Little moments from Utah

Update: Thanks No Cool Story for bringing it to my attention that today is International Talk like a pirate day. In honor of this special day you can click here and enter my url http://rapidfamily.blogspot.com/ (or your blog url if you'd rather) and translate it into Pirate Speek.

I was just going through my pictures and realized that I never posted any pictures from my trip to Utah. I did not have the ability to do that while in Utah and I'm not sure why I didn't once I got home. So here is a little trip down memory lane.

On our way to Utah we stopped at Independence Rock. I would only let the kids climb so high. I didn't want to have to climb up there and rescue them when they decided they couldn't get back down. The one time I climbed it I was with Scott and it was scary coming down. Of course I was 6 weeks pregnant and wanted to throw up, so that didn't help either.

The kids enjoyed playing in the rain after we realized we were going to be stuck at Independence Rock for 3 hours waiting for the tow truck.

Our Suburban being towed to Rawlins.
Papa and the grandkids making scones. Actually it is fried bread, but my Dad always called them scones. Also, my Dad was never that patient with us when we were kids. Why is that with grandparents? Maybe it was because he knew he wasn't going to be the one to clean it up later. I missed the picture with Matthew (the one in front of the flour canister) with his arm in the flour clear up to his elbow.
The hammock was a real hit with the kids. They played a game where they tried to rock it until they could knock everyone off.
Utmommy and Tori playing dress up at the Utah blogfest! They were hawt!

Utmommy, Me, Tori, and Suzanne - giving it our best for the camera. Sadly, I was not able to get a picture of all of the other attendees: Mel, Kayelyn, Emily, Lisa, and Gina. I'll have to go steal one of their pictures and keep it for my own. :)

Suzanne and her two boys, "J" and "D". We were able to spend an afternoon at their house swimming. How fun it was to see her again and meet her kids!

Seeing my 95 year-old grandfather is always a treat. Though he is quite deaf, meaning you have to nearly yell to speak to him, he is quite witty and fun. In the background you can see pictures of my grandmother and Betsy, his second wife, who died last year. It is sad to see him so lonely now. He always said that he wanted to live to be 100, but I am not sure he feels that way anymore.

Before we left we took one more picture of my kids with my sister Emily's kids. From left to right: Kimberly, Allison, Kaylynn, Jordan, Matthew, Kayla and Megan.

We had a great trip to Utah. Already it feels like it has been ages since we left. I was lucky that I was able to make it to Utah 3 times in the last year.