Jennings Party in Utah

After a long drive, we were so excited to arrive at the Jennings' house in Daybreak! Jackson remembered Grandma and Grandpa's new house from Christmastime so he knew just where to look for the toys and his favorite dog in the world, Tony!

The first couple days we hung out in town, went swimming and played with cousins and family!

The big kids

Abbie and Norah had grown up a lot since they last saw each other!

One of the highlights of the trip was the elaborate scavenger hunt that Travis and Alise had arranged for the family to do at City Creek and Temple Square. It was a battle of the couples and Tyler and I finished in a close second behind Nick and Jamie. We all had so much fun and hope to make it a yearly tradition!

The group lined up before the "Glurr Run"

 It was pretty hot in Utah during the whole week so we luckily had a couple days in Park City to escape the heat! We stayed at a lodge at the Canyons and had a lot of fun exploring up there!

Jackson loved the ski lift!

Most of the family, just missing Grandpa, Scott and Ashley.

At the top of the mountain, before hiking down and Abbie falling asleep luckily :)

Watching a little tv after a long hike

 We got to spend the fourth of July with the Jennings down in Provo at a friend of a friends empty house! It was beautiful and we loved swimming, and playing in their sport court and play room in the basement.

His first time off a diving board, and of course had no fear

Our house for the day

Abbie was a stinker and preferred to stay on the side of the pool that day.

The whole week we were having fun with the Jennings, my family was in Utah as well. My Dad and Ben weren't able to come to Cali but they both flew out for the Fourth of July and so we spent the rest of evening and night with my family. We even got a picture taken with all of Papa and Nana's family together. First picture we've taken since Annika, William and Abbie joined for sure. I have a copy of it hanging on my fridge but i don't have a digital copy to share.

Loved playing this game with Drue over and over

She was such a ham that night!

I'm pretty sure we had the biggest table...

Daddy feeding his kids ice cream, Abbie loving it of course!

 The club lights off their own fireworks in the gully just behind the course so they are so close and huge in the sky but also very loud! I was nervous my kids might get scared, especially Abbie. But they did great!

She loved the fireworks and didn't scream at the loud noises like I expected!

He was a little concerned about how loud they were but still liked it!

The next morning we had to fly back to Connecticut! We had such a great 2 weeks out west and didn't want it to end! It was one of the best trips we've taken with kids! Both kids slept great at nights which is a huge improvement from Abbie at Christmastime geeze... And even though Jackson had some late nights and random late naps he was really well behaved over all. Now we're excited to see Grandma and Grandpa and Grammy come visit us in the fall!

Jackson got to sit in the pilot's seat on our flight back home!