Trip to Utah

On Wednesday at 2:00 AM we loaded the kids in the car and drove to Utah. It was our first trip with just our little family. Adam and Hannah invited us to come stay with them and offered conference tickets to us. In addition we both had mission reunions happening. We knew that with the kids we would have to be flexible with our plans, and easygoing, but we were excited to get away and meet the challenging of traveling with two young souls. We had projected that Hope would be difficult to take as she is delightfully active and difficult to restrain for long periods of time. Much to our surprise Bryce was much more of a challenge, and Hope did really well. (Thanks to a DVD player and snacks) We had a great time, though we did have a few challenges. It snowed. Bryce and Hope came down with a mild cold bug the day before the trip. Mommy made a mistake and Hope ended up wandering the apartment grounds ALONE! At one point on the way home both kids were screaming hysterically and Jared and I sat in the front seats just silently holding hands and praying that they would quickly exhaust themselves and go to sleep. The highlights of the trip include our trip to the Aquarium (pictures below), spending time with Adam & Hannah, having lunch with Mary, shopping, Jared's reunion, and having Daddy with us all day for 5 days straight! We didn't make it to conference because we didn't have anyone to watch the kids for us. Since they were a little under the weather we drove home on Saturday and enjoyed watching conference and relaxing at home on Sunday. Now if I could just get my arms around the post-trip cleanup!