Utah trip part 1

 We decided to make a last minute trip to Utah at the end of August.  I'm so glad we decided to go, it was so much fun!  

We left Missouri at 3:00 pm and drove straight through the night.  I was worried about how the kids would do, but they did pretty good.  They could have been better, but I can't complain :)  

 It was a beautiful day to take a long drive

We only had one fiasco involving an exploding pepsi bottle, that set us back a few minutes (don't ask)... 17 hours later, we arrived at Rand's parents at 8:00 am. It was fun to watch the sun rise over the mountains

  We had lunch with Rand's family that afternoon and then headed over to my family get together/birthday dinner.  I had to make a quick stop at a store before, and then our car wouldn't start!  Awesome...we ended up making it to dinner late because we had to buy a new battery.  

Dinner was awesome, and it was so fun catching up with my family.  We decided to celebrate Avery and Beckett's birthdays while we were all together too.  We actually have several august birthdays in my family. My mom got a big cake for the adults to share and the cutest little individual cakes for my kids. I put cute hats on them and we sang happy birthday.  It was totally funny because my kids were still so tired from traveling (all night), that they were both not into it.  Beckett wouldn't touch his cake and Avery was really quiet...they were both really whiny the entire evening :)

I was able to work out once with my sisters and my niece!  Wish I had been able to join them more that week.

 We used the track and stadium stairs at my high school.  Totally kicked my booty, in a good way!  It was fun to see my high school again...it has changed a lot since I graduated.

 We hung out at Rands grandparents house and visited with more family.  Avery and Parker were so cute watching Monsters Inc. together!

We said hi to Rands horse Blaze

 The kids loved playing with Lucky

 We spent a day at a fun pond with my Sister Bree and her girls.
Beckett has never experienced sand, so it was really funny to watch him play with it!

 I think Avery's favorite part was building a sandcastle.

I was able to visit with some of my best friends growing up.  These girls are so much fun!

It was fun to catch up and let our kids run wild. 

 We also were able to meet our friends the Reeves for lunch.  Their boys had brought tons of tiny super hero's to play with while we waited.  Brilliant idea because our service was terrible!  It was actually funny! We waited an hour before our sever even knew we hadn't been helped!  And then every time she said she would get something, she forgot.  Every time!  Ha Ha.  Good thing we were all in a good mood and didn't have any major plans that afternoon :)

 Rand and I had to drive past our old apartment in Orem.  We lived there for two years right after we got married.  We really liked living there.

To be continued...