Trip to Utah

My Mom and Dad were very gracious and let me stay with them, eat their food, mess up their house, swim in the pool, and play the whole time. The kids had lots of fun!
I feel so blessed to have the best in-laws. Cheree is the best. I like her so much because I think we are alike. Mindy and Renae were in a community play and Amanda and I were able to go see it our last night in Utah. The boys stayed back at Grammie's house and went to bed early and the girls went to "play". It was tons of fun!

Honestly, how do they fall asleep like that? It looks so uncomfortable.
Yeah! All of my sisters were all the same house at the same time. That rarely happens so it was definetly a moment to capture. Top left-Tiffany, Courtney, Brandee, Me, Shanda, Aimee, Mom, and Brittany. Love to All!
Ethan and cousin Savannah were having a bath together and got out at the same time. Ethan is crying because he didn't want to get out and Savannah is just looking at him like "What's wrong with you dude?"

We went to a really neat Dinosaur Park near Ogden, UT. It was mostly outdoors and they have livesize statues of all different kinds of dinosaurs. They look alive and they even roar from time to time. The kids are about to be "eaten" and are screaming for their lives.
Amanda and her cousin Audrey pose for a picture. Amanda got to sleep over at Audrey's house that night. She had a great time!
Ethan is digging for fossils at the dig site. He is using a brush and discovering dinosaur bones. What a genius already!
Matthew is sitting on a really ugly crocidile/dinosaur looking thing. YIKES!

We went to the Carrilon Bells Concert. It was fun to listen to, but the kids had more fun playing in the water fountain. They are completely soaked and were pretty cold by the end of the night. And they had fun running up and down the hills too.

So I just tried to upload a video of Ethan and Matthew being very wet and cold. But the video ended up at the bottom of this post instead of the top where they usually end up. So if you want to check it out then scroll to the bottom. And I am also realizing that it will probably take me a couple more days to get all of my Utah trip in here. I took alot of pictures and did more stuff than I thought. So check in every so often because there will probably be more pictures on my Utah Trip post.

Matthew and Grandpa Burt standing at the lake behind my Grandma Holmes's townhome. Matthew was quite fond of Grandpa and followed him around when he was home.

My kids and I at my Grandma's house. The kids like Great Grandma Holmes because she always gives them icecream when we come over.
Behind my Grandma's house there is a big tree with a wooden swing on it. Those are the best kinds of swings because you can get going really high. I thought this made a cool picture. You can see Amanda's and Aimee's silouhettes against the sun setting in the sky.

A couple day after I got to my mom's house we went up the canyon for dinner with Mom, Dad, Aimee and Nate & Tiff and their kids. The kids had fun riding their scooters on the path.
Amanda and Rylan are climbing up the dirt hill before dinner. My kids are drawn to the dirt, especially if it is before they are going to be eating.

After having dinner at the canyon we walked up to Bridal Veil Falls and let the kids play in the water. The water was so cold but the kids didn't notice. They were having too much fun.
He is smiling because he can no longer feel his feet and now he can play to his hearts content.

Amanda, Matthew, and my little sister Aimee climbing on the rocks at the falls.
Matthew and Bradley enjoying the cold water at Bridal Veil Falls.

We stayed at Jeannie's/Grammies house when we first arrived in Utah. We played in her pool and had dinner with Cheree, Krysta and their families. Here are all the cousins on the Griffith side starting from top left ..Mindy, Adam, Renae, Grammie, David, Amanda, Ethan, and Matthew. We had a great time and we love our family!

Grammie gave Matthew a Slip'N'Slide for his birthday while we were in Utah. The kids had a blast playing with it because Grammie has a grassy hill at the side of her townhome. It was truly a water slide.