Thanksgiving Trip to Utah

For Thanksgiving we headed to Utah. We got up at the crack of dawn and we were on the road by 6 am. We hoped the kids would go back to sleep but that didn't happen, at least for awhile.

When we stopped in Beaver Olivia insisted we take a picture of them in this huge rocking chair even though it was like 38 degrees outside. Too funny!

The kids did great in the car and were so excited to finally be there!The next morning Poppy treated us to a yummy breakfast at a little Ma and Pa place in Bountiful. It was really tasty. Kate got to sit next to Poppy and she was talking his ear off. She sure loves her Poppy.Olivia got to sit next to Uncle Derek and she was hammin' it up!Noni and Poppy saved the leaves so the kids could play since we really don't have too many leaves were we live. They were ecstatic to play in the leaves. For the girls Birthday celebration day they chose to go the park and watch movies with Noni. They really had a good time at the park playing chase!

Olivia and Noni

Afterwards they helped bake a cake and then decorate it! They really love the new dolls they got. Thank You Noni and Poppy. We also got our hair cut while in Utah, which we were long over due for. I have only had my hair cut one time since we were in Utah in Aug. 2007. I was so excited to finally get my day at the salon. My sister Stacy is so cute and is always so generous when it comes to cutting our hair. She blocked out her whole day so we could enjoy the day. Before our haircuts all the sisters and mom met up for lunch and sadly I didn't take any pictures. But we had a great time visiting.
Olivia with Aunt Stacy
Katie getting her curls put in. She loves to have her hair curled.
Jackson gets a new do! Nana and Papa also wanted to celebrate the girls Birthday's with them and decided it would be fun to go to Chuckie Cheese. All the cousins came and they had a fantastic time. I remember when I turned 4 years old I had my party at Chuckie Cheese and loved it. There was this huge ball pit that I thought was the greatest, sadly they don't have that anymore.

Olivia and Kate with Chuckie

Thank you Mom and Dad for the great Birthday party. The absolutely loved it!!Olivia riding the Imaginarium Bike. Katie loved to ride this horse. When you dug your heels in it went faster. Maybe it was coincidental, who knows!We had Thanksgiving with Jon's family. And it was tasty. Again I forgot to take pictures. But Jon did get a few of the kids doing a fun little sock snowman craft. By this time Katie had had enough fun and was conked out.There were 19 adults and 13 kids (all under the age of 7) and it was suprisingly not to crazy!
This is the bed that I slept in, it was so comfortable. It is a King size bed that you just melt in to. Jon slept in the other room, because Jack didn't sleep real well while we were there. But I think he was waking up to sleep in the comfy bed. What do you think???