Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Trip to Utah

We just got back from our trip to Utah a few days ago. If any of my friends from Utah are reading this don't be mad I didn't call you. We were jam packed with family stuff that my mom had planned and we did not have enough time to even see any friends.
We had such an eventful, fun trip! I felt like we never stopped, and I am totally feeling it now! I am so amazed with myself that I did everything that we did as pregnant as I am =)
I just want to spend the next 2 weeks in bed. Anybody want to come be my housekeeper for a little while? =)
Beware this is a VERY LARGE post with LOTS of pictures. In no particular order.....
Thanksgiving was great. We went to my aunt and uncles house and had all of our family there. I didn't get very many pics on this day, but there was a ton of yummy food, some football, some guitar hero, and my 12 year old cousin put on an amazing piano recital for us. It was a lot of fun!


This is my cute cousin Emme playing with the boys and my grandpa loving the dog.



This is my brother Chance playing some guitar hero. Eli insisted on joining in on the fun =)

Football!

My little Sister Mollie brought her friend along to Utah. They had never been snowboarding before so Kenta, My brother Chance and his wife Jessica took them up along with with my cousin Mitch who had also never been and taught them how to snowboard. Of course me being super pregnant got to stay home and take care of the kiddos.

Mollie and her friend Leighana. Chance teaching mollie.



My sister in law Jessica, my cousin mitch, kenta, leighana, mollie and Chance just leaving to go up.



My brother Chance lives in St. George, so we decided we would take a couple days and take the few hour drive to go stay with him. While we were there we went to Zions National Park. It was so beautiful and just perfect weather right now. We also went to a little dinosaur museum in St. George.

















Las Vegas is about 2 hours away from Chance and Jessicas house in St. George and my dad has a sister, my aunt Caty who lives there. So we decided to go to Las Vegas for a day. I am bummed I did not get any pictures of her and her cute kids.
There was a fun little festival going on at a park near her house, so we decided to stop and play there for a while with Caty and her family.
After the park and a nap, we drove to the Las Vegas Strip to show Mollie and Leighana. They had never been to Las Vegas before. We did not have a lot of time, but I wanted to take the kids the m&m factory since we were right there. That is such a fun place to go. I love the m&m rainbow wall. So pretty and YUMMY =)







Here is grandpa helping the boys fill bags of m&m's.......



This guy was so weird and fun to watch. Chance took Noah up to give him a dollar.


The last thing we did while we were at Chance's was we went and saw his work studio.
He is a news anchor/reporter. It was so fun to see it how it all works. All his work people were so nice and they turned everything on so the kids could check it all out and see themselves on t.v.

Future weather men or news anchors?




My favorite part of the trip was just hanging out with my grandparents and letting my kids get some bonding time in with their great granparents. We stayed at my grandparents ( my moms parents) house most of our stay. We also got to see my dads parents for a little while.

Eli and grandma Tarbox(My moms mom) and then the boys with grandpa and grandma Walser (my dads parents)


Grandpa Tarbox even took Noah and Eli for a little wagon ride.
While we were in Utah there was the big rivalry football game between University of Utah and BYU. This picture did not turn out good but I thought it was funny and I had to share. This is 2 houses (next door neighbors) that live by my grandparents house. They put lights on their roofs. Obviously rooting for different teams. I wonder what happened happened with those neighbors after BYU lost. I know my family were not the happiest of campers.

Now the main reason for our trip was to see my brother Jackson off to the MTC for his Mission to California. He is the my 3rd sibling in less than 2 years to go on a mission. My parents are supporting 3 missionaries right now, although my brother spencer comes home at the end of December.
These pictures were all taken at my granparents house right before they left to the MTC.
Good Luck Jackson! We will miss you but I know you will be great =)


Okay, was that a long enough post! I guess it makes up for my lack of posting this month.
Only 2 more weeks till baby boy #3. I have a scheduled c-section on december 15th! SOON =)

11 comments:

Jen said...

What a fun trip. I'm glad you were able to see so much family but I can see why you are exhausted now! I can't believe you only have 2 more weeks left!!!

Raquel said...

Wow, it looks like a really fun trip! I'm glad you're back, preschool wasn't the same without Noah!

Sarah said...

wholly moley. Did you guys fly out there or just do a but load of driving? Sounds like you guys had an awesome trip. Was that your aunts house that you used to stay at. I remember going into her basement where you slept. I can't believe you have three bros on a mission. That is awesome!

Nicole said...

Great pictures! Looks like you had a great time. I can't believe you only have two weeks left. I'll bet you can't wait! Good luck girlie!!

Maren said...

Good luck with baby #3! I wish I was out there to bring you a meal. You and Rebecca were so good to me when Ace was born! I am a few weeks behind you with baby boy #2 for the Elliotts. It looks like you had a very fun and super busy trip to Utah - you are so brave to travel so pregnant! I would definitely want to stay in bed after that. By the way, which mission in CA is Jackson going to? I live in the San Jose, CA mission.

Rebecca McQuivey said...

That looked like so much fun! I want to know how you did on the air plain being so pregnant. Did they have to sedate you? I am glad you are back! Maybe we can get some quality time in before the baby comes...and after. I know i am going to want to hold that little baby all the time. Let me know how I can help.

Sonja said...

I can tell by the pictures that it will take some time to recover! Wow, what a fun trip.

Wendy said...

You look amazing! I can't belive how much you were able to acomplish in the time you were here. I don't get that much in and I'm not pregnant. LOL!

Good Luck and take care in the weeks to come. Lov Ya.
Wendy

Karson and Kami said...

I can't believe how much Jackson looks like your dad. I remember the little boy who used to crush on me and follow me every where. He was so cute and little! Now he's a giant!

It was great to see you again! It's been forever, so I'm so glad that you had a chance to come over and that I got to photograph your adorable little family!

I think Chance's job looks like a lot of fun! I'm glad that he is doing so great with work. I'm jealous of the snowboarding...I really need to go again. I haven't been since I got married. Which is weird, because Karson is a snowboarder too!

I can't believe you did all those things while you were pregnant. Then again, I've never been pregnant so I have no idea how it is! But, I've heard haha. You're a trooper. Especially since you can keep up with those 2 little raskals of yours! They sure do have a lot of energy!

Katie Busken said...

I'm just now getting on your blog again. I'm glad you were able to fit that trip to Utah in before having the new addition to your family. Good luck today! Please let me know if I can help!

ThE fRoNkS!... said...

Wow! Looks like you guys did so much. I am glad you had fun. I am so excited for you to have the baby!! Post pictures asap!!! And yeah I am a little sad I didn't get to see you when you came to town,but I guess that's ok... this time!