Utah Weekend

We headed to Utah last weekend to get out of Rexburg. When I told Addie we were going to Utah, she said, "No, its Me-tah." 

We headed down Friday night. Saturday we went to Temple Square. It is one of my new favorite places. Everything is free, which is in my price range. The museum was so fun and my girls loved dressing up and learning some Mexican dances. As we walked around the temple, we saw a bride and her groom just coming out. Addie was loving the princess and had to go talk to her. They were surrounded by family and doing pictures, so I didn't let Addie say hi. I kind of regret that. She was so excited. But, next time, I'll let her go say hello and call a bride a princess. 

We went to the new City Creek Mall and met up with some of our close friends from Seattle. They brought presents for the girls and bought us lunch at Kneaders, which was so good. We headed down to my uncle's house in Sandy to stay there for a couple nights. My uncle is one of my dad's brothers. They are the same person, basically. Addie loved hanging out with "grandpa's friend" and helping him with yard work. He has a gully in his back yard with  trail going down and lots of places for a kid to play. He also had a tire swing and Addie and Leah loved it. 

We met up with Mike's friend, Tim, for dinner. After we ate, we headed to a park that had a splash pad. Luckily, I had packed swimsuits. My girls loved it. They also loved playing and climbing on all the toys. Addie loves Tim and he was so sweet to play with her on the toys. 

Sunday we went to my uncle's ward, and then went  my cousin's house for a barbeque. She has a daughter the same age as Addie, and they played and talked the whole time. We also met up with our good friends Scott and Janessa in Orem that night. They had a baby girl  few months ago and we wanted to love on her. Addie and surprisingly Leah loved her. Leah wanted to help the baby when she dropped her pacifier. 

Monday, Mike headed out on  bike ride with Tim. Before we left my uncle's, he hooked us up with a bunch of bubbles. He is a toy salesmen ( best uncle ever!) and ket the girls pick out some bubbles. We drove up to Park City and enjoyed the mountains and just walked around and shopped a bit (thanks for my new bag, Mike!). 

It was  great trip. I'm really looking forward to going down more since we live 3 hours from Salt Lake. I loved being with my family this weekend. Mike works so hard and often long hours and Saturdays, and I feel like family time is just so precious now. Hopefully it won't be to long before we get another trip  together! 

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