Last week we were able to go with Jon to Utah. He had training for work in Salt Lake City, so we tagged along to visit family while he was in the office. We had a blast, but it went by too quickly! I wish I'd gotten more pictures, but that's usually how it goes ... I either take too many and wish I'd played more, or I didn't take enough and played too much! Here are a few photos of our fun week:
We met my brother-in-law and his family downtown and let the children play in the fountains at the Gateway shopping center. While we were standing there watching, I read a sign that said not to be in the fountains during the musical water show. We considered that, and realized that everyone's children were in the fountains during the show; and what were we to do ... pull out our children when the guideline wasn't really being enforced? So, we let them play. And, they got completely soaked!
That night we went to dinner with Jon's brother and sister, then took the children to a park so they could play with their cousins and the siblings could talk. It was a great evening to be together just laughing, joking, and talking. Thanks, Adam, Jess and Sally for such a fantastic day/evening!
On one of the days when Jon was in the office, I drove north to visit a couple of my friends from high school, Lynette and Aubrey. It was so much fun to see them at an awesome park in Riverdale. We went for the splash pad, which was turned off after about an hour of playing, but had a blast just hanging out and watching our children play. Afterward, we went to Aubrey's house for dinner and games. I was introduced to "Ticket to Ride" and instantly fell in love with the game. Thanks, girls for a great day!
On Friday, Jon's parents and another of his brothers with his wife came down. We went into American Fork Canyon and had a picnic by the river, took a hike, tried to play lawn games, and just enjoyed being together in nature. Afterward, we went to a park near my brother's house and played with water balloons and just spent some time talking and being together.
We also took the time to visit my grandma and play with her basket of wind-up toys. And, we spent a day with my dad. Maryanne had a blast "coloring" with her fingers on my dad's iPad. Sometimes, her fingers weren't enough, so she had to use my dad's finger. Silly girl.
My mom requested a picture of all of her grandchildren. I took these as my sister was taking them as well. I'm sure her pictures are much better ... the blessing of a more advanced photographer and camera.
On our last day, we took some time to go to the Lindon Aquatics Center. It was actually pretty big. All outdoors and a cross between a community swimming pool and a waterpark. The girls and I loved the lazy river, Jon loved the Flow Rider (even though he didn't think it worth it to try since we would only be there a short time), the boys had a blast on the play area, and having the grassy area to lay on when we needed a break was awesome. Definitely worth the $5/person.
It was a great week, and I'm so grateful to all of our family members and friends we were able to visit. Here are some bullet points of things of which I didn't get pictures:
Visiting Jon's Aunt Marla
Dessert with my Grandparents Tanner
Playing Rock Band Green Day with my nephew
Playing Rock Band with my brother and sister-in-law
Playing Settlers of Catan more than once with: my sister (Anna), brother-in-law (Lonnie), nephews (Hunter, Braxton, and Chase), brother-in-law (Dan), sister-in-law (Ashley), sister-in-law (Aubrey), brother (Ryan)
Swimming in the hotel swimming pool
Eating dinner at my brother's church barbecue and playing on the huge inflatable slide
Visiting the Clark Planetarium with my brother-in-law and his family
Comments
Next time you make a trip to Otah, you better head South and visit those of us out here!
Hahaha!
Actually I'm glad you got to have a short vacation and it sounds like you had lots of fun.