Thanksgiving Utah Trip, loads of pics

We had so much fun in Utah, it went by way too quickly.  I got to bond with nieces and Nephews.  Here I am below with Bryan and Helga's oldest, Makyla.  She is a funny girl, she reminds me SO much of Peyton.

 We started a new tradition this year, kids got served and ate first, then they went to the basement to watch a movie.  The adults got to eat in peace and quiet without any disturbances, it was really nice.

 We took a little side trip to the cemetery in Salt Lake where Tyler's Grandparents are buried.  I had to try not to get all weepy, I miss Tyler's Grandma Williams, she past away when Micah was just a baby.

 We had a huge family reunion with Tyler's Dad's side of the family and the kids got to swim in the pool at my Father-in-laws brother's Apt.

 After swimming and dinner we went to see the lights at Temple Square, the kids got to touch the temple.

 It was freezing and our group got separated a few times but we didn't lose any of the kids in the crowd, not even Ben!

 It snowed just beore we came and of course melted for the most part before we got there.  We made the most of it and found a few piles for the kids to have a snowball (chunk) fight in.

 S'mores for dessert after FHE (out of order, this was our first night there).

 For our "snow" trip we ended up with the boy car.

 Hanging out at Bryan and Helga's beautiful home in Lehi (I think).  The cousins were so cute and really bonded with each other.

 Peyton latched on to Sophie again and Sophie seemed just fine with it.

 Aunt Becca did matching hairdo's for the cousins...

 Peyton had to really try hard not to smile, but she succeeded like always.

 Boys beat girls at Catch Phrase, BARELY.  They were ecstatic.

 Girls bonded, maybe a bit too much!  We were up the night before Thanksgiving until 6am.  Not the smartest thing to do, but it was well worth it, I mean, how often to I get to spend time with my sisters?

 We really do all love each other very much.

 One of my best friends was in Utah for her sons wedding and she came and found me at the visitors center, it made my night!  I love you Allyson!

 Can anyone guess who my new friend is???  After the lights at Temple Square we happened upon a Deseret Book store and I got to meet one of my most favorite authors!

 LeGrand and Becca's house was amazing and perfect for hosting a bazillion people for a week.  Thanks guys, we loved it and miss you all!

Melissa, here is my ride.

You asked for it! I wasn't going to post mine because I actually look like an idiot going down and I hurt myself pretty badly right at the end of the run. You might be able to hear it in my voice that there is a little more than just excitement there. Just beneath the snow right where I slide off the saucer there was a small tree trunk sticking up and my thigh slid right over it. To make matters worse, I was done sledding and then they found a good run, so I had already taken off my gloves and my snow pants. I was wearing thin cotton pants that the tree scraped me right through and my hands got pretty sore from sliding on the ice. I was not planning on falling off of my saucer.

Don't try this at home kids.

You saw the beach, now here's the snow!

January 19, 2009

The boys have been begging to take a drive up to the snow and since we had a day off we decided to take advantage of it. Sadly there wasn't very much snow at all, and what snow there was was very hard and a lot of it was dirty, blech! We made the best of it though and found a pretty good run, scroll down for video.

Benji is quite a poser!

Ben took a slide without his saucer for a bit and had a few injuries, see his cheek and forhead? Oh, and we can't forget his pinkie, you might have to enlarge the pic to see it.

Babysitting and tights! Oh yeah, and snow.

Friday night marked our 6 week mark since I had Peyton so we decided to go on a date to celebrate. It was our first date since the night before Peyton was born. We had one of my beehives, Ashley, watch the boys here at our house and Nana Byn watched Peyton. It was so nice. We have never had a baby that could be babysat so early on. It is a great relief to have a baby that will take a bottle! We went to the hospital to visit my friend Jennifer that just had twins, a boy and a girl, and then we went to dinner at John's Incredible pizza. It may not sound very romantic, but that's good (I'll tell you why later!) We had a lot of fun together, we played games and won some tickets and got the boys some prizes. So, even though we have reached our 6 week mark, this Wednesday I have to have a "procedure" done. They are going to inject me with radioactive dye to see if in fact my tubes were both tied, so we were not given the go ahead just yet. I have to pump and dump for 24 hours following the procedure because of the radioactive dye. It sure is a good thing that Peyton will take a bottle. I've got 4 stored up so far, so I'll need just a few more.

Peyton wore little tights for the first time on Sunday, they were so cute on her, she looked like such a girl! I tried to put them on her before, but they were so huge on her they just looked silly. She is really filling out now and they looked very cute on her, I think this is going to be a regular Sunday thing!


On Saturday Tyler took the boys and my sister up to the snow. I was sad that I couldn't be with them, I stayed home with the baby, but at the same time, I know that the time will be here before I know it that we can all go and play together. They had a lot of fun. They had snowball fights, went sledding and made a little snowman.