Trip

We went to Utah for a week long trip and had a fabulous time! Ben and I forgot how beautiful the mountains up there are! Our niece Samantha was baptized by her Dad, Jeremy and we were able to be there for it! The kids had a blast with their cousins. They played and played! Every moment! Thanks to Jodi and Jeremy for letting us stay with them. We loved chit chatting, swimming, riding bikes, playing by the lake and watching a movie or two! Nana and Papa Hill were there too along with Ryan, Aimee and Justin and Katey. In Park City, there is mountain slide called, Alpine slide. You get to ride up the ski lift and slide down the mountain. Abby was so scared and cried all the way up the chair lift but once she went down it with me, she loved it. They also had a zip line and a coaster but we just stuck with the slide. The kids did the 'launcher' which means they were put in harnesses and jumped high, did flips and such on a tramp! Abby did a couple of flips in the air!

We headed down the SLC and toured Temple square. The kids have never been so it was nice to show them the temple, Joseph Smith bldg., the Conference Center (we got to go in and see the inside of it), also the old Tabernacle and church. The flowers and grounds were so rich in color and it was a very nice day!

We also had the opportunity to visit with our friends Allen and Heather and their three cute boys. We took a walk up a canyon and met some racoons. We also rode some horses which was great fun! We hung out and ate at our favorite place,,,'Texas Road House' and 'The Pie'! Allen and Heather have a fun Theatre room which we watched a few movies --incredible surround sound! The kids got along great too!

We also stoppped off at BYU! My old stomping grounds! The kids had all sorts of questions about 'college'! And Abby wanted to see my classroom. So cute! We visited the bookstore and walked around campus. It always nice to come back to a lot of memories and share it with our family. We told the kids this was where we met!

Then at last we got to see our friends/family(even though not blood related) The Fears. They live in Springville. The kids again played. There favorite thing to do! :) They had a movie night and slept in the basement all together. Then us adults stayed up with Peanut M&M's and played games with lots of chatting and laughing till 1am. (like old times) We miss them for sure! The next morning Sara and Brad made a fab breakfast which breakfast with our two families is sorta a tradition over the years! It rained all day our last day in Utah, but we spent it relaxing and playing with our friends!