January Salt Lake Trip

A couple weekends ago we took a trip down to Salt Lake to celebrate Grandma Harper's 84th birthday with all of Devin's cousins and their families. Sadly I don't actually have pictures of the birthday celebration, but we did have a fun day in Salt Lake on Saturday before the party began.

The Trax station was a 5 minute walk from The Little America hotel where we stayed so we took it down to Temple Square and explored the visitor's centers.


It was so fun to hear stories about Grandma from her children and catch up with all of Devin's cousins. Seeing everyone together made me realize what a joy it must be to see your posterity grow and make good choices that bless their lives. She is such a wonderful example to all those around her of a hard-working, faithful woman and we love her!

And for some other random things worth documenting...

Neil and Laura must have thought they had a small army with them when they got pizza Friday night. They brought two pizzas (this size) back to the hotel for us from The Pie Pizzaria and all 8 adults and 7 kids only put a slight dent in these bad boys. Can you even tell by the spoon in the picture how big this really was?! Big or small, it was the BEST pizza I have EVER had!


After waking up multiple times in the night with Owen, Ava woke up bright and early as well, so I took her for a walk down to the lobby of the hotel so we wouldn't wake Devin and we stopped in the hallway bathroom on the way. They were so fancy and chic with granite enclosed stalls and a little sitting area so we sat and got ready for the day. As tired as I was, it was a fun little mommy-daughter moment with Ava.


There were about 20 little kids at Grandma's birthday celebration and Ava was pretty shy toward everyone at the beginning of the night but by the end she was running around having the time of her life with all the little girls. Here she is with Chris and Carlie's little girl Naomi, who has the best hair I've ever seen :) Pin It

BYU Homecoming 2014 (Utah Trip), Part I

I've spent every BYU Homecoming in Provo now for the past 7 years since I was a freshman in college. The past 3 times (after graduating), here, and here, have been with Devin's family and it is a trip I look forward to all year long!

Thursday

Ava was a pretty good sport for all the driving we did that weekend! We went down Thursday for Devin to meet with his cousin about marketing stuff. Meanwhile I went to IKEA to meet up with Tessa, my good childhood friend from Pennsylvania who I haven't seen in 8 years! There are a lot of people in Utah who hold such a dear place in my heart, wish I could have seen them ALL.

After IKEA I met up with Corina and we went to this yummy bakery in So. Jordan called Schmidt's, they had this really yummy toffee, Mexican wedding cookies, and lemon bars! Then we went to Gardner Village - one of my all time favorite places, especially in the fall during Witchfest! I had a birthday coupon to Archibald's so after we did some shopping the boys met up with us for dinner and it was Y-U-M. I can't NOT get their Thanksgiving dinner meal, they really know how to do comfort food.

Friday

Friday was the most BEAUTIFUL day. We did a lot of exploring, starting with Rock Canyon in Provo. It was the perfect time to see fall colors in the canyons...I miss these mountains so much!

Talane made all the girls these really cute little felt cat purses - SO fitting for all these girls and perfect for packing out leaves and fruit snacks for the hike :)

Then we ventured up the canyon some more to Heber and stopped for lunch at Granny's - oh yum! I was dying not to have my own almond joy shake (can't eat milk while nursing), it was so good (from the couple bites I had, whoops)!


I love this picture of Rose and Owen getting acquainted :) After lunch, we continued up the canyon to Midway which is one of the most beautiful places in Utah I have ever seen. We found ourselves at the Homestead Resort. They were having a fun fall display out on their grounds.




While looking at the bloody heads I told her to make a "yucky" face. I think she nailed it!



We went back to the hotel after and swam and loved on babies. Ava was so funny to watch because I forgot a swim diaper so we just used a normal diaper and boy do those swell up with water! She had quite the booty, we were cracking up as she walked back and forth from pool to hot tub.

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Quick trip to Utah

Basically the only pictures I have of our mini trip to Utah last week are from my cousin Ashley's wedding.  She was such a beautiful bride and I'm so glad I could make the trip to be at her sealing at the Salt Lake City Temple!  I got to help put together the boutonnieres and corsages the night before the wedding at her house with other cousins that I haven't seen in years - so fun!  Here are some pics I snapped after they came out of the temple.

That paper flower bouquet is so cute! It looked real from even 10 feet away.

We had been in Declo since Easter Sunday and Ava and I drove down to Utah with Devin's parents on Thursday morning.  We were able to stay with Jordan and Corina on Thurs and Fri night at their new house in Layton.  Corina and I had a blast catching up, letting our babies play together, talking house/yard/blog/design plans, and lots of eating/shopping.  Devin drove down Fri night for the reception and we did more catching up, shopping, and eating the next day with Jordan and Corina :)

iPhone pics from our trip:

(Ava swinging with some cousins while mommies arranged flowers.)

(beautiful tulip display on Temple Square)

(Ava's first trip to Rita's - word to the wise, raspberry is not so great. But mango - YES)

(Ava loving all the balloons that lined the driveway to the reception.  It was in a cool barn and decorated so cute and rustic, ice cream bar for dessert!  Ava just wanted to run everywhere inside which was kind of a nightmare but Devin was so nice to chase her while I visited with family)

(Our second trip to Rita's water ice - swedish fish flavor this time, so good...as you can tell by Ava's mouth. And we got to enjoy it with Jordan, Corina, and Reagan!)

I definitely want to document the yummy things we ate and the fun shopping:

-Pizzeria Limone

-Chick Fil A (especially the peach shake)

- Rita's Water Ice (x2)

-Gardner Village (got baby boy's quilt binding fabric)

- IKEA food and shopping

- Devin checked out Scheel's for the first time 

Corina was an angel to watch Ava while I went to the sealing on Friday morning.  She toted two babies around to City Creek and Temple Square! Luckily Ava has been warming up to being left with other moms and did great, so nice to have good friends!

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