Utah vacation

We took a two week trip to Utah at the beginning of June.  The original plan was for me and the kids to go so Paul could stay here and study.  But then Paul decided he could study just as well in Utah and he didn't want to spend our anniversary and father's day alone so he came along.  He still studied like crazy (he left every morning just after 7 and didn't come home until 9:30 or 10 but at least I could see him at night.  The kids and I spent a lot of time with friends and family and enjoyed the cool weather!  The first weekend there we had an amazing lightening/rain storm, I love summer storms and love the smell! 

Some of the highlights:

*playing on the swing set

*watching world cup soccer games

*attending Mari's birthday party

*jumping on the trampoline

*Leila being a really good girl

*meeting Dozer

*playing at Mari's house

*going swimming at white towers

*getting family pictures

*Leila playing every single game NeNe owns

*going to the temple

*finally getting to see Nana and Pop get a new driveway

*going to midway

*getting to celebrate our 7th wedding anniversary without the kids

*going to stake family fun day

*Leila playing at Logan's house

*going to Crescent 7th wards birthday party

*getting a massage

*playing hide and seek

*going to see Toy Story 3 with Nene, Heather and Mari

*watching a World Cup Soccer game with the Phillips, Sloans and Petersons

*going out to lunch with Kara, Mia and June

*meeting my girlfriends and their kids at the park

Some not so fun things:

*Leila getting the stomach flu twice

*Greydon getting the stomach flu

*Me getting the stomach flu

*Greydon not sleeping great at night

*my parents driveway being torn up almost the whole trip

*our car needed some maintenence and it ended up costing a bunch

*not getting to go boating

Greydon playing at Nana and Pops

Poor little guy was sick almost the whole trip, when we first got there he had a bunch a respiratory trouble and then had the stomach flu and fever.  He also started having a lot of separation anxiety, he only wanted me to hold him and cried if he saw me leave the room.  I'm surprised we were even able to leave him for the night while Paul and I celebrated our anniversary.  Paul's mom took him for the night, she didn't say he was horrible but did say he missed his mom and dad.  But it sure was nice to have an evening to ourselves.  We went out to dinner at Tucanos and then went and stayed in Midway that night.  My parents kept Leila for the night, so thank you mom and dad and Connie for taking our kids for us.

Leila loved playing hide and seek, and hid under my parents couch every single time.  Leila was seriously such a good girl while we were there usually she is pretty naughty when we are in Utah but she was so good!

Greydon loved the Jumper Roo, his little feet were constantly moving when we put him in it.  I think the first morning we put him in it he stayed for almost an hour.

Leila was constantly wanting to help my mom in the yard, so she was given the job to pick up any rocks she could find and put them in the bucket

Enjoying time with Uncle Marcus

Watching out the window while Nana worked in the yard, because my parents were getting a new driveway and patio there were constantly construction workers in their yard so a lot of the time I couldn't let them go play outside because it was too dangerous

Making a book mark and Stake Family Fun Day

Leila enjoyed shooting off rockets, blowing giant bubbles  and playing with balloons at her Grandma's ward pary

We went to Mari's 5th birthday party and had a blast.  They had a huge water balloon fight but I only got this one picture before my camera battery died

Waiting for Toy Story 3 to start.  Leila was happy and content with her bucket of popcorn and drink.  Leila has been talking for several weeks about Toy Story 3 (becasue she heard Ryder talking about it and then saw the previews).  So we decided to go see it with Nene, Heather and Mari.  Well the morning that we had decided to go Leila told me she didn't want to go anymore.  I started questioning her and our conversation went like this

Leila: "I'm scared"

Me: "Why?"

Leila: "Is Zerg going to be int he movie?"

Me: "No"

Leila: "I'm still scared"

Me: why?

Leila: "I don't want the lights to be off"

Me: "you can hold my cell phone with the light on"

Leila: "I'm still scared"

Me: "Why?"

Leila: "I might fall off my seat"

Me: "you won't fall off your seat"

Leila: "ok I want to see the movie now"

She seriously is such a worry wart and gets so nervous over everything.  We loved the movie it was so good, I actually would love to see it again

April and Kaylee, Leslie and Josie, Me, Leila and Greydon, Ashley, James and Nathan, and Ashley and Camryn

Ashley and I have been friends since I moved into the neighborhood when I was 10 and then the rest of the us all became friends in junior high so it was so much fun getting together with all of our kids.  We played at the park and talked a lot!