We Went to Utah

The kids are off track, so I took them to Utah for the first week of February.  Yes, we were in Utah for a few days in the months of November, December, January, and February.  We can’t stay away.
In October we found flights with Southwest for $25 each way, so the kids and I flew.  I figured I could do anything for one hour, even fly on a airplane with my four kids by myself.  We survived.

We did a lot of fun things while we were there.  In fact, on the last day Ellery proclaimed that this trip was our best trip to Utah ever.  I don’t know if I would go that far, but we did have fun.
We made our customary visit to the Yarns house in Provo.  Great-Grandpa Yarn has been in hospitals and rehab centers since Christmas Eve, so the kids didn’t get to see him, but loved visiting Great-Grandma and eating some of her pink and white frosted animal cookies.
 
Matt and Em ended up coming in to town for a few of the days for a funeral.  Although the circumstances of their visit were sad, I was very grateful to have an opportunity to see them.  Those are few and far between these days.

Justin and Lisa had us over for a delicious dinner on Monday night.  Have I ever mentioned that Lisa is an amazing cook? 

I met up with my friends Sara and Melissa for lunch at Jason’s Deli on Tuesday.  We brought all of the kids along so we could hit up the Discovery Gateway afterwards, so we didn’t get to visit nearly as much as I would have liked to.  But it was still great to see them.  I am keeping the dream alive of having a roommate reunion at some point.  Maybe next year?


We had a great time at Discovery Gateway.  I think Grandma and Lisa have definitely gotten their money out of their membership there.

We got to play at Aunt Joanna’s house for a little while on Wednesday.  She is a lot of fun.

We visited Grammie and Grandpa for a little while on Wednesday as well.  Then Grandpa took us to dinner at McDonald’s.  We had a lot of fun with him there.
 
Since Thursday was our last day, we let Ellery make our big plans.  They included lunch at Winger’s:

Playing at Grandma’s church in the nursery, which I have decided is a genius idea.  It is a neutral location where we don’t have to worry about the kids destroying either my mom’s house or Lisa’s house, and the kids love having access to toys they don’t normally get to play with. 
And then we had dessert at Yogurt Stop.  We let the kids top their own yogurts.  We ended up with some fascinating combinations, but everything was eaten.
 
Poor Campbell got a nasty eye infection on the trip.

And then Siena got it from Campbell.  We wanted to leave them something to remember our visit by.
The flight home was easier because my mom flew back to Denver with us to stay the weekend and celebrate Reagan’s birthday. 

All in all, another great visit to the Beehive State.  Thanks to everyone who made the trip possible and fun.