{utah 2012}

Aunt Jessica picked us up from the airport and took us to Grandma Karen's house.
  It was so nice to settle in and be with family.  We had such a great week and the kids did great!  They slept well and ate well and played well:). 

 I am not sure why I did not take very many pictures when we first got there but finally it dawned on me to get the camera out!  I guess I was really enjoying the time with everyone and living in the moment.

Here is the run down...

July 17 

 We spent most of the day flying in to SLC, settling in at Grandma Karen's house, unpacking and hanging out.

July 18 

 We went to a splash pad in Aunt Jessica's neighborhood.  There was a cool playground that the kids loved!  It was a little dangerous for little ones though.  There was a rather tall skinny mountain thing that you had to walk across to get to the big slides.  I turned around and Eliza was just beginning to walk across.  I started running as fast as I could to get to her...I just knew she would slip any moment and plummet seriously 6 feet.  I got to her right as she made it to the other side and said "Ta Da!!!"  She knew she did something great...and dangerous!  The kids did not love the splash pad so we ended up at the pool and then went to Wendy's afterwards for lunch.  Aunt Amanda and Rock came and also Aunt Brittany and Kayson, Taylor, and Sophie.

July 19

Zoo Day!!!  The kids loved the train of course.  We drove with Grandma and met Aunt Amanda and Aunt Jessica there.

July 20

We went to Wheeler Farm in the morning and invited Monica and Jeron to join us with Grandma Karen.  We also went to the Lakeshore store and Henry picked out his birthday gift from Grandma.  That evening Gramme picked us up from Grandma Karen's house and we met up with Aunt Brittany and her family for Bountiful's July 24th celebration and parade.  The kids absolutely loved it!  They had 2000 stripling warriors represented and it was pretty awe inspiring.  Before the parade we ate at Cafe Rio...yum:)

  Henry and Eliza did not like it.

Grandma and Henry (I finally decided to pull out the camera)

Monica and Mem

Henry and Jaren

Grandma Karen, Henry, and Eliza

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(hand on your heart)

(so intent)

(sirens...so loud for small ears)

July 21

We went to Grandma Karen's stake activity (breakfast) at the church and then came home and had a silly string fight in the backyard with Aunt Jessica and Uncle Amos.  Henry was in heaven!

 

 

July 22

Church with Grandma Karen.  The kids did great in their classes and I just SAT and LISTENED...lovely!

Dinner with Uncle Amos and Aunt Jessica.

July 23

  We took a morning walk to "Sunny Hill" and then had breakfast at Virgils.  We went to the park and then to the library.  A very nice day.  We packed up in the afternoon and we were off to Gramme and Poppy's house.  It was so lovely being at Grandma Karen's house and the kids had so much fun!
 I am grateful for such great in-laws!!