Backlog Utah...ya know, for posterity

So I really wanted to get out of the heat and take a little summer vacation, and my dearest friend Ange said "come on over"! So we did. Well the kids and I did, Pete had to stay home and finance the operation. Anyway, thanks to my other dear friend Lisa, and a portable DVD player, we were able to make the long trip up to Utah. Lucy may have gotten whip lash from throwing a fit and trying to get out of her car seat for the last 45 minutes of the trip but whatever.

Let me just say, that Ange is the hostess with the mostest. She had babysitters all lined up so we could get massages, facials, and Olive Garden. She had tickets for us all to go to the Temple Dedication, she let me bake with her everyday in her bakery, and totally ruin my diet (that i've never quite got back on) on her delicious cupcakes and the such as, and she even threw a huge catered going away party in her back yard on our last night there. Ok maybe that was for her neighbors birthday but still, we were there and it was super fun.

We went to the Dinosaur Museum one day. Hannah was a little scared that they were going to come back to life when she turned her back...

but she got used to it. They had a Supersaurous, which was amazing. Can you imagine seeing that thing walking around? crazy.

We also did some "digging for dinosaurs"

and saw a big shark...???

played in the "crick"....

toured the Oquirrh Mountain Temple...(Peder thinks we look like a "lovely lesbian couple" in this picture...rude. yeah he's getting struck down. ya know, cause we are at the temple and all. if we were anywhere else it would just be kinda funny...unless you really are a lovely lesbian couple....then it's just kinda normal.)

toured the new Conference Center...which my kids surprisingly were completely captivated by...

and finally after 9 long years....got together with my old EFY roommate Sharon. She is the bestest and it was so great to see her and her cute kids. Her daughter is named Miranda...after me I'm sure....or it's like a family name or something. whatever. Now it's her turn to come down to the AZ and see us!!!!

We had a great time! Thanks Ange and Craig for letting 3 crazy kids take over your house for a week. Hopefully that superglue holds your beautiful vase together for a really long time. Sorry 'bout that. See you next year!????