Our summer vacation this year got tied in with our selling our home in Iowa and moving to NC. Jon needed to get back to work some more in NC the beginning of June, we had a family reunion with my side of the family planned for mid-June, and we couldn't close on our home in NC until the end of June. I wanted to spend some extra time seeing family in Utah anyway, so the first week of June we ended up packing up our house and sending everything to NC to put in storage for a month, and we all drove to Utah. Jon only stayed a couple of days before he had to fly back to NC to work. The kids and I spent about a week up in Idaho at my parents house before going back down to Utah to spend a few days at Becky's house, go to my family reunion in SLC, spend a view days with Jon's family in Herriman and get back on the road!
Idaho:
The kids loved spending time in Idaho at my parents house. My parents have tons of animals and the kids love feeding them, petting them, and running back and forth to see all of them. Katie's favorite was feeding the horses. Colton was a little too nervous to feed them himself but he would pick grass and weeds to give to Katie to feed to them. Colton's favorites was the baby chicks. He could seriously spend hours out there- naming the chicks, talking to them, and giving them names like Simba, Mancha, and Pacha. They also enjoyed all the time with Grandma and Grandpa and I got to spend time visiting and making lots of yummy raspberry fruit leather with my mom (which is sadly already almost gone)! Jon flew back to Utah from NC while I was at my parents and my dad picked him up and brought him back to spend a couple of days with us before we headed down to Utah.
Becky's House- Clinton, UT:
I think the kids favorite thing at Becky's house was playing with her little boy Rider and obsessing over her new "Baby Jake". They were constantly asking to see and hold Baby Jake. Katie and Rider also had a lot of fun playing silly little games together-like taking turns bonking their heads on the window and saying "Ow!" and laughing. We had fun playing in the water at Becky's, going to the splash pad, going to the dinosaur park, going to the Hill Aerospace Museum, and having a girl's night out with Catherine when she drove down. Jon and I also got to drive to Bountiful for dinner with our Iowa besties, Justin & Alissa Thompson. We miss those guys!
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| Me & Alissa & her baby girl! |
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| Sisters!! |
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| Yummy snowcones :) |
Rider Family Reunion:
For the Rider Family Reunion this year, we all stayed at a hotel in West Valley for the weekend. Friday morning we went to Hogle Zoo together and then out to lunch at a burger place in Salt Lake. After checking into the hotel we all got dressed and headed down to the pool, which had a water park aspect, and played in the water for awhile. The kids had fun splashing around and playing on the kiddie slides. This was the kids' first experience with life jackets and Colton came to love the new freedom it gave him to swim and jump in the deep water! The next morning we all went to a park for a BBQ and more water fun! The park had a splash pad attached so we visited and watched the kids play. After eating lunch, we all headed our separate ways. It was fun to see everyone and let our kids get to know each other a bit!
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| Cousins- the 2 year olds :) |
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| Aralyn, Autumn, & Katie- Little Divas! |
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| Katie & Rider- loving the splash pad. |
Amberly's House- Herriman, UT:
After my family's reunion, we headed to Jon's sister's house in Herriman to spend a few days. Again, kids had fun playing with cousins and we had fun chatting and hanging out with family. We also got to do an adult hang out night- dinner at Texas Roadhouse and going to see Jurrassic World. It was pretty fun! I was able to see my friends Sharsti and Candice and have a short/sweet reunion with each while I was staying in Herriman. After a few days in Herriman we packed up and headed out for our crazy long drive to NC!
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| Me & Sharsti- College Buds |
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| Me & Candice- Childhood buddies |
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