Destination: Utah

Since we were only 5 hours from our Utah family, we decided to head down there after our Jackson Hole family reunion.  We had such a great time.  Hit both Seven Peaks waterparks, kids had a blast with Tay and Carter even though they only got to spend a day together, got to have a short visit with Nathan's aunts, got spoiled a ton by Aunts Krista, Megan, Sarah and got to rough house/joke around with Uncle Brigham and Michael, snuck in a Cafe Rio visit :), and had some other great food.  We are definitely glad we went to Utah as we always have a fun and relaxing time.

Playing at the park right down the street from Aunt Krista and Uncle Brigham's house

Bubby loves the slides

Girls finally got a nap this day and they were wiped out.  When I went in to wake them up, they were all cuddled up together :)

We went to visit the grave site of Nathan's aunt Rosemarie who passed away a couple years ago.  It was a good experience to be able to explain to the girls about what happens when we die.

Nathan chatting with Aunt Beverly

We went to the Provo 4th of July Parade.  It was super hot!

Bennett did not like the idea of staying in the stroller

Much happier now

Jadyn waving to the princesses.  She always thinks they are so pretty. 

Maya sure loves her Daddy

Aunt Megan is a super cool Aunt.  She had the girls over to her house for a sleepover and the girls are still talking about it!

Getting ready for fireworks.  Nathan is absent because he came down with a severe case of pink eye in both eyes so he was out of commission for a few days. 

What is cuter than the Bubster?!!

Uncle Mikey brought flashlights for the kids to play with.  Bennett almost looked possessed as he came around and tried to flash it in everyone's eyes.

Bennett is definitely all boy and loves to explore wherever we are

Jadyn eagerly anticipating the firework show

Maya eagerly eating the firework snacks....she loves the rare occasion when I let her eat fruit snacks!

Bubby is so cute with his language skills.  He is saying new words daily.  However, he still will put quite a big pause in between his words.  So, fireworks is fire....works :)  So cute!

We had a great trip to Utah.  The trip home was a little challenging as I had to drive the whole way since Nathan could not see well enough to drive because of the pink eye.  Now that we have driven the trip to Utah for 2 summers in a row, we say "Tag your it" and hope our family will come this way next summer :)  Michigan is wonderful in the summer ;)

After two weeks we were grateful to be home to get some good rest in our own beds.  It took us a few days to recover.  Here are the boys during their nap the day after we got home.  Bennett was so tired that after he woke up from his nap he wanted to lay back down with Nathan to sleep some more!