Tyler had a lot to do the week before we left (including school and fixing all the weird things that went wrong with our car right before we left...). He worked hard and he and our friend, Joe, spent a lot of hours on the car. If we keep going at this rate we'll have a brand new car pretty soon. :) They did great work. The car got us to UT and passed inspection! What a deal! More stuff went wrong on the way and while we were there, but Ty and my dad had fun trying to figure it out.
When we finally got on the road, we drove the whole way striaght through to SLC. We stopped in St. George for an hour to see my grandpa and grandma and have a burger. It was so fun to see them and the short visit left us really looking forward to spending a little more time with them on the way home. :)
Cole did so well in the car! He watched the trucks and other vehicles pass by, he played with his toys, read his books, took a nap AND watched a bit of "Poppins." Thanks Dad! When we got to SL, we were late for dinner, but it was sure fun to see everyone! Grandma Flint was at Tyler's mom and dad's house and it was fun to visit with her for a few minutes. Cole was OVERJOYED to see everybody - especially his uncles! He sure loves "Twevo" and "Twent"!
The next day we spent hanging out with the Evans crew in the morning and just enjoyed being with family! We made a trip to Ty's and Cole's favorite place to hang our and do nothing - - - REI. That afternoon we ran over to see my mom and dad before the big b-day party for Addie! Cole was so excited to see her and to see Grandpa and Grandpa (I know - he calls them both Grandpa.) We played over there until it was time for the party.
Addie's party was a swimming party and everybpdy joined in on the fun (even Grandpa). Grandma and Grandpa, Uncle Scott, Aunt Leanne, Addie, Mom, Dad, Cole and "Neff" (a.k.a. Grandma Neff) were all there to celebrate, swim and have a good time. The Burgoynes joined us too, which made it lots of fun! Cole (usually a water maniac) had a bit of a rough time. I guess it was late and he was hungry and there were tons of people there, but even though he didn't jump right in as usual, he did really seem to love the playground in the kids area. He played there until he was blue! Addie, on the other hand, was quite the little fishy. She LOVED being in the water! We all had a great time! What fun! We were glad when we left that we all had all our clothes. (As we were leaving some people came out who had had everything in their lockers stolen...) YIKES! I'm glad I didn't have to walk out of there in just my swimming suit!
After swimming we all went back to Grandma and Grandpa's house for dinner. Grandma made Cafe Rio salads and they were DELICIOUS!!! Cole and Addie really hit it off and enjoyed being together! They shared some "beams" and corn and seemed to really like the Cafe Rio food. Thanks Grandma! It was a hit!!
Addie and Cole in the high chairs enjoying eating, being together and hanging out with the fam! :)That night we even had time (after Cole went to bed) to play Shanghi with my mom and dad. Ty and I are really liking card games lateley and we're a little limited in what we can play with two people, so it was fun to have a little bigger crew! :) Thanks for staying up late to play with us!
We had lots of opportunities to play games with Ty's parents and brothers too. We're all pretty adicted to Sequence and they seemed to like Pound Pound, a new game (similar to Hearts or Spades) that Joe and Janel taught us.
Games kindof saved us. We were really bummed that Trevor was sick for most of the time we were there... We're really glad he's feeling better though! The day we left he was out the door to aerate (sp?) lawns! What a trooper.
Poor Tyler had to ski with me (it's kindof a joke right now) - being 7 months pregnant and trying to ski at all (even on the easy runs) was really funny. It feels like your legs are connected differently to your body... So weird. I didn't have a lot of trouble skiing (although I was super overcautious!), but sitting down and laughing myself silly was a bad plan because then I had to get up after. Not such a pretty sight. Oh well, maybe next year I'll be able to keep up a bit better. Ty's a patient guy, but 3 ski seasons of pregnant wife would be kindof lame. :)
Our families treated us like royalty while we were there. I forgot how good my mom's and Tyler's mom's cooking is! They really outdid themselves! We enjoyed eating at a couple of our favorite UT restaurants too. Why is it that food is yummier there?
We went out to dinner with Jack, Mel and Hannah one night and really loved being together. We waited for over an hour for dinner though and had 2 very unhappy little guys by the time we finally ate. We kinda just choked down our food and called it a night. It was kinda sad, but the company was good! Thanks Jack and Mel for hanging out with us! We're lucky to have such great friends!
We also got to hang out with Taylor, Kenzie and Will later that night at Ty's mom and dad's house. It was so fun to see them and to see how big Will has grown since Christmas! It's so fun to watch all these cute kids grow up and learn so quick! Thanks for hanging out with us! That's one of the biggest things I miss about last year - living close to friends and family and just chillin'. :) I'm glad our kids are all going to be around the same ages. It will be fun to keep hanging out for years to come!
Ty worked a bit over the break on some studying and stuff - working on the car and getting ready kept him pretty busy the couple days before we left, so he (the responsible med student) put in a few hours to good hard work. :) I took advantage of his work time to go to lunch with my Grandma and my mom. It was so nice - I really miss hanging out with them. I used to show up at my Grandma's randomly and I could always count on a good chat and a good time. I really miss living so close - I'm already crossing my fingers in hopes of a UT residency so we can be close to family, but we'll see. :) I love you guys! (Five Guys has FABULOUS hamburgers!!) - maybe that's why I gained 5 pounds in 3 weeks (I'd rather blame it on the baby though :) ).
I'm really sad we didn't take more pictures! I was kindof a photo idiot while we were there! I'll have to do better next time! Here are a few I do have...
Lunch with Grandma, Mom, Leanne, Addie, Anna, Anissa, Zoey & Stephanie - gues what we had! BURGERS! Gotta love the Training Table!
Cole enjoyed his chicken, but I think he was enjyoing the company and the attention more. :)
Annie and Zoey
Grandma and Mom
Anissa and Stephanie (Steph has grown soooo much!!!)
Addie and Leanne (Addie has also grown a TON! She's so much fun to hang out with! We can't wait to do it more this summer!!)
Ty and Cole and I had to go check out Grandma Neff's new remodeled house. It's beautiful! Cole decided he needed to eat Grandma's whole orange as a snack! Thanks Grandma! (Snacks at Grandma's house are always the best!)
Grandma Neff has a really neat bell that rings really loud!
Cole helping Grandpa and Dad with some work at Grandpa's house! :) Grandpa has such cool tools!Anyway, the trip was a blast! We got to see a lot of people and do a few things, but we were sad we didn't get to see everybody or do all the things on our list. We're all looking forward to June when we can spend a little more time at home and not feel like we have to cram it all in.
Thanks everybody for the great time! We love you all and can't wait to see you again!
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Hee, Hee, I went to Utah too, to get my car inspected and registered. We may have been there at the same time. It looks like you had a fun time with family.
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