Summer Vacation - Part 1 (Utah)

I braved a flight, a plane change, and another flight by myself with my 4 cute kids on Monday, July 25th. I really wanted to go see my sister and her new baby! The kids were excited about our trip and did quite well. Addie had the hardest time and threw some fits on the airplane when she wasn't aloud to get down. I also had to have people move around so I could sit by my kids on our flights.

The hardest part was getting ready in the morning ALL by myself to drive downtown to pick up Daniel at work so he could drive us to the airport (and drop us on the curb, good thing I know how to pack light and Parker was willing to wheel one of the suitcases while I wheeled the other and pushed the stroller, no sky cab).  I got lots of looks and comments throughout or traveling.

Bensen passed out on the 2nd plane. Addie got mad when she saw that I had propped him up on her blankie :)

We stayed at my grandparents and Tyne and her baby stayed there too. We did not all fit in her basement apartment, and she was getting ready to move that weekend. We were quite busy during our Utah stay. I wasn't able to see all my family there, but got to see some. I was so glad that we could spend a few afternoon/evenings with my brother, Austin and his family. The kids had so much fun playing.

I got to meet my niece, Hayley, for the first time. She is 8 months old.

Eating dinner at the kiddie table with their cousin, Bella. You can still see Bensen's black eye in these pictures.

At my grandparents...

Brothers.

Sisters.

After we moved Tyne and her family into their new place, we spent one morning out and about while they had the place professionally cleaned. The weather was wonderful and the grass was so SOFT with NO fire ants or other scary insects. I did a lot of rolling around on the grass at my grandparents' house while everyone thought I was crazy. My kids didn't know what to think about ants that didn't bite.

And the babe.

Tyne's sweet baby, Riley. I wish I could have held her more and that the days we were there weren't so busy and crazy. But I am SO grateful that we could go and spend time with Tyne and her family and see a few other family members. I miss this baby.

I also wish I got more pictures of family we saw, but I was too busy to think about it all.

And then we drove to California...