Monday, June 29, 2015

Utah Trip

It's a picture overload of our trip to Utah! Luke didn't join us this time, since he was on a high adventure trip in West Virginia with the Varsity Scouts. But the kids and I had a great time!

We loved meeting 3 new baby cousins.
Sarah, Andrew, Baby Jane Abigail

Abby, Baby Eve Marie, Sam

Katie with Baby Jane

Abby with Baby Scottie Marie
Grandma Nora with all her grandchildren! (Bayla, Emie, Reid, Sarah, Abby, Scottie, Katie, and Alex)

Alex loved the koi pond in Grandma's new backyard

Alex, Grandma, Reid

A fun day at the Johnsons' property near Logan (Edgewood Hall)

Abby, Sam, Olivia, Josh

Lucy & Katie

Abby with a duckling

Josh, Sam, and ducklings

Livy's fan club encouraging her to jump off the diving board!

I think Alex spent 9 hours straight in the pool!

Abby, Baby Eve, Josh

Sarah with Baby Eve

Katie with her best buddy, Cocoa

Carrie and Baby Eve

A walk up Mt. Aire Road

Pops pulling Sarah and Livy, with some helpers!

Sarah and Liv

Cocoa having a blast in the creek

Sarah & Pops

The Cabin

Sarah & Boo at Shiver's
Grannie took Katie and Abby to see "The Little Mermaid" at Hale Center Theater. They loved it!

Boating day at Jordanelle!

Abby, Sarah, Sam

Katie, Emmy, & Mini

Sam, Mini, Boo, Melba, & Abby

Sarah & Lucy

The zoo train! (Oh, man, were we tired after boating all day and visiting the zoo in the evening--what were we thinking?--but what a fun day!)

Mini, Katie, Abby, Sarah, Josh

Lucy and Katie in the splash pad

Alex, Lucy, Katie, and T-Rex

Beautiful evening view over to This Is the Place Heritage Park

Cousins! (Mini, Sarah, Emmy, Katie, Lucy, Sam, Josh, Alex, Abby)

We all fell in love with Baby Tuah! (photo credit: DeseretNews.com)
He is being raised by his older sister, Akkara, because their mother died shortly after childbirth. They are adorable! (photo credit: DeseretNews.com)

The lions . . . 

Alex petting a baby dinosaur

Fun times at Pops and Grannie's house . . . 

Lovely view from the front porch

Abby's panoramic shot of the family room . . .

. . . and from another angle

Water fight with Pops and Grannie at the cabin!

S'mores at the cabin

Provo Day! Jennie and I discovered that she is living in the exact same apartment, room, and even bed that I had 20 years ago in the Brittany apartments! Such a crazy coincidence. I've never been back to this apartment since living there, so I was flooded with memories.


Apartment 6B--who would have guessed 20 years ago (when Jennie was just a toddler!) that she'd eventually live in this same apartment?!

I thoroughly enjoyed being back in Provo, where I have so many memories from my nearly 5 years of schooling and 4 summers working with Academy for Girls. I'm glad I got to reconnect with that piece of my past and share some of it with my kids.

The Wilk

The Quad (BYU t-shirts all around! Luke wasn't TOO completely horrified . . .)




I was able to attend the Salt Lake Temple with several family members for Matt's first visit before his mission. It was a wonderful evening!

Lots of cousins on the train at This Is the Place

Pony rides at This Is the Place . . . 



An adorable bunny at This Is the Place

Moose sighting at Silver Lake!

This gorgeous scenery made it awfully hard to leave the following day . . . 






'Til next time, Utah!

1 comment:

Spencer said...

Great post thanks for sharing! Looks like an awesome time and reminds me of last summer's fun...