Thursday, July 9, 2009

4th of July trip to Utah

We just returned from a great trip to Utah.  We drove up in the suburban with Jake & Vanessa and Sierra & Ashton.  It was so much fun.  It was great to visit with all of our family in Utah and also nice for Sierra and Ashton to spend time with their Utah cousins Blake and Gracie.  Great memories!

Gracie is trying to smile but the sun is just too bright!
Grandma with Gracie at the Promontory Pool.
The Youngs and Norris & I went to Salt Lake and walked around temple square, went through the Church's History Museum and then saw the Joseph Smith movie.  It was a very special day for us!

Cute couple Norris & Brenna at the parade on Center Street at the Halladay gathering.
Christa and I took Blake and Gracie to a local school that had a fun jungle gym.  Here is Gracie looking as adorable as ever!
Blake honing his zip-line skills!
Gracie could not be left out (the little daredevil). It was so funny because she would only hold on with one hand, but she was giggling up a storm.

As we were waiting for the fireworks Christa and Blake were playing throw the goldfish in the mouth game.  

We took a drive up to Sundance and were in awe that everything is still go green!


We went to this awesome recreation center in Kamas, Utah (near Park City) with Vanessa, Sierra, Ashton, Ryker, Christa, Blake, Gracie, Norris and myself.  They have this huge pool with a lazy river; a giant spiral water slide; a jungle gym inside the pool and then another lap pool with a high dive (5 meter), which both Ashton and Sierra jumped off - Brave kids.

Thanks Ryker & Christa for such a fun afternoon.

Here is Tori with baby Gracie.  She loves the water and is quite fearless.  
Norris with Ashton
Ashton loved the big yellow slide
Ryker with Blake riding piggy-back