wrap up of utah

I didn't think to bring my real camera on this trip since we were flying and only took a few pics with my phone the whole trip. that makes this a post with no pictures only words... sorry for the boringness

the rest of our time was spent hanging out and enjoying our time. i was able to have lunch with my good friend wendy on Tuesday. we always have the best time together and i love that our friendship doesn't need the everyday contact to remain awesome. its so great to see each other and just pick up without any issues or need to fill-in all the space.

glenn and i were able to steal a few moments alone and just run errands without the kids, that was a nice break from them!

Wednesday we met nick, shane and shanti (shanes friend that is a girl) for dinner at chilis, where our good friend is training to become a manager. after dinner we were going to go bowling but the 2 hour wait made us choose to go to chuck e cheese- the kids had a blast getting tickets and there was like 4 other kids playing there. it was a nice break for them and i got to talk to shanti!

TURKEY DAY- was filled with prepping and cooking, mostly done by LeAnn, Kent and Glenn.  the food was really good and we all over ate i think!

Friday- the kids were all getting a little antsy so we went and played laser tag-

Saturday we ate some dinner at texas roadhouse and went through the festival of lights

Sunday we visited santa and saw frozen. i totally love that movie- it was so cute and had a great message.  sadly we spent the rest of the night doing laundry and packing to fly home!

no matter how long we stay it always goes by so fast!

SNOW

one of the things the kids wanted to do while we were in Utah was play in the snow. well, sadly it did not snow while we were there for the whole TEN days but it did start flurrying when we left. literally the day we left they got like a foot of snow. drew was so mad, he had prayed and prayed for snow.  but never fear, grandpa had a plan for us to go find snow. so, on Monday we all got dressed and drove around looking for snow for the kids to play in. we were lucky to find a sledding hill in midway that allowed us to play on their snow.  the kids were in heaven and  I was happy that we didn't have to go far.

Olivia had never seen snow since she was 4 months old when we left Utah.

she was having a blast showing us the snow.

the boys kept tackling each other into the snow.

they kept running to this spot and called it their fort.

 

I love this picture- Olivia looks so happy and the boys are having a great time in the background.

 

over all the snow was fun for the 30 minutes they played in it- then we went into the club house and had a nice warm lunch. that is my kind of snow day!

thanksgiving 2013

this year for thanksgiving we got to go to Utah and spend the holiday with the Stewarts. we had the best time and enjoyed a lot of fun things during our time there.

This was olivias first time flying (that she would remember) and she really loved it! we are so lucky to have the kids ipads, it really made flying so easy.


Olivia on our first flight at 6:00AM-

 

wyatt and glenn on their row

drew was not impressed with our seats (we sat at the back of the plane)

 

 

we were able to eat café rio a few times while we were there. it is seriously one of the best foods!

we really had the best time and we thankful we had the opportunity to go spend time with our Utah family. we were able to see some movies, play some games, watch some Christmas movies, watch some football and basketball. we ate tons of yummy food and enjoyed great company!