Our Vacation to Park City, Utah has come and gone. I'm sad it's over, but I have lots of great memories to hold me over until we see my family again. It was so nice to see everyone! I especially loved seeing my two nephews, Aiden and Carson....they have gotten so big!
The night before we left, we dropped off kisses and
Thumbalina. Kisses went to stay at our friends house. I wasn't that sad dropping her off, because I knew she was in good hands, and that she was going to have lots of fun with Jack (our friends German Shepard...we LOVE jack). Although I was totally sad when we dropped off
Thumbalina at the
PetSmart Hotel. It was a very nice doggy hotel, but I didn't want her to think we were leaving her, and never coming back! I had nothing to worry about, because when we picked her up they said she did great, and loved playing with the other dogs!
Back to the vacation.
We left Saturday Morning, and went to pick up Ben,
Idealia and Kismet. After everyone was in the car, and seat belted in, WE HIT THE ROAD!
It was a fun little road trip. We listened to lots of music, ate junk food, and enjoyed the beautiful scenery (for some of the trip. Sometimes the only scenery was a bunch of cows :)
Before we knew it, we were there...
YAY!
I was so excited to see my family! I had butterflies...lots of them!
We got there Saturday afternoon.
We watched home movies, ate pizza, played cards, and painted Easter eggs!
(Cheryl and Jim)
(Jen)
(Sean, Jen, Ben, Idealia, Kismet, and Britt (Me:)
(Jen, Cheryl, Dad, Joe, Scott) 
Cheryl and I had the idea to get Easter baskets for the kids, so on Saturday night, we put our stuff together to create big baskets for everyone!
There was a lot of stuff!!!
On Easter everyone dug into their Easter baskets (thank you Cheryl!!!), and after that the kids had an Easter egg hunt!
Later on Easter Sunday, we ate an Awesome Easter dinner (thank you Jim!), and went sledding!
(Ben Sledding)
(Scott and Aiden)
(Me)
(Jen and Carson)
Over the next 2 days, we did lots of shopping, went to a little Mexican restaurant, went to the Chocolate Factory and got lots of goodies, played LOTS of card games, went to Sundance, watched home movies, and enjoyed each other's company. I loved every minute of it!
(Joe and I at the Mexican restaurant)
(Sean, Jen, and Carson)
(Cheryl and Jim)
(Dad, Idealia, Ben and Kismet)
(Joe and I at the Chocolate factory on Main St.)
(Joe and my Dad)
(Joe and I on Main St.)
(Jen, Sean, Joe, Jim, Cheryl, and Me at Sundance)
Some of our favorite things from our vacation:
Dad's Mac and Cheese
Jen's cookies
My strawberry cheesecake candy apple from the Chocolate Factory
Dad's oatmeal chocolate chip cookies
The egg I made for Joe
My new shoes
Easter with my family, and my hubby
Dyeing Easter eggs with my family, and my Hubby
Joe finding his Vitamin King cereal at Smith's
Going to Sundance with my family
Getting my KitchenAid Mixer
And spending time with my AWESOME family!
Some more of our favorite pictures from our vacation:
Me and Cheryl
Me and Jen
The burnt cookies :)
I think Sean got ahold of my camera...I love him :0)
Me and Carson
My handsome husband
Scott, Nikki, and Aiden
Jen blowing bubbles on Joe
Joe and I at the timeshare
Dad, Carson, and Kismet...I love it!
Sean decorating his Easter egg
A funny pictrue I got of Joe tossing a pillow at Carson...in a playful way ;)
Joe and I
Carson giving Kismet a hug...he is so darn cute!
I loved seeing my family...I LOVE THEM ALL SO MUCH!!!
I can't wait to see them all again!
WE MISSED YOU!-
Darin, Jessica, Ethan, Audrey, Brian, Linda, Adam, Mitchel, Grace, Marie, Ashley and Casey!
You were with us in spirit ;)
Hope to see you next time!
She always send us things we cant get here in Colorado...
Her gifts are always unique (things you can't always find at your regular store), and are always very meaningful!
A Knights castle alarm clock (Before Joe left for BYU, he gave a talk about putting on the armor of God, and used a Knight as an example. Joe's Mom came to church to hear his talk, and since then Knights are a special thing between them.)
A Knights tea pot
A Chinese wishing tree
Mom got me 2 earring and necklace sets.
She sent us a lot of really great gifts!
She always send us things we cant get here in Colorado...
Her gifts are always unique (things you can't always find at your regular store), and are always very meaningful!
A Knights castle alarm clock (Before Joe left for BYU, he gave a talk about putting on the armor of God, and used a Knight as an example. Joe's Mom came to church to hear his talk, and since then Knights are a special thing between them.)
A Knights tea pot
A Chinese wishing tree
Mom got me 2 earring and necklace sets.
She sent us a lot of really great gifts!
