Utah Trip

We were so lucky to take a trip out to Utah during which we had lots of lovely time with family and saw wonderful friends too.

The flight out was great! Amazing, in fact! This was our first paid seat for Lewis. Now, we don’t like having to shell out the extra cash, but having a whole row to ourselves and a seat for him was SO much easier. Lewis was in heaven seeing the plane and the train outside the airport and riding the little “school bus” from the parking lot. In pre-super-security days, I would have planned weekly trips to the airport, just to play. It was such a hit! Beau was a happy camper too. Some friends gave us a little travel cot a couple years ago. We now realize that we never really saw the light on its merits when we just had Lewis. Check out how this thing fit right under the seat! We had a little crib for Beau when he needed to sleep. And, we had a playpen when he was awake. It’s the little things that get us so excited!

Our time at Thurl’s house with Papa John and Didi was just heavenly. Lewis was SO excited to be with his Papa John and Didi and Uncle Thurl. He was also so excited to be in a new place with lots of things to explore. Thurl has the neatest little play house that he built for his kids. He has a big trampoline that Lewis loved. And, he has an actual train that travels on a track around the periphery of his living room. Lewis was in heaven! We had brought out an inflatable baby pool with us. And, Papa John bought two trucks for Lewis to play with. We were set!

While we were out there, we also had a quick visit with Aunt Millie. It was lovely to see her, and we were inspired by her determination and progress.

We snuck in a picnic in the park with a couple of the “Boise Boys” and their families. Lewis became fast friends with Mazzi...well, 2 year old style friends with Mazzi, which meant that she chased him around the fields trying to get him to play with her while he spent time pretending that his truck was digging everything in sight. J

We were also able to spend lots of good time catching up with the “DC family”. That always feeds our souls! Jenn and David had a lovely wedding reception on Thursday evening where we saw DC family friends as well as many other folks we had known in DC or elsewhere. The group got together for a brunch on Friday morning that was lots of fun. And, we were honored to attend the wedding ceremony in the Salt Lake Temple and a dinner reception afterwards. The DC family snuck in our traditional “Friends are Friends Forever” moment. We were just overjoyed at being able to celebrate such a happy union of two amazing, incredible, very special people.

We spent our last day with family. Cat had come up to watch our boys while we attended the wedding. (She’s such an angel! She and Didi both, especially since Lewis decided to climb out of the pack and play instead of napping. So, Cat had to keep him entertained ALL day while Didi played with Beau.) We had fun at the local ward’s 4^th of July parade in the morning. The afternoon brought Lewis’s first ever movie – Cars 2. He started out mesmerized. Climbed on Mommy’s lap at one point because he was scared. Got taken out to the bathroom because Mommy realized he had soaked her through with an overflowing diaper. Ick! Spent the last half delirious and dancing in front of his seat. And only had to leave about 5 minutes early with Daddy because he was just done! Beau loved his first movie too and slept like a champ the whole time! The rest of the day just brought chats together, laughter, memories, and catching up. We had a birthday dinner for Mike complete with Didi’s cherry pie – delish! We just wish it all could have been longer!