Trip to Utah Part 2

We split up our Utah trip in half, one with the G family, and the other with the H family.  

Before we did the official 'switch', we went to see some friends in the Village which was great.  I miss everyone up there!  Such good memories.  

Wednesday morning all the H girls made pies.  It was really fun!  I have to say, I was really impressed at how well everything turned out!  I made a phyllo dough chocolate mousse pie...it was delicious.  Can't go wrong with butter and mousse. 

We then were able to go to Mr. H's cancer appointment.  We were nervous on this one, as it was following a full body scan.  But we were so happy and thankful to find that everything looked perfect.  We are so blessed and it was a great reminder to have right before Thanksgiving.  

Thanksgiving at the H's was lovely.  I snagged a little hike that morning with Mr. H and Grandpa W and C that morning, and it was really great.  The weather was nice, and we took some pics of everyone and then had an amazing dinner.  We ate tons and had a good time chatting.  

C had a lot of fun with his cousins. :)

We were able to see Mr. H's uncles and Grandma D later that night and it was fun to catch a visit.  

The next day W and T took us out to Gardner Village to see the elves and take a little pony ride.  It was really fun!  C was very unsure about the pony ride, but the cowboy leading him was great and C finally got into it at the end.  He loved the little petting zoo afterwards.

His horse "Rodeo"...attempting a brave face.  

Indulge me in a bunny collage.... they had a brand new baby bunny and C LOVED it.  It snuggled right into him and he was so sweet with it.

Pure love right there.

We headed to Farmington Station that night and had a great night together.  It was fun to chat and hang out so much with W and T. 

The next morning we headed to Mr. H's sister's house and spent the day there with them.  It was fun, and it was fun to see C play with his cousins.  They were so sweet, and indulged us in a nap.  

That night we braved the crowds and went to Temple Square.  It was gorgeous....but SOOOOOO crowded!  It was really warm out and made walking around really nice.  

We also made it up to see his sister's new house, and it was so fun to see it and them!

We had such a great time hanging out with Mr. H's family.  They were so sweet, and we had some great conversations together.  

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.