UTAH

At the airport...

Sweet Baby Ava

Much more effective...

Bella to Nathan: "Come on, Nathan, let's get out of here!"

A cool map that shows where the dinosaurs lived.

Not sure about the Dinosaur museum.....those things are a little scary! This reminds me of when we took Aimee to the museum when she was Nathan's age. Before we went in she asked (with concern in her voice), "Are the dinosaurs in cages?"

Funny faces.......

Completely exhausted!

Scott was scheduled to do some continuing education stuff at BYU a couple of weeks ago, and we were lucky enough to tag along. The trip was made even better when Grammie found an amazing deal on plane tickets, and we got to fly. The kids were in heaven!

We got to see Aunt Fifi's sweet new baby, Ava, which was definitely a highlight. The girls could've sat and held that baby girl all day long! And, of course, Nathan and Bella played their little hearts out. So fun to be with cousins!

We met Scott for some bowling at BYU one night with Grammie and Poppa. Nathan discovered that it was much more effective just to kick the ball down the lane. All three kids ended up beating me! Hmmm.....need to brush up on my bowling skills.

Saturday evening we took Grandpa to the BYU vs. New Mexico game for his birthday. We had so much fun. I'm hoping the game (and the hot chocolate, and the nachos) helped our efforts to convince the girls that the Y is where they want to be! (ha-ha)

We were also able to squeeze in a trip to the dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving Point, an early birthday party for Aimee, and a visit with Aunt Karla and Uncle Pete. And Sunday morning we woke up to about two inches of SNOW! The kids were in heaven and played out in it until it was time to come in to get ready for church. Toolie (mom and dad's dog) went out with the kids and started scooping up mouthfuls of snow. Aimee ran over and said "Toolie! Don't eat all the snow!" (They loved it that much!) It was great to pack so much fun into a short trip......