend some fun time with Grandma :) My mom took me out to get a pedicure and we also went shopping for some throw pillows. Then we went out to eat at Los Hermanos... my favorite! I love that place! I pretty much have to go there every time we are in Utah.
Then that Saturday, June 14, before we left back to Arizona was the Utah Valley Half Marathon!
It was fun to have several of our family members do it together... my dad, Nolan, Wyatt, Olivia and me. Wyatt didn't even train for the half marathon and smoked everyone! He ran it in 1hr and 37min! And Nolan wasn't too far behind him with I think around 1 hr and 45min. They were so fast! I beat my time from last year by about 12 minutes with my final time being 2:03:57. I wanted to beat 2 hours but I was just too tired by the end! Maybe next time! But it was a really fun experience and I'm glad I had a goal to work towards.
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| Sister picture! |
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| With my dad :) and the new Provo City Center Temple in the background! |
After the race we all went home and got in the hot tub to relax our muscles and then I took a nap so that I could feel rested up to drive back to Arizona the next day. It was so nice of my brother Zach to be willing to drive down with me so I could have some company on the drive and help with kids and stuff. Thanks Zach!!
It was such a fun trip! But it was sooo hard to be away from Rick that long!! He was so busy finishing up the end of the school year, he said it was probably good that we had something to do because he wouldn't have had much family time during the time we were gone anyway. I'm just glad that next time we go to Utah we will both be there and get to visit and have tons of fun together!
Here are a couple pictures I snapped of the Payson Temple on our drive home. It looks beautiful!
