Last week I drove down to Utah with Sydney and Jake to see my parents, a couple sisters and three nieces. When that many members of my family are within 7 hours, I have to take advantage of it! It was a REAL long drive with Sydney playing mommy to Jake so that I could focus on driving. There were some moments that I just had to let him cry, but overall, he was really good. It was only about 48 hours that we were there, but it was so much fun and worth every minute spent in the car. My family is awesome and it's always so fun to make new memories with them!
Some pictures from our motel room. It was nothing fancy, but it was real cheap, and even cheaper since I split the cost of the room with my parents. :) The funniest part was Jake with that phone. He played with it ALL THE TIME. I don't know why it was so exciting, but that's all he wanted to do, so we unplugged it and let him go crazy. It made him real happy.
Hugs and kisses...when your kids only get to see their extended family every once in a long while, you have to get in as many as possible.
Ahhhh...dinner at Pizza Factory. It was my first-ever trip there and the breadtwists were just as yummy as I had been told. Nothing beats a nice dinner out with the fam. Especially when you remember your camera and Sydney wants to be a gangsta!
More fun pics from the trip. It was so good to see my mom and dad and let my two little ones spend some time with them. Maggie was an awesome "host" in her hometown of Provo, too. She, Megan and I had a girls' night my last night with some card games and some frozen Oreo dessert...doesn't get much better then that! Oh wait, yes it did...when Jake for some reason decided that Maggie's name was "Ruff Ruff"...you know, what a dog says...it was so hilarious, and definitely one of my favorite memories from the trip, haha!!!
Before we left, we stopped by a park close to Maggie's house and let the kids play a little before stuffing them back into the car for 7 hours. It was a beautiful morning and they had so much fun. Sydney learned how to go across the pulley-thing (I have no idea what it's called...) all by herself, and Jake somewhat overcame his fear of slides. It was the perfect ending to a perfect trip. I especially love the picture in the center of Jake with my parents...LOVE IT!!!!
Some pictures from our motel room. It was nothing fancy, but it was real cheap, and even cheaper since I split the cost of the room with my parents. :) The funniest part was Jake with that phone. He played with it ALL THE TIME. I don't know why it was so exciting, but that's all he wanted to do, so we unplugged it and let him go crazy. It made him real happy.
Hugs and kisses...when your kids only get to see their extended family every once in a long while, you have to get in as many as possible.
Ahhhh...dinner at Pizza Factory. It was my first-ever trip there and the breadtwists were just as yummy as I had been told. Nothing beats a nice dinner out with the fam. Especially when you remember your camera and Sydney wants to be a gangsta!
More fun pics from the trip. It was so good to see my mom and dad and let my two little ones spend some time with them. Maggie was an awesome "host" in her hometown of Provo, too. She, Megan and I had a girls' night my last night with some card games and some frozen Oreo dessert...doesn't get much better then that! Oh wait, yes it did...when Jake for some reason decided that Maggie's name was "Ruff Ruff"...you know, what a dog says...it was so hilarious, and definitely one of my favorite memories from the trip, haha!!!
Before we left, we stopped by a park close to Maggie's house and let the kids play a little before stuffing them back into the car for 7 hours. It was a beautiful morning and they had so much fun. Sydney learned how to go across the pulley-thing (I have no idea what it's called...) all by herself, and Jake somewhat overcame his fear of slides. It was the perfect ending to a perfect trip. I especially love the picture in the center of Jake with my parents...LOVE IT!!!!