I want to go to Utah - Road Trip

We went to Utah a few weeks ago to see family. It had been a while since some of them had seen Maggie so we hopped into the car an headed out for the long drive. Funny how having a 2 1/2 year old changes the drive. Instead of making it in record time it took us about an hour 1/2 extra and the whole way we hear " I want to go on a trip, I want to go to Utah. We had to stop every 100 miles just to get out and walk around. Wyoming was sooooo windy and cold, but she didn't care. We had lunch at Sonic (Maggie's favorite hamburger joint) and they had little cars. If it hadn't been so cold I don't think we would have ever gotten her back in the car.


We were so excited to see all this snow in Utah that we have heard about but the days before we got there it all melted but the small area on the north side of my parents house. Maggie loved it and kept trying to eat it, so I dug deep in to the pile and found some clean snow (i know gross- old dirty snow- but she was going to eat it anyway at least I found some clean stuff).

We had a great time visiting family on both sides. We met our newest nephews Eli (Tabitha's son) and Benjamin or is it Henry, or as we like to call him baby no name - Kevin and Natalie hadn't decided yet on a name while we were there and still haven't as far as we know. We went to the park with cousins: Brayden, Landon, Johnathan, and Emma. Maggie learned how to roll down the little hill in Papa Les and Grandma Peggy's back yard. Maggie and Grandma Margaret played music games and Papa Fred joined in.

We got to see two of my nieces, Katie and Anna (Carolyn's girls), get baptized by their newly baptized father (Yes my brother in law Jeff joined the church- huge shock to all of us). It was very emotional to see him in the font baptizing the girls. It didn't sink in until the second one was baptized that it was real.

We also went to my great nephew Eli's blessing. Tabitha (Robert's daughter) had a little boy in January. Yes it is a Kilt he is wearing (Tabitha made it- amazing isn't it!), it is a family thing for Ian, her husband.

It was a fun time, and although the nights can be long when you share a room with a two and a half year old who talks(loudly) in her sleep, and the car ride takes forever, we love visiting our families!