Finally some Utah pics

Okay, I am a TOTAL slacker here. See, I was going to do this really funny Utah post, but I never had time to think of it all and write it. So instead of being funny, I'm just going to post the pictures of the trip we took almost three months ago. Oops. There are a TON of these, but James's family doesn't get the face time mine does, so I feel like I should be able to put in as many as I want. :)

Kenley playing with her cousin Connor


Okay, this day was so much fun. It was one of those days where you are having so much fun you can't decide whether to endlessly take pictures and hope you capture the joy, or just sit back and enjoy it. We went up and went sledding with Holly and Connor (left Parker at home), and it was so much fun. Kenley LOVED it. The little cousins were just so darn cute.





Snuggling with my cute niece Annika, holding her in my sling.


Trying to get a picture of four wet kittens in a bag. I mean, four young children. We took like a hundred pictures but this was the best we got. When will I learn that staged pictures just never work?


Annika smiling at her momma


This was the Children's Museum in Salt Lake. Soooo much fun! We spent three hours there and could have stayed longer. There was so much to do! There were two floors and this whole pretend town with a little play grocery store, construction zone, giant water table, a house, etc. Upstairs they had a theater and some science type stuff. Afterwards, we felt like it was money well-spent, but all Kenley could talk about (and still occasionally mentions) was that a girl took a pink pillow away from her. Gotta love toddlers.



Watching a movie together at their sleepover


Hanging out at some farm thing, we had a great time



Cute cousins


This picture is representative of all the friends I was able to visit while I was there. I got to see my old roommates Emily Kim, Emily Hawkes, and Autumn Skousen. I also got to hang out with my San Diego friends Jen Taylor and Sheena Menke. I wish I'd gotten pictures with everyone, this is with the Kim kiddos.


Kenley with Maren and Tyson. This was our first time getting to meet Tyson, who is marrying Maren in a few weeks. We loved him and especially how much time he spent at the Hampton home while we were there. We really felt like we were able to get to know him, and we are so excited for him and Maren. Kenley, at first, was totally scared of Tyson. She would actually turn her back to him if he was in the room, or rearrange food at the dinner table so she couldn't see him. But he kept trying, and one night he and Maren took her out on some errands and came back with a Minnie Mouse animal for her, and she was smitten. She loved spending time with these two. Oh, and she sleeps with Minnie every night.


Cute pictures with Grandpa and Grandma Hampton




Whew! So, all in all a really fun trip. Lots of good food (two back-to-back Cafe Rio trips, yum!) and time spent with family and friends. It was fun for us to get to spend time with the whole Hampton family and for us all to be together. We can't wait to see you all again when we come next month!