Utah!

This month, we took a trip down to Utah and Idaho to visit family. It was such a great trip and we had a really nice visit with family and friends. Ben's trip was a week long and the boys and I stayed 10 days. I'll split the trip up into two blog posts so that it's not so much of a picture overload!

Because Ben could only take a week off of work, we decided to do away with driving time and just fly down. I'm so glad we did! The kids were great little travelers. Even Ellie, who hates her car seat, did great.

Waiting at the airport...


Watching the airplanes.




While we were in Utah, we stayed with Ben's sister Brein and her cute family. It was so much fun to stay with them. Their baby girl, Irelee is only two days older than Ellie!

She was nice enough to share her toys. :)


London talking to Ellie. :)


The day we arrived in Utah, Ben's family all came by to say hello. We got pictures of the babies (which I already shared). I also love this picture of cute little Clover. :)


The first weekend of our trip was also Peach Days! On Friday, Ben's brother-in-law, Doug, had a float in the kids' parade (he was running for city council), so the boys joined him on his float and showed off their dance moves. They were so funny to watch!

On Saturday morning, they did it again for the real parade and the crowd loved them. :)

{This is a crummy picture because of the light, but I love it anyway.}






Of course we always watch for "Grandpa" Boyd in his toilet float:


After the parade, we enjoyed Peach Days! We had some yummy fair food for lunch and then Ben took the boys to the car show while I browsed the craft booths. After going home for naps and dinner, we went back to ride the rides!

Evan was dying to go on the "gravitron" ride (not called gravitron at Peach Days).


While they did that, I took Asher to go on this little truck ride.


I guess that ride wasn't exciting enough, because when it was over, he decided he wanted to try gravitron too. I went with him and I'm officially getting old because it was not fun! lol Both boys loved it, of course. Next was the giant slide (that's Asher in the back).




We finished the night off with some peach cobbler (YUM!) and some cotton candy. Yay for Peach Days! :)

On Sunday, we blessed Ellie. It was a special day because her cousins Nixon and Irelee were also blessed.

Irelee, Ellie, Nixon


My Mom


Ben's dad and grandma


My dad


Ben and his dad


All of my (living) grandparents came, too, which was so special to me.




My sister, Tia


My sister, Jenna


Ellie in the dress I made for her




I wish I had gotten more pictures of all the family, but it was such a whirlwind of a day! It was a really nice blessing though, and we were so glad to be able to do it in Utah with all of our family.