Trip to Utah

Dusty and I went to visit my family in Utah for the week of the 24th of July. My dad's side of the family has a tradition where they go to the rodeo in Spanish Fork, Utah on the 24th, so we thought that it would be a perfect time to go! Here are the highlights of our trip.

We split the drive to Utah into two days. On Friday we just needed to make it to Boise and on Saturday we would go the rest of the way. I was so excited to eat in Boise that Dusty took a picture. We got stuck in extra construction traffic and that added an extra 2 hours to our trip. We tried to stop a few places on the way but everything in the little towns that we passed through was closed. I've never been so happy to see an Olive Garden as I was in Boise!

We found the spot where I had to pee so badly on the drive to Pullman that I started calling everyone I know to distract me.

Saturday:

Saturday morning we got up to finish our trip. Dusty had some pretty memorable quotes as we drove through Utah. "Dear Utah, please stop rock chipping your roads. Sincerely, your first world neighbors, the United States", he also said, "That's my stop" as he rolled through and intersection, "that's how much I respect the law here". He was on a roll with witty quotes.

We went to the Spanish Fork Rodeo with my family

My niece Alaina loved taking pictures on my phone

She couldn't quite seem to get all three of us in the picture

Sunday:

On Sunday we went to visit our best friends Lyman and Amanda. They made us a wonderful picnic and we played with their slack line in the park. 

The next week Lyman got accepted to medical school so they moved to Oregon. Now they're only 6 hours away from us :) 

Monday:

We went swimming at the pool where Rebekah works. We spent the first little bit going down the slide. On the way up, Alaina turned to me and announced, "The baby in my belly needs to be baptized". Alaina spent most of the week telling me about the baby in her belly. It was so cute!! 

After going down the slide for 30 minutes straight I spent most of my time laying on the lawn chair. 

Tuesday:

We went shopping in the morning and then went on the Sundance moonlight tram ride. Alaina was so cute and followed me around the fabric store. She would pick up her basket and move every time I needed to move to a new isle. It was so cute to have a little shadow!

Dusty found my brother's R2D2 bowl and wandered around wearing it like a helmet 

Dusty rocking a sweater before we went on the tram ride

Wednesday:

We went to the parade in Spanish Fork with my grandparents. Alaina and I had tons of fun taking goofy pictures on my phone.

Thursday:

In the morning we made strawberry, raspberry and blackberry jam. I've never made jam before and it was a lot easier than I thought it would be. After that we went shopping for baby things... I love shopping for baby things!

Friday:

Christopher had state swimming so we went up to Kerns to see him swim. He did really well! Between his races we went to In and Out for a family dinner.

Alaina found a cowboy hat in the book store and ran around calling herself Woody. 

Saturday:

My mom, sisters and their neighbor Cindy threw me a baby shower. It was so good to see people I grew up with and talk to all of my friends. Afterwards we went shopping (again!!!). Later, my sisters and I painted nails while my mom tried to pack all of my stuff. 

Alaina tucked my mom in after the shower while we were waiting for a few latecomers. 

We bought Alaina a new purple hair flower and she loved it!!!

Slave labor ;)

It was so great to see my family. I can't wait for November when we get to go back!