Utah Trip

My mom was planning to come help with things at our house after Preston was born.  I had been waiting until after he was born to decide if we should try to go to Utah for our family reunion.  It worked out that my Mom was able to come help us make the drive so we could do both.


What a great Mom I have!  She got here late wednesday night, June 19th.  Thursday she played with the kids so I could pack and get things done around the house.  We planned to leave Friday morning, but had a problem with the car.  So, Saturday we made the drive.  It was so fun to have her in the car to talk to and help with kids.  Luckily the kids did amazing!  We stopped along the way to nurse and let the big kids snack, get out wiggles and go the bathroom.  The 10 hour drive took a total of 14 hours to finish, but it went well.  We were excited to have some time to be with family before the reunion started.

Once in Utah, the kids were excited to play with cousins.  They spent hours playing with playdough while we were there.

Went swimming to cool off from the hot, hot sun.

And tried out a few different splash pads.

I wanted to show the kids around BYU.  We had a last minute decision to get everyone possible together for lunch.  We ended up with 22 out of the 40 people in our family all at the Creamery.  Chaotic fun at it's best.
 

A group of us went bowling at the Wilkinson Center.  Thanks to the ramp, bumpers, and bowling with other kids, Brielle got the high score on our lane.  She was also sad to give back the bowling shoes.  She said they were very comfortable.

Every day was packed with fun, and not quite enough sleep.