Utah Trip

We went to Utah for my Sister's wedding, but we actually did quite a few things in addition to the wedding itself, they deserve a different post.

We started the trip with a delayed flight.  James had dropped us off at the airport already, but when I found out he was close by and came to pick us up.  We enjoyed a family outing to Costco for icecream.    I'm sure the airport was happy to not have these silly kids running around for 2 hours. 

Ethan is now tall enough for a booster seat.  I still have him in 5-point-harness car seat at home, but for the ease of travel, moved him to a booster for the trip.  It made getting through the airport so much easier!  Brielle and Ethan each were in charge of their own car seat and back pack while I managed the other luggage.

We flew out of Long Beach, which is a smaller airport that you walk out on the tarmac to climb the stairs onto the airplane.  Ethan loved it!

This is a picture at Gardner Village.  We went there with the girls to a bead shop to make matching necklaces for the wedding.  I of course forgot to take a picture while we were doing that.  Brielle was so excited about it though!

We also went to Farm Country at Thanksgiving Point.  Ethan loved the chance to touch the animals.

And the kids were excited enough about the pony ride that we waited for almost 2 hours in the hot sun for the chance to go!  (It was $2 Tuesday and was crowded!).

There were enough of us there, that we switched off waiting in line to have a chance to go see some of the other animals as well.  Even with it being hot and crowded, my kids still loved it.

We had a chance to go to the planetarium.  I remember this electricity ball from an elementary school field trip.  It is still fun to play with.

Ethan said he didn't like the planetarium, because we didn't stay long enough.  He was sad we couldn't stay a lot longer.  He mostly enjoyed watching the large-scale 'marble run' they have set up in there.

We got to meet baby Mariah, who is adorable and catch up with the other cousins. My kids obviously haven't had much baby experience.   While trying to 'help', both Brielle and Ethan almost got Ezra hurt.

We got to go out on my Birthday with all the girls.  It was such a fun way to celebrate.  About 1/2 hour before we turned the kids over to the men in charge there was much chaos and screaming.  Luckily we got kids settled for a movie night so that no one was too scared to take charge.  The recent memory of kid and wedding chaos did make the outing even more enjoyable.

We got to go cheer for my brother-in-law as he completed a triathlon.

And stopped to watch a bit of a local rodeo practice.