Playing With Cousins In Lehi & St George

Mike had his friend Brandon come up from St George to hang out for a little over a week, so I decided to take the kids and go play in Utah!  (I was originally going to go camping at my family reunion, but since my parents or brothers or sisters couldn't make it, I didn't want to camp by myself, yuck. But we still got to see family so it was worth it!)  We went straight to Annie's house and spent the weekend there (zoo, shopping with Susan, church, and just hanging out). 

My beautiful pirate

Of course Lincoln sitting here while the kids are playing and running around.

The Three Musketeers!  So cute.

After church that Sunday, we loaded up and headed down to St George.  G & G had come up for a Neil Diamond concert in SLC, so they had their car as well.  I'm so happy they did because I got to drive their car down while they drove the kids in the van.  Can we say HEAVEN!!?  Oh what a peaceful drive.  I had my Pride and Prejudice audio book with me the whole way.  Love that book and loved being alone.  

We loved being at Grandma's house too!  We stayed there for four days playing.  We went to the splash pad and little wading river place downtown with Kim and the girls. And of course while we were there, Lincoln whipped it out and peed on the small patch of grass with a ton of people by him.  That was pretty embarrassing, luckily most everyone just laughed. Geesh!  I went shopping with Grandma Great to a few places and had a good time with her.  (At DI I found a book I'd been wanting to read, The Kingdom and the Crown, I was so excited!) We went with Kim and the girls to a park and almost died from the heat!  It was so nice to be with family, have the kids be around their cousins, and just relax for a while. 

 

We got to have a fun little tea party and tell silly stories with Grandma and Grandma Great:)

And have a surprise birthday party for Grandma!!  The kids were SO excited!!  They loved that it was her birthday all day long!

 

Surprise!!

According to Grandma, one of her favorite moments... Dancing in the rain with Quoi.  Precious:)

Thursday morning we packed up again and headed for Ogden to go see Grandma Phister.  Grandpa and Ty were out of town camping, so she was happy to get to see the little ones.  Everyone (except Anna, girls camp) came over to say hi for a while.  It was nice to get to sit and chat with my fam and have a good time.  Last minute and late that night, me and Grandma decided to take the kids to Kim and Tanner's softball game she asked us to go to.  It ended up being a long night, but I'm glad we went.  The kids loved watching the game. 

The next morning Grandma came with us to the DI in Ogden.  I had bought book #2 of The Kingdom and the Crown series in St G, so when I went to this one, I was so stinkin happy to find #1 there!  Yeah!  Now I just need to find the time to read them.  We went and ate at Sizzler while Tenile was working and hung out with her for a while.  She gave me some delicious steak seasoning to take home with me.  Yum!  

I was so tired after lunch and was a little worried about our 8 hour trip home, so I did it, I bought a Dr Pepper!  It was a fountain and I was so excited to finally have just one!   It was disgusting.  So instead of just taking it as a sign that I shouldn't drink Dr Pepper while I'm pregnant, I just drove to a different gas station.  I dumped the fountain and bought a delicious bottled drink.  Oh HEAVEN once again! Man oh man, do I miss that stuff.  You'd think over time it would go away, nope.  (But that one drink has been kicking me in my bum since then.  I want it so bad now!  But I can do it, less than 3 months!)   

We were on our drive back home and stopped in Green River to go potty.  While at the gas station, I decided to just drive down the street and let the kids go play at the splash park there in GR.  It was random and super fun!  They had their bathing suits in their bags, so it was perfect.  Of course though it was super windy so they didn't last long, but they were so happy to get to play there.  It was a fun little excursion.    

It was a perfect little vacation with my little munchkins.  I love these two little people.  They are my life (along with their Daddy!) and I'm so happy that we all get to be together forever.  I couldn't ask for more!  And we are so happy to add to our family too!  Aurora is already loved so much by her family.