days #5-6 of ca/ut trip

so we spent all of day 4 in the car (again) on the long stretch of i-80 between utah and california. then we just hung out with family the next day. gramma and grampa took all the cousins (over the age of 4) to the movies in the morning and then we just sat around waiting for my brothers to arrive and eating way too much yummy food. we did get to finally meet claire (betsy's youngest). it was the first time in 5 1/2 years we had been to california, so we just wanted to soak it in.

don't you just want to chew on those cheeks??

betsy and a not-so-content claireY

day #3-4 of ca/ut trip

after our long drive across the midwest, we spent days 3 & 4 of our trip in cedar hills, ut with aaron's family. the first thing we did was celebrate dallin's birthday (again). he had a lot of fun with his cousins!

then on day 4 we went swimming at corey's (aaron's sister). they live in a gated community across the street from grandma and grandpa jeffrey's.

me and chubbs

oh yeah, he's cool...

janelle and her daughter, lauren

chillin' at the pool

big d

this is the last time aaron can have control of the camera when i'm in a bathing suit. there were an awful lot of pics of me and not enough of the kids...

cute mr. chubbsY

day #1-2 of ca/ut trip

yes, these posts are very late (see previous posts) so i will try to do the best i can at remembering what the heck we did every day. it was a crazy whirlwind trip where we did way too much, but still didn't do everything we wanted. the first two days we spent driving...and driving...and driving. we stopped for the night in north platte, ne (the kinda halfway point from mankato, mn to cedar hills, ut). we thought the room had 2 kings and a pullout, but when we got there the hotel was packed and we ended up with just 2 king beds (and we don't do kids in our bed - ever) so we crammed all 4 munchkins into one bed. got some cute pics of the kids sleeping...

sleeping kids are one of my favorite things!! of course kaylee and emma would probably die of embarrassment if they knew i had pictures of them sucking their thumbs posted (hehe). for some reason the picture of kaylee sleeping is mysteriously missing...hmmm.Y

dallin's 5!!! yippee!!

so, our third-born is now 5 - which is good news for both of us because he starts kindergarten in the fall (and did i mention we have all-day kindergarten here in mn??) he had lots of his friends over for some trampoline jumping, bubble blowing, balloon volleyball, cake and ice cream and a lot of fun!

of course, he had to start his special day with the traditional breakfast in bed.

then he got his first birthday present. "mom! dad! this is the coolest bike ever!!!!"

my attempt at green grass...

crazy kids!

watch out world...he's armed and dangerous!

the trampoline was the hit of the party

we had a fun day with all our friends!Y

nevermind...

my ocd is kicking into high gear and i'm sorry, you'll just have to wait until i get the pictures from aaron's computer. as i started going throught the pictures i have, i realized that i am not as flexible and carefree as i would like to think. it's going to bother me if my posts aren't in chronological order. maybe i need a therapist...

sooo...about those posts

okay - i'm finally getting to posting some stuff from our trip. i still can't get the pics off of aaron's laptop (blasted apple that i covet so much!) so i will just post what i have. whatever!

checking in...

it's been too long since my last post - i know, i know!!!

we're in utah right now with my in-laws. we will be home sunday evening and hopefully sometime next week i can get caught up on my blogging! so much to post!!

love to you all!Y