2nd week in Utah

First of all I need to put a picture of Aunt Nikki Dee on here. My kids love her to death. Ash cried on and off all the way home that she just really misses her (she still cries that she misses her)! Nikki was great every morning the kids would go jump on her before she would go to work(half the time she was late to work because of them). Then they couldn't wait for the minute she walked in the door after work. Nikki would play any game they wanted, watch any movie they wanted, and read any book that they wanted-every spare minute of her time was spent with the kids. They really love and miss her.

Our 2nd week started off with a phone call from Peter on Sunday telling us that he got called to be the YM President, congrats to him!

Monday my sister Katie watched all the kids so that my mom and I could go hit a round of Golf. We didn't golf very good but boy did we have a good time, following golf we got to go have lunch-just the two of us.

Tuesday not much happened. Ryker got to go have a special day out with Grandma while Ash and I spent hours at the dentist getting our cavities filled.

Wednesday we went for a family swim in my parents neighbors pool-we had a great time. That night we picked Peter up from the airport and met up with our good friends David and Tiffany Rognon. We went out to dinner at Iggy's(we use to eat there almost weekly with them), saw their new baby girl Hadley, and hung out at their house for a while.

Hard to see but pic. of Ash holding Hadley

Thursday we rode the new Frontrunner commuter rail from Layton down to Salt Lake, we got off went to the Clarke planetarium, and then over to the Gateway for lunch and a little shopping. A little later in the day we had family pictures taken.

Pictures from the Frontrunner


Ashlyn and Taylee

At the Clarke Planetarium

Ashlyn on Mars

Ryker on the moon


I won't bore you with family pictures but here is one of my whole family. From left to right . My brother Cale and his wife Natalie, daughter Taylee, son Dylan and my mom his holding his other son Hunter. My sister Nikki is next to Cale. Then there is me and my family. And last but not least my sister Katie and her husband Barry and son Jackson. Of course those are my parents in the middle.

Friday 4th of July. Me, my mom, and my 2 sisters participated in the Layton City 5K that morning. Went to my parents ward breakfast, then over to a carnival in Kaysville. That night of course we had to go to good ol' Layton High fireworks-cuz that is what we do every year.

We all look really hot at 6:30 in the morning!

Pictures from the carnival



*We had a proud parent moment at the carnival. This is Ashlyn climbing up about a 20 ft. rock wall. As you can see in the first picture she is just about to the top of the tree(the tree is to the left), the 2nd picture she is above the top of the tree, the 3rd picture she is about to the bell on the top(she ran the bell), then the 4th picture is of her descending. The lady helper (who was running the rock wall) was so excited when she made it to the top, she said there are a lot of 10 yr. olds that don't make it up there.

In between the carnival and fireworks we hung out at my moms, ate dinner with Barry and Katie and the kids played.

At the fireworks

Saturday we were able to hang out with Todd and Ashley again. We found some babysitters and went and watched Hancock. We later went down to their house for a BBQ and the kids had tons of fun on all of Rileys motorized vehicles.

Top pic. is Ryker riding the 4 wheeler and bottom pic. is Ashlyn

Sunday we left to come home-a long 13 hour drive. We had a blast while we were there. Thank you everyone who made the time to be with us and who made the effort to make us have such a great trip.

First week in Utah

First real week in Utah!

I will post my vacation in two different posts,we were in Utah for 2 1/2 weeks and there was something pretty much planned for every day. The first half week you have already seen-it consisted of making it to Utah and the Ragnar race. The second week was full of fun.

Monday I hung out with my old neighbor and good friend Ashley and her kids-I actually don't have any pictures from this day.

Tuesday was not so much fun-it was a day at the dentist. My sister Katie made it funner(is that a word)than normal(she is a dental assistant so we were lucky to have her help with our teeth). The out come of our dental visit was-Mindee 2 cavities, Ashlyn 7 cavities-one of which was clear to the nerve, and Ryker 4 cavities. I never would have guessed-I promise I brush my kids teeth.

Ryker was brave and actually got his teeth cleaned. By the looks of the pictures you would think Ash was excited to be there!

Wednesday we swam with the family at my moms friends pool. We had a great time and it was a beautiful day.

Swimming with the cousins. From left to Right(Taylee, Ashlyn, Dylan, Grandma, Ryker, Jackson, Kaite).

Thursday we went to the Children's Treehouse Museum with my sister Katie and her son Jackson(we had so much fun Ashlyn asked if she could come back every day).

Friday We went to the Roy Aquatic center with Ashley and her kids-we spent over 4 hours there and the kids still didn't want to leave the pool!

The pool was a blast, the two kiddos you don't know are Sydney and Riley.

Saturday we went to the Syracuse days parade in Syracuse which was the city I moved to Arizona from(I really miss it there). After the parade we went back to my moms for some fun on her slip n' slide and kiddie pool as well as a BBQ and a swim in her neighbors pool.

I will post the second week when I get some more time!