Part of the Utah trip!

We traveled to Utah to be with the Webb side of the family this year for Thanksgiving. We spent the night at my sister Marian's in Vegas to shorten up the trip a bit. I am so glad we did this! Grant is just not a happy guy in the car. I can't wait until he'll sit still and watch a movie for longer than 5 minutes. He wants live entertainment, people! But, of course by then I'll have another baby. And so it begins all over again.

We stopped by the BYU campus on our way up to my grandparent's home in Riverton. It was so nice to walk around for a few hours and show the kids where Daddy and I went to college. It's never too early to start brainwashing them. The huge autumn leaves were beautiful and the mountains just make me feel safe and comfortable. Arizona doesn't really do autumn like that! So many good memories of this place! The kids were delighted to find some old snow piles and roll down the huge hill by the library. We spent quite some time in the Bookstore and each came home with a souvenir. We even ran into some of Tim's Merced friends. Miss that place!

Thanksgiving will be a separate post when I get some pictures! But, my birthday was on Black Friday this year. It was nice to be with so much family and feel special on my big day. My mom made me an angel food cake, Tim took advantage of Black Friday to go and shop for some presents, Marian did my nails, I milked a few back rubs out of some siblings and we got together with the Bushman side for some games and dinner at my cousin Tyler's beautiful home. I wouldn't have had it any other way!

When we first told the girls our Thanksgiving plans they immediately began talking about playing in the snow. There wasn't too much snow on the ground when we got there, so we made a special (short!) trip up the canyon the day we left to get in some snow time. And it turns out that 10 minutes in the snow was long enough for everyone :) Grant fell asleep in the car on the way up the canyon, so I stayed in the car with him and enjoyed the view. Kennedy got snow in her shoe and has told me several times since we've been home that she in fact "Does not like the snow!!". Hopefully next time we can do some sledding.

I got to visit with some old roommate from my freshman year at BYU. I absolutely LOVE these girls and could sit for hours with them and catch up. How did I get so lucky to be randomly paired with some of the best people I know? So fun to see them! I also surprised my good friend Krystal at her house (no picture--darn!) with a quick visit. It's never long enough when you see old friends.

We traveled home through St. George and spent the night at my grandparent's winter home. Again, so glad we could break up the time in the car. We also stopped by the Hoover Dam on the way home and took the tour with the kids. Every time we go I learn lots of new things. What an amazing structure built in only 3 years! The kids were thrilled to get out of the car and run around for awhile. Thank goodness we tired Grant out and he slept most of the rest of the way home. And...the biggest bonus of the trip was the our van did not get a flat tire, no one got sick and we did everything we had planned! It's still our last road trip for awhile.