Utah Trip

These are some of my misc. pictures that I had left from our Utah trip. I really didn't do to well at taking pictures while I was there.

Tilisa is trying to get out of the picture but I still got her. And Colton is enjoying one of Josh's birthday cupcakes. Thanks goodness there is soap!

Taking advantage of Grandma & Grandpa's hot tub! The boys love it just as much as all the adults! (My mom is going to kill me for putting his up!!)

So, I have now been home for a week now since my vacation to Utah and I'm just now writing about it. I took this last week to just rest from my vacation since we were so busy up there. We had a lot of fun! Nate probably loved playing the Wii the most. For Josh is was probably having a birthday party for himself and Colton just loved everyone giving him attention and loves. I think my favorite, well, I had lots of favorites but it would have to be the girls night out. (no kids, yeah!) I went out with my mom, Tilisa and Janae to dinner and an Esthetics school to get pampered. I got a facial and a full body bronzer. The whole thing was so relaxing and nice. I love being pampered. And even though the bronzer had lots of streaks, mostly my legs, it was still fun! And thanks Grandpa and uncles for watching the boys I really needed the break!

From the beginning of the trip it was just a riot! On our second day there, right after lunch, Nate says he needs to throw up. So, I'm pulling off the freeway, Kyle is literally handing him a grocery bag in his fingertips, he didn't make it and threw up all over Josh's car seat, gross! We cleaned up what we could with water bottles on the side of the road, then put it in the trunk. Josh then got Nate's booster seat and Nate sat on blankets with just a seat belt. But the rest of the trip the car stunk! Little did I know that was the beginning of throwing up. A week later, my mom and us were heading to Logan for Lily's baby blessing when Josh said he needed a bag. Well, I didn't realize it was cause he needed to throw up. I told him to hold on cause I was pulling over to give Nate a cheese stick anyways, well, he didn't wait and threw up! Mostly is was just on his church clothes, luckily I brought extra clothes but not dressy ones. So, he was super casual at church that day. But needless to say we cleaned it all up and still made it on time. At this point I am just laughing at it all. Well, another trip up to Logan to buy cheese and pepperidge farm cookies we make it back to Syracuse and stopped getting gas when Josh throws up all over again. It was just funny to me, I just figured it was Colton's turn next. But it wasn't, yet again, 30 minutes into our return trip home to Missouri Josh throws up. And continues to throw up into a Slurpee cup that day only because at this point he has a cough that is so strong and long it was making him puke. The other times were just from too much junk! BTW, I've never washed a car seat so many times in my life! Since we are talking sick here, it was Friday night and we are scheduled to leave Saturday morning by 8 or 9 am. Well, Colton has a fever and is just miserable so I call Wee Care and at first I was going to take him in at 12:20AM but then he finally feel asleep so they we arranged for a 7:50am appt. So, I take him in that morning and he was an ear infection and some kind of virus. So, I go get antibiotics and more Tylenol and Motrin that morning. But as a plus, I was able to buy Twilight since I was already out so early. He still had some wheezing lingering on and he'll finish is antibiotics tomorrow. It was a miserable trip for him, poor little guy!

I'm trying to think of all the things we did up there. I've already posted about the birthday party and Chuck-E-Cheese. The only thing that was on my "must do" list was get some good Mexican food! And I have to say that my wish was granted. Pop and mom took us to a great Mexican restaurant and it totally hit the spot, that carne asada burrito was exactly what I was craving!We also made it to a candy factory in SLC, yummy! We did some shopping for some decorations for my home, and that was kind of overwhelming. Oh, the very next morning I got there, Danny's brother David, got married in the SLC temple. I was so glad that I was able to see him and Carrie get sealed for time and all eternity. I am so excited for him, he just looks so happy! We had pictures taken of all the grandkids for my mom. They turned out so cute, Target in Layton does so much better than my Target out here. I'm giving up on my Target! Oh, and it was so awesome of Aaron and Janae to take Nate and Josh for a night. I know they had a lot of fun at McDonald's and sleeping in "their" room, thanks for their sleepover. Of course there was hair cuts involved while I was there. That's to be expected but I don't mind. I was able to get some fun stickers out of it. We were able to visit with friends, Becky, Kennedy, Jackson and met Hallie for the first time and go to the Air Force museum with them. We had lots of fun. And most importantly while we were there, we were able to spend lots of time with our family. It was so nice to have us all there (except for Danny) but it was a lot of fun just talking and laughing. I wish I lived closer to all my family, I wish I could have it both ways, have what I have here in Missouri but also be nice and close to my family. I guess they are just going to have to all move here so I better get them convinced that's what they should do. Well, if you are still reading this, sorry it's so long but we did so many things in our 2 short weeks. It just went by way to fast, and the good-byes are always tough especially for those left behind. And my poor tender hearted Nate just has his heart broken every time we say bye. Well, thanks for helping me drive Kyle and Kellen and all the help with the boys and packing and unpacking. I couldn't have done it without you. And thanks pop and mom for all the fun!