Trip to Utah Part 1

Let's back up to about the middle of November. :)

We have just moved into our lovely new home.  

We love it.  

We did get mice....which was quite the bummer.  Mr. H told me I had to learn how to better handle those kind of stressful situations. :)

C and I left on our flight to Utah....he did so so well!!!  Seriously....this is the dream team travel kid.  We had a 4 hour layover in Chicago and he stayed happy and calm.  He fell asleep in my arms on both flights and it was very relaxing.  I loved flying with him.  

We got into the airport...

and I got a HUGE surprise!  My brother, S, wasn't supposed to get home from his mission till the very end of my trip (which I was super bummed about).  I walked down the stairs and there he was!!!  There had been a mix up with the mission president and Salt Lake about how long they were allowed to keep S out there, and he had to come home before his extension finished.  

I was stunned!  His flight had arrived about 5 hours before mine, and I think he was still a little shell shocked!  But I was SOOO excited!

The next day I planned my friend K's bridal shower...I was able to drive down and hang out with her in Provo (which is always a blast) and then we had the shower.  It was really fun...but mostly the best to hang out with her.  

Mr. H arrived the next morning.  We were so happy to see him!  

We were able to all hang out and mostly just look at S. 

We did get a gorgeous hike in on the mountain...we love our Centerville mountains!

The next day my parents took all of us up to the Treehouse Museum in Ogden.  It was AMAZING!  I highly recommend this place!  We had a blast.

The CUTEST play diner...we could have spent forever in here.  C LOVED playing chef!

Dad looking so presidential.

Colonial C

My S grandparents came down to see us, (so good to see them), and then we got together with the G side of the family as well.  

We all went to church and took a mini fashion photo shoot....C felt pretty  handsome. 

We also included a Thanksgiving dinner.  So fun.

It was so great to spend so much good time with my family.  C loved his uncles and getting to know his Uncle S.  I loved all the long chats.  It was great to be together.

the 4th

Summer is here in FULL FORCE!  It has been so so hot lately!  

I keep telling C that in the cold winter we'll be wishing for this weather...

We had a lovely Fourth of July.  Thursday evening we met up with the H family and were able to attend the Fair in our hometown.  It was SO cute, and so fun to be there.  I love that Mr. H and I are from the same place, and know a lot of the same people.  We had fun catching up with some fun old friends.

We let C play a game and then mostly just hung out with Mr. H's parents and S and A.  It was fun chatting and enjoying everything.  

I dropped C off for bed, and then we came back for the fireworks.  It was lovely.

We stayed up late that night chatting with my family.  We slept in, and got to the parade.  It was so cute.  I really wanted to see C's reaction to everything, so I kept him close.  He loved it!  He loved the jets that flew overhead, and he loved the trucks.  He picked up on the collecting candy, and thanks to him we have quite the collection of salt water taffy in our cupboards.  It was really fun.

twinners

We then spent the day with my family.  We had a great BBQ, and then made a delicious tart.  My little brothers went to Fantasy Con as hobbits--they were super cute.

C with his favorite stash of pretzels. 

 

We played games, took naps and enjoyed the day.  

Thank you to both families for making these holidays so fun!!!!

To end the night, we watched the most patriotic movie we could think of: "Jurassic Park"---ha.  Mr. H really wanted me to see it. 

Happy Fourth!