Fun in Utah

We went over to Utah for a Livingstone Family Reunion. What was supposed to be a longer weekend trip, we decided to send Ryan home on Monday (to get back to work) and the kids and I stayed until the following Friday.

Including the HUGE slip n' slide in the park! It entertained the kids for a LONG time.

It was wonderful catching up with aunts, uncles and cousins I hadn't seen in years!

Early Friday morning, before the reunion started, Spencer made arrangements for us to attend the Oquirrh Mountain Temple Open House. Living so close to the temple here in Denver, our kids were thrilled to get to go inside a temple. It was beautiful.

During one of the breaks Saturday afternoon, I jumped at the chance to go on (my sister) Jeannie and Brent's new boat. It pays to get your Ph D - while working full time and being the Bishop of your ward!! It was so much fun. I learned: I AM A BOAT PERSON. One day we'll have our own boat. Or, at least live really close to someone that does. SO FUN.

Our closest cousins live in Utah. Our kids adore their cousins - on both sides. They wept and whailed for the first hour on the drive home. Growing up, I never lived close to any of my cousins, so thankfully on that drive home, I let them be sad. I knew how they felt.

Nothing beats time with family.

A Little Visit

If the Hunts are heading out of town, there's a pretty good chance you know where we're headed. We can't go very long without visiting Grammies and Grandpa over in Utah.

Here are some pictures from our trip last weekend:

The Easter Egg Hunt

Every year, Gma and Gpa have an Easter egg hunt in the their backyard. We were so glad they waited for us to come to do it.

Rylee with her loot.

Clay with "Garpa"
(and the neighborhood dog Chico. He is the fattest little chihuahua I have ever seen!)

Kaycee holding the most coveted egg - The Silver Egg
(it holds money, and she was the one who found it in her group.)

I picked up most of Lucy's eggs. She wasn't about to be grabbing them near all those maple bugs!

Olivia was a little under the weather this trip. Here she is watching the action with Aunt Micki up on the stone wall.

Back Yard Fun

All of the grand kids LOVE my parents back yard. Depending on the season, you can swing, slip and slide (we're talking HUGE down the hill), ride the tractor (lawn mower), roast hot dogs, have s'mores, go sledding and so much more! So much fun.

As soon as we get through the door of Grammies, Clay searches for Grandpa and asks to take the tractor out.
I couldn't resist this picture. Blake (Reecy's) and Clay - can you see the wheels in their heads turning? These cute boys, along with some other grandsons loaded up that trailer a couple times with wood (I think they worked even harder when they found out Grandma was going to pay them!) It was fun to watch them work so hard together.

As we were roasting our hotdogs and s'mores, the MG made it's debut this season. Everyone was in on riding around the back yard. . . I think the tractor may have some competition now..

Just chillin' in the back yard.

At Home Spa Action

Later that evening, my mom, Micki and Reecy got into some spa action (check out this handheld baby here!). I actually have some before and after pictures, but I certainly know better (now!) NOT to show any pictures that my sisters may think are unflattering. I'll just say that Micki totally knew how to ham up a before picture. It was AWESOME!

We had a great trip!