Utah Trip 2014

So we started on our UT trip with a little of a rough start.  We were all packed up and heading on  our way out of town when I decided to stop by Honda and fill some air in my tires.  When I got there they told me I had 1 nail in the left tire and 2 in the right tire and they were not repairable! So after many tears and some frantic phone calls to Travis, we ended up on the road 4 hours later with 4 new tires!  We stopped at the Shipps in Vegas at 8pm.....so sad I didn't get pictures.  After that we headed to Orem, Ut to see the Deckers!

    

 Kristen & Meredith

One of my most treasured friends of 23 years!!  We had a blast shopping and reconnecting.  Sadly my stomach wasn't up to par, but I was determined not to let it get in the way of my BFF time! The picture below is us in College as roommates.....I have lived some of my best memories with her!

 Salisbury's & Decker's

 Emery, Kamryn, and Reese

 We also went to Provo's new Aquatic Center, it was awesome!

 BYU Creamery!  We love this stop!

 Watching Frozen in the Decker's theater........kids loved it!

 

 A stop at Janell's One Sweet Slice was so fun and delicious!  Showing her shop AND her book she wrote!

Becca. Sadie, Kamryn, Davie, & Addie......cousins!

We stayed at Trent & Janell's house.  All the girls got their hair braided in ready for the movie night Frozen

 Liz told me all the girls were fighting to sleep by Kamryn, 2 on the side and one across the top of her, too cute!

Drew, Luke, & Kayson

 A stop in to Travis Aunt Jane, she is such a sweet person!  This picture was taken because Brynn was helping her set up her profile picture for Instagram, Haha!

 A much needed Sisters Night Out! Missing Jenna:(........We brought Mishaun an early gift.  The waitress saw and asked if we were celebrating a birthday, we said yes, and next thing we knew they had a saddle Mishaun had to sit on while all the waiters sang to her!  Haha!

 Happy Birthday Mishaun!

 

 Dakota, Kamryn, Riley, and Davie..........Cousins all ready for church!

 Kennedy, Madison, Brynn.........cousins all ready for church!

Drew loves his cousin Jarom!  He just got his mission call to Lyon France!

Had a family dinner on Sunday with Trent, Leroy, Mishaun, Liz's, and My families!

Cousins!!!!

On the drive home I had the flu with Diarrhea!  I had to pull over 5 times on my drive to Vegas.  Liz and I decided to stop at Cove Fort, for the tour AND the toilet!

 Cove Fort stop, remembering my parents when they served their mission there!

Last time we were here was 8 years ago......had to get another picture in front of the Salisbury Stage Office!

I felt horrible pulling up sick to Julie's house, but I knew I could drive another 3 1/2 hours to make it home. She was so sweet, she took such good care of me that I felt 100% better in the morning!  Thanks Jules! xoxo

After we got home and saw Travis, he had lost 4lbs while I was gone.  Poor guy, no one to make him food!

Drew's Bobcat Award

Drew is just starting the road of Cubscouts!  He got his Bobcat! Go Drew!

A New Workout

Travis has now joined CrossFit, he has a deal where they trade work.  He does their accounting work and he gets free membership.  He is really enjoying the change, I can always gauge how hard the workout was by how far his sweat ring goes down on his shirt! 

Happy 11th Birthday Luke

 Our oldest boy is 11yrs old!  He got a new baseball bag, memory foam for his bed, a new door basketball hoop, and scout shirt and book, new shirt, and a family poolside basketball hoop.

 Luke testing out his birthday gift, 80's here in CA!

 On his real birthday he had a basketball game and won!  It was a great b-day gift!

Luke had some friends over for pizza and then Travis took them all to Sky-town where they dunked and played glow in the dark dodge ball!

11 Things About Luke

1. He is really good at sports
2. He is a super picky eater, only eats pizza, crackers, cereal, and macaroni and cheese
3. He doesn't ask for a lot of things
4. He loves playing catch with his dad
5. He always tells me he wishes I was an athletic mom
6. He begs me for another baby brother
7. He doesn't like a lot of attention from others
8. He likes to wear the same sports clothes every day, he wont wear jeans
9. He wont touch/eat anything some MAY have touched
10. He saves his money really good & gets good grades
11. He is a strong spirit with a lot of potential!

Kennedy's 13th Birthday

 Kenndy is 13yrs old, an official teenager!  She got some shorts, a replace Hollister sweatshirt (she lost her first one), a life proof case to take her ipod in the water for videos (which turned out to be fatal), new tennis shoes, and some $ to save for her Washington D.C. trip next year.

 

 

 Kennedy and Samantha..........Samantha missed her party so she took out Kennedy to Olive Garden for her gift, Kennedy had never been!

  

 Kennedy had all the beehives over from our church and then another friend from school.  We had pizza, hot tubing, games, presents, a brownie cake, and made their own sundaes.  It was a fun night!

13 Things About Kennedy

1. I love her curls
2. She gets straight A's
3. She has a really fun personality
4. She is a germ aphobe
5. She is really tidy
6. She plays the piano really well
7. She is always trying to do what is right
8. When she gets mad she shuts down or goes and hides in her room
9. Her and Brynn are best buds
10. She is gorgeous
11. She gets told she looks like Lindsey Lohan alot
12. She is smart with her money
13. She has such a light about her!