The kids and I spent the last week in August in Utah for no real reason other than we got some great deals on flights. We love to spend time with our family in Utah (especially when there's a heat advisory for an entire week in Arizona).
I've waited a couple weeks to write this, so we'll see how much I can remember (darn memory!).
The kids did great on the flight - Rachel went through an "airplanes are scary" stage for a little bit, but luckily she's over it and she was very brave. There was a nice lady sitting next to us who kept motioning like she wanted to hold Andrew, so I let her and he played with her bracelets for awhile. Suddenly she kissed him on the cheek, and I thought, "Hmmm, hopefully she didn't mean to actually do that. I know his cheeks are kissable, but you shouldn't kiss a stranger's baby, right?" Well then she kissed him a second time, so I quickly took him back to my lap. I thought it was a pretty funny scene. Luckily he fell right asleep in my arms (good boy!) and slept for the rest of the flight while Rachel watched Mary Poppins, so I was able to save him from the kissing lady.
While in Utah we seem to be constantly on the go, but that's how we like it since we need to make the most of our time there. We went to the aquarium and dinosaur museum with my parents, visited Great-Grandma Parker, swung in Pookie & Papa's tire swing, had dinner with Shalauna & Sheena at a park, had a waterslide playdate with the cousins, saw Chad's house he put an offer on, played with cousin Logan, went to Grandpy Val's birthday party, Rachel went on a special date with Grandma Nancy to the Bean Museum, made pizza & went to the park with Brandon's parents, we visited Nicole & Brock and their new baby boy, Henry, and took a walk up the canyon to Bridal Veil Falls, whew! I'm sure I missed some things.
Some of my favorite memories there are always the simple ones. Like being there when Cade's homecoming date answered him to the dance. I love to spend time with Cade when I go home - he's nearly 17 years old, and is such a good kid. Did I mention that my kids adore him!? He is so good with them - he would be my go-to babysitter if we lived closer.
The kids also love my mom's dog, Zoe, who is very patient and kind with them. If you know me well, you know I'm not a huge fan of dogs - a topic for another day. But Andrew loves Zoe and even said his third official word (#1 was dada, #2 was mama) and of course and it's "dog" (sounds more like "duh"), and he kept saying it over and over the whole trip. How many years do you think I'll be able to put off getting a dog? I'm hoping at least another 5 years or so.
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| Nana & Papa |
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| Brynn, Mason, Mack, Kennedy, Allie & Rachel |
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| Grandma Nancy & Grandpy Val |
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| Lily, Paisley & Henry Worthen - he was the sweetest little thing to hold (not quite so little since he was over 9 lbs, but that's how we like 'em!) It was so fun to visit with Nicole and Brock and catch up a little bit. We just love their family to pieces! |
2 comments:
Seriously?! Who has the nerve to kiss someone's baby!? So weird! Glad it was a fun trip! One of these times when you're not swamped with family stuff (ha! yeah right!) we need to get together and do something fun with the kids! :)
i think you are so lucky to have a place to go when you want to get out of town! i love utah and can see why it's such a great escape.
my very last experience on a plane with a baby was when marcor was not even a year old and the whole trip home he wailed and screamed. i had several passengers give me "the look" and others who offered to help. i was a newbie mom and mortified! turns out he had a severe ear infection and i just didn't know it! yikes, right?
i love that drew is walking. he's such a chub and so fun. can't wait to have him over someday to play. (with kaehl, of course! ☺)
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