2013 Summer Trip | Utah!

We took our annual trip south to visit with family this summer. It's always so good to see everyone again and we always have so much fun. This year was no exception!

We left after Ben got off work on Saturday and broke the drive up into two days. We got to Utah Sunday night and didn't waste any time getting together with good friends. These guys have been buddies since highschool and even before. We always have a good time when we all get together.



We got all our kids together for a picture and this was the best I could get. None of the babies were very excited about being a part of it. :)



Before our big ultrasound, Ben decided he wanted to have a little party to announce the baby's gender to our families in person. We knew we wouldn't be able to keep the secret for long, so on our second night in Utah, we got Ben's whole family together for a little bbq so that we could make the announcement.

 



We blew up pink and blue balloons and only one of them had the gender announcement in it. The kids had fun popping them all to try and find it.









I could have sworn Evan was the one who called out, "It's a girl!!", but Ben is sure it was Asher. Either way, I heard one of my boys call it out in an excited little voice. Evan had wanted a it to be a girl, so he was all smiles. Asher had said he wanted a boy, but he didn't seem disappointed by the news.





The next day, we took a little time to go visit Grandpa Jensen in the VA home and then we hung out with family at Ben's parents' house for dinner.















We were lucky enough to spend the day at Bear Lake with some of Ben's siblings on Wednesday. It was such a fun, relaxing day and the weather was gorgeous! The kids especially had a great time playing in the sand and water with their cousins.















Water balloon fight!!









Ben and I were also able to have a little date night at the new Brigham City temple with some of Ben's family during our visit. It was a treat to be inside such a beautiful temple with family.





That same night, we got all the cousins together for the annual couch photo. The more cousins there are, the harder it is to take a picture of them all! This was the best I could do....



It seemed like no time at all before the week was over and it was time to head up to Idaho. It was so much fun to spend time with Ben's wonderful family!