The trip to Utah

Last week I flew into Utah to take over the station while my dad went on trek with the stake. I got in on Tuesday and left on Sat. When I flew in and saw my mom's van I started walking to where she was parked. I noticed someone was walking toward me but didn't recognize who it was so didn't think anything of it. After a few seconds I realized that it was actually Matt!! The kid has grown at least 2 inches since we left a month and a half ago. I couldn't believe my eyes. He is so tall and getting so handsome. I won't know what to do when the kid starts dating in Jan. We then ran to our apt to drop off a suitcase I was leaving there so Kelvin and I would have less to drive back in Aug. Then we went to the station and I took over being service writer. After work Stephen arraigned for the family to go to dinner. Everyone was able to come except Rich and Summer who were in Arizona and Kelvin who was in Texas. It was good to see everyone and we had a great time. I also got to meet my new nephew for the first time.


My dad has been taking about putting horns on one of his four wheelers for a long time. He finally found some as you can see. The red horn on the front actually makes the sound of a bull.




Isn't he getting so handsome?




This was just such a cute picture of Sammy I had to post it.




One half of the table at Brick Oven




And the other half




Braden is such a daddy's boy.




He was onery when we got to the restaurant but started to perk up and was playing with this knife and singing a song. So I snuck in a picture where I could.




Rachel is getting to be such a beauty.




Rachel and Nathan two crazy and fun kids.




My mom, me and Jayce.




Isn't he precious? He looks just like Braden did as a baby. In fact if you put Braden's picture next to Jayce's picture, I bet you couldn't tell the difference.




This is her first taste of a lemon. She also tried a jalepeno but I didn't have the camera ready at that moment.




Braden got really funny by the end of dinner. He was doing anything we told him too. Including eating the Parmesan Cheese and Red Pepper from the table. It's so great being an aunt. Of course it helps when you have lots of brothers who also encourage the same types of behavior.



On Wed I went to work and then spent the rest of the night catching up with old friends. Thursday after work I went up to Ed and Marta's and they took me out for Jamba Juice. It was great to see them. I forgot my camera so I have no pictures of them which is sad because Jordan has grown a little. Felicia was at girls camp and Jennifer was out so I didn't get to see them until Sat. After work on Friday my mom and I watched Sammy while Dave and Paula took a couple of loads of their boxes to their new condo. Amy and the kids also came over so I got spend a little more time with them before I left the next day. Then we went to Dave and Paula's new place. The condo is beautiful! They are so excited about it. Saturday I got everything packed up and ready to go then went to Heidi's and got to see her Hawaii pictures. She and Jeremy spent a week there with her sister and brother in law. The pictures were gorgeous! It made me a little jealous that we haven't been anywhere. But when you are poor and your husband is still in school, it gets to wait a little. Heidi made us feel better about that telling me they never got to do anything until they were both out of school. She then took me to the airport where we made a little stop at Ed and Marta's again because Marta forgot to get one thing for Krystal. I got to see Jennifer and Felicia before I left which was nice. Then went to the airport and got sick on the flight home. It was wonderful to be back with Kelvin again. I know he missed me. When we got to the car he had one of my favorite movies waiting for me, "The Game Plan" and my favorite game Rummikub. I have been eying the movie for a long time eveytime we went to Walmart but it was never in the $5 bin which is were we buy most of our movies. So I figured that we would just wait until it went for a better deal than $7. Kelvin broke down and bought it for me anyway. Such a sweetheart. The Texas heat is a killer, but it's nice to be back. We only have a bout 4 weeks left here and then we go back to Utah. We aren't sure if we will come back to Texas next summer or not. We don't like moving and being in transit all the time. But we will see what happens. As for now, we are going to enjoy the last few weeks we have here and have all the fun we can.