Trip to Utah

While in Utah we went up Weber Canyon to spend a few days at the family cabin. It is so pretty up there and the kids loved hiking around and “playing tennis” while daddy and uncle jordan played. It was fun to see them have so much fun and to spend time with our cousins we don’t get to see very often. :)

While in Utah we were able to see and spend time with several of my family members. We went to Seven Peaks one day, which is always one of my favorite things to do. My kids LOVED it and we had to drag them away at the end of the day after spending at least 6 hours having fun. We just love the water and both kids really enjoyed the slides, even the big ones. :)

Because we all love to go bowling together, Owen equates Bowling with Utah. :) We were able to go not just once but TWICE this past trip. Owen was in heaven!

We had a reunion of sorts with both sides of the family while we were in Utah. Here is the Johannesen Clan. The first picture (above) is all of us and the second picture (below) is just the grandchildren and great-grandchildren. We are not short on numbers in our family. We had a great time seeing everyone and catching up.

At the Richard’s family reunion we played loads of fun games. Nate and Owen were on a team together and I made sure Olivia and Jonah were happy. :) They had all sorts of events: shot put, volley ball, basket ball, soccer and an obstacle course. We had a great time. It was a beautiful, sunny Utah afternoon. It is so fun to catch up with all of Nate’s cousins and their families.

We blessed Jonah in Nate’s parent’s ward and were able to have my 3 oldest sisters and several of their children come. It was really fun to have so many extended family members present for his blessing. Jill made Jonah’s blessing outfit and I just love it. Jonah behaved really well during the blessing, while my other two had a much harder time not being wiggly during sacrament meeting. Such is life with three I guess. :) Afterwards our families came down the street to the Anderson’s house for a luncheon. It was another fun opportunity to visit with everyone.

We always try to get a family picture with all of Nate’s siblings and their kids when we visit. This gets a bit harder as the years go by as we keep adding smaller people who don’t really like to hold still or look at a camera. But we keep trying. :) Here is the most recent Anderson Family picture.

Yum. I can’t remember the last time we made s’mores. For family night with the Andersons, we headed up Millcreek Canyon. (I cannot express how wonderful, cool and dry air felt to those of us coming from the hot and humid south. ) We had a great time watching the fire, roasting marshmallows, making and eating s’mores, throwing rocks into the creek and visiting.

Nate’s parents asked him to go through all of his stuff. You know all the stuff one leaves at one’s parents house? It was a lot and Nate, lovable pack-rat that he is, went through it all. It was really fun to see so many fun, memorable things. Here are his tennis shoes that he really did want to bring home to Atlanta. Sadly (for Nate), our luggage was already filled to capacity, so these had to make their way to DI. But we took a picture for posterity sake. Good.bye early 90’s tennis shoes. Thanks for the memories and for a good laugh on a Monday night. :)