Utah

We went on a whirlwind trip to Idaho and Utah at the end of July.  Cyrus and his dad and brother and brother-in-law went on the annual Javadude trip--this year was white water rafting down the Columbia river.  He had fun.  The kids and I stayed with my mom and dad.  The girls swam so much in my parents pool they about wore it out and I am sure they made their cousin Derek feel like the coolest guy in the world because they screamed like he was a movie star every time he came over.  Unfortunately, I used my phone to take all the pictures of the fun week in Idaho and I took them up-side-down and can't figure out how to fix them.  

After Javadude, I met Cyrus in Utah and we spent a weekend trying to do everything that we possibly could in a matter of three days.  We stayed with our dear old friends the Rowes...it was SO FUN!!!  We first met the Rowes when I was pregnant with Carolyn and have never been more thankful than we were that they let us crash at their place AND eat their food AND drag them all over temple square with us.   Temple square was as wonderful as I remembered...we went to the church history museum and saw so many cool things, like President Hinckley's suit he wore when he dedicated many of the temples, the sketch he made outlining how the mini-temple would work, favorite books of his, etc. etc.  Also, there was a first edition Book of Mormon on display and one of Gladys Knights grammies.  It was amazing.  They had a new kids exhibit that was a nice break for the kids.  By the end of the day, Cyrus wanted to sell the kids to the gypsies so he could enjoy the more adult portions of the museum.  

 

On Monday Cyrus took the kids to hike the Y.  Sam is a little afraid of heights so he was pretty tentative about getting near the fence for a picture.  Katie was too tired and stayed home asleep with the more rational of her two parents (Mom).   

After the hike, we went to Seven Peaks. This involved me putting on a bathing suit a mere seven weeks after giving birth. It was so fun playing with the kids and just enjoying ourselves. Luckily the pictures are all up-side-down.

Monday night we had Family Home Evening with Grandma Javadi (except for Carolyn who had a sleepover with her best friend from Kindergarten...Mackinzee which she is of course still talking about)  It was so fun!!!  The kids played with Uncle Matt's two youngest kids and Petra and Mikes babies.  It was  really nice. Sam of course found dirt to play in...classic Sam...a whole bunch of toys and he sits in a pile of dirt, making a mess!!!




Grace with her cousin Tayler...


All the kids with Grandmother Javadi

Tuesday we got Grammie from the airport and headed back north to Idaho.  There were so many things we missed doing in Utah...like Ensign peak, this is the place, BYU bookstore, BYU creamery and of course the Baileys..we kept having to tell the kids "next time."