Utah

A small chapter of our lives has (HOPEFULLY!) come to an end.  Aaron had to travel every week for work for the past year.  There were only 4 weeks that he didn't travel (like Christmas & Thanksgiving, etc.) and it's gotten very old.  He just got back from what is hopefully his last trip for awhile!  YAY!!!  Momma's tired of being a single mom and I know a couple kiddos who are desperate for their Daddy to be back full-time!  It's given me great respect for military families and others in this situation.  You're amazing.  Back in June/July we decided to go stay with Aaron in his hotel.  He was in glamorous.... Salt Lake City, Utah, so of course we had to tag along!

 We pack so much into our days!  We had a blast and the kids slept great at night!  We spent a lot of time at the Gateway Mall (the train went from our hotel to the mall!  Yay!), hit up the zoo, visited with our cousins (my sis and Aaron's sister and brother and their respective spouses all live there).  We went to the fountains a lot and also to the children's museum.

 I had fun spending time with friends, family, and my girls.

 Of course, it was great to see this guy a little more

 And hang out here.  The kids loved seeing the temple and recognize this one now.

 More cousin time!

 We also made a quick trip to Hogle Zoo to see their baby elephant (oh my gosh!!! - so cute!) and get scared silly by the animatronic dinos that actually move.  Some of them spit water at the crowds and on the way out of the zoo Sydney got scared spitless and ended up in the middle of one of those crowds while the rest of us went on ahead.  I thought she was with my friends, they thought she was with me, etc.  Needless to say, Mommy was pretty scared and Sydney didn't even realize she was lost!  We're working on not repeating that experience.   EVER.

We had so much fun with all our Utah pals!  Thanks for showing us the town and being so awesome!  Miss you all!