We took a trip out to Utah to visit Happy and her family for spring break. It was a blast! The boys were soooo excited to get to ride an airplane and to see snow for the very first time. They loved looking out of the window of the plane and see the mountains. The last time we went out there Rett was almost 2 years old, so this was his first time that he could remember.
I sat in the row of seats with the boys and Anthony sat across the aisle from us. At first I thought that I had the better seat since I didn't have to sit next to strangers, but it quickly became apparent that Anthony had the best seat since he didn't have to manage the boys during the entire 4 1/2 hour flight!
As soon as we got to Happy's house, James quickly fell in love with their hoverboard and wanted to ride it around the house at all times.
He got pretty good at it!
Rett loved playing with his cousins, especially Teya. She was so sweet with him, taking him around the playground and playing on everything. Now that we are home, he still talks about wanting to go back and play with her.
We took a walk behind Happy's house and explored a little cave that is up the side of this hill? mountain? Everything seems like a mountain to us, but I'm pretty sure it was just a large hill :)
We made it to the top!
Look at that view!! Beautiful!
One afternoon we went to an indoor pool and played for hours. The kids never wanted to stop swimming!
Visiting the cousins' elementary school while we were checking them out to go have more fun!
Teya is an amazing self-taught ukulele player so we begged and pleaded with her to play us a song. Rett was feeling the music!
Stopping for burgers after taking family pictures at the Mt. Timpanogos temple:
We went to a nickel arcade, which I was excited about because I thought each game would be a nickel...nope the games were 3-5 nickels each. Kind of a let down, but still fun!
Having so much fun takes it out of you!
Playing scattergories after the little kids went to bed:
We played "don't eat pete" with all the cousins. It was the boys first time playing it and they loved it! How could you not, it is basically just a fun excuse to eat candy :)
We went to Scheels (kind of like Bass Pro Shops) and rode the indoor ferris wheel. James and Rett both insisted that they weren't going to do it and that it was too scary for them. So we bribed them and said that we would buy them candy if they did it. James was really nervous for most of the ride and hid his head behind my back and wouldn't look when we got high up. I was surprised at how nervous it made me too! The car shaking back and forth was not my favorite. By the end of the ride James was less scared and started liking it. I don't know if I will ever get him on one again though.
We had fun walking around the store and exploring all their fun sections.
I mean come on! The views are insane! It is like living in a postcard.
The younger cousins playing memory:
Rett giving us snuggles:
One night we got a babysitter (the first non-family babysitter for our kids!) and went shopping at DI, got sushi for dinner, and then big ice cream shakes for dessert. It was heaven!
James loves exploring in the hills behind their house. He and Nolan came up with the idea to take hammers outside and bust open rocks to look for geodes. Then James started a collection of rocks he "had to keep" and take home with him.
Anthony was dying to find out what lived in these holes we kept seeing around, so he brought a shovel to see if he could dig it out. He never found anything, but the boys were fascinated with the prospect of discovering an animal in there.
We did find a lot of rabbit skeletons. James and Rett loved it and would grab them to get a closer look. The cousins were a little more hesitant, but give them more time with Anthony and they will be grabbing things like that in no time!
Anthony found a black widow spider and had to get a closer look at it (!)
We came across a lot of tracks, but we weren't sure if they were from wild animals or from people walking their dogs.
We visited BYU for the first time! So many of our friends have gone to school there, so it was fun to experience it for ourselves.
Showing me their cars:
We spent a lot of time in the bookstore looking around at the church books. Anthony found this reprint of a 1912 book of advice for husbands. It was hilarious!
A club had a booth out, so we played the game for some free candy.
They had this awesome section of modest clothes that I NEVER get to shop for at home, so while I was looking through the clothes, the kids came up with a game of searching for size stickers that had fallen on the floors. They decided that certain sizes were "rare" and more "valuable" and would try to find those and stick them on themselves. Such goofballs!
Then we went over to the natural history museum on campus. There were a lot of taxidermy and fun exhibits to look at.
You crawl through this tunnel and I think there is a bear or something hiding in the cave. Rett was really scared of it at first and would only go through with someone else.
We found a flamingo and had to send a picture to my mom!
Feeling different types of snake skin:
We had so much fun visiting with our family and exploring. We can't wait to go back!
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