Utah Trip

It’s been about a year and a half since I’ve been to Utah, so since we live within driving distance now it was time for a trip.  We had quite the to do list while we were there.

Things to Do While in Utah

- Meet my aunt Jessica for the first time.

Who is pregnant with my baby cousin.   My uncle got married last year and now they are having a baby boy in September.  My mom and sister threw a baby shower for Jessica while I was visiting and it was so nice to meet her for the first time.  

4 Generations 

- Make Nathan be friends with my friend's son

My best friend from high school has a son who is 3 months younger than Nathan.  We got together and let the boys play together.  While they were playing Nathan started singing “Friend in Me” from Toy Story.  Yes, I think they will be friends just like their mommas.

- Eat Mexican food with my grandparents

I got to drive my grandparents to our favorite Mexican restaurant.  I loved being able to chat with them.  From our last visit to a Mexican restaurant we knew not to let Nathan eat the salsa.  But Nathan loves to “dip dip” everything right now so we asked for some ketchup for his chips.  Our waitress said she also had tomato sauce so it would look just like everyone else’s salsa.  Nathan not only dipped his chips in the tomato sauce, he ended up eating it with a fork!  

- Expose Nathan to the great outdoors

My parents have a cabin in American Fork cabin by Silver Lake Flat and we stayed over one night.  Nathan liked to go on Ranger rides.  And he liked to play in the dirt!

The perfect game for a little boy who loves trains 

 

- Let Grandma Packer meet Evy for the first time

We drove up to the Farmington to spend the afternoon with Grandma Packer.  Evy has never met her Great Grandma before.  And Nathan liked the cookies and toys.

- See my Aunt’s new house

Unfortunately, I didn’t get any pictures, but Wendy’s new house is awesome.  She designed the whole house and it’s amazing.  I need her to come out to Denver and help me decorate!

- Let cousins play together

I missed the opportunity for a photo op again, but we spent the afternoon with Alissa and the girls.  I hadn’t met Sara and she is just such a cute little girl.  Nathan and Anna had so much fun playing together.  I can’t believe how big Ella and Anna are getting!

- Meet my new niece for the first time

Aaron and Kendra’s little Lydia was only 2 weeks old when we visited.  She’s a little cutie and just wanted to sleep most of the time we were there.

- See the new Provo Temple

And while I was visiting Aaron and Kendra in Provo I had to stop to see how the new Provo City Center Temple is coming along.  Brad had many concerts in that building so I can’t wait to see it changed into a temple.

- Take Evy clothes shopping for the first time. 
We have to start her young.  There are some great outlet stores by my parents’ house so we girls had to do a little shopping while I was there.

- Let Nathan eat all the sugar he wants

As the son of a dentist, Nathan hardly ever gets sweets (nor does he really like them.)  But Nathan got his first ice cream cone and first sucker while we were in Utah.  They were both hits.

- Play with all of grandma’s cool toys

Grandma keep all the cool toys from my childhood for the grandkids to play with.  Nathan had so much fun playing with all the “new” toys.

Fixing the car

- Figure out what the big deal is about Swig

If you're not from Utah, Swig is a drink and snacks place in Utah that is super popular.  I’m so glad I didn’t order a whole dirty Dr. Pepper for myself.  I had a sip of my sisters and I’m not a fan.  I’m not a fan of regular colas anyways.  I did like the “Dizzle” (ie. Sprite, coconut cream, pineapple, and peach) Adrianne ordered for me.  And the sugar cookie totally lived up to the hype.

- Eat all the raspberries we can

Nathan loves raspberries and my parents have raspberry bushes in their backyard.  We went out a couple of mornings and picked them for our breakfast.  Oh so yummy.  Nathan would eat them out of my bucket as I picked.  I saved mine for waffles and cream.

- Let Nathan play with Papa

Nathan and Papa had so much fun going on walks, going to see the chickens, and jumping on the tramp.  I let him watch Nathan one night while I ran out and I came back to one filthy dirty Nathan from the shenanigans they were up to on the tramp.  But Nathan loved it and he loves his Papa.

- And just generally enjoy spending time with our family

We loved seeing everyone and spending time with them.  Now that we're closer it's going to make it so much easier to see the people we love.  See you again soon!