We hadn’t seen Marcus’ sister since December so we decided to take a spontaneous trip to Utah. Days leading up to it, I was dreading the drive with a nine month old and newly potty trained toddler. The furthest we had ever gone in the car with them was 5 hours so we’d be pushing our luck on a 10 hour trip. But even with a few highway potty stops, we still made it and the girls did AWESOME. It’s funny how the times I get super nervous about them it ends up being just fine, but then the little things like going to the grocery store…foooorgeeet about it!
Harper loves her cousin Autumn since they’re only a year apart and she talks non stop about her. But when they’re together they want the same everything. Same drink, same cup, same toy, HA! You can tell they are both definitely the oldest and not used to sharing. We tried getting them to hold hands for a picture and they refused. Then 10 minutes later on our walk through the canyon they were skipping down the trail, holding hands, all on their own. I guess you can’t force it? We were trying to decide if we got the worst parents or best parents award when we took them to Utah Lake for a few hours and found out you couldn’t put your feet in the water. But it had just rained earlier in the day and the girls found the BIGGEST puddle to jump and splash in. They were in heaven! So we just shrugged our shoulders and said, “At least they’re having fun.” YOLO.
One night we decided to hit up a local festival/carnival that Spanish Fork was having for Pioneer Day. The girls were sooo tired but as soon as they saw all the lights they got so excited. It was Harper’s first time riding “rides” and her and I loved every second of it. I have such great memories riding all the “carney” rides growing up, and want her to have those too. We’re daredevils in our family when it comes to rollercoasters and rides. When she went on the first one it was suuuuper slow. She looked SO bored. So we stepped it up a notch on the second ride, and she had a smile on her face the whole time. Afterwards she kept asking for, “the Jeeps!” We had a few tokens left and the girls decided their final ride would be the kiddie coaster. They were soooo cute all strapped in sitting next to each other jabbering away. The first go around they were pretty nervous, but by the second time they were having so much fun. Me and my sister-in-law were DYING laughing at them. When they got off they said, “We were laughing so hard!” And we asked, “Why? How was it?” And then said, “Everyone was laughing on it.” It was so cute!
It’s always nice to spend time with them, stay up late talking, and they are the best hosts. Before leaving we took our girls on a quick tour of our old stomping grounds at BYU. Marcus and I couldn’t believe how much campus had changed. It’s always been beautiful but it looked especially so in the summer months. I’d never seen it during summer. It had me seriously consider why I ever went in the winter-ha! Harper liked seeing “Cosmo” and loved pointing out every “Y” chanting “BYU! BYU!” everywhere we went. We had such a great time, and had us reminiscing about our old Utah days.
One night we decided to hit up a local festival/carnival that Spanish Fork was having for Pioneer Day. The girls were sooo tired but as soon as they saw all the lights they got so excited. It was Harper’s first time riding “rides” and her and I loved every second of it. I have such great memories riding all the “carney” rides growing up, and want her to have those too. We’re daredevils in our family when it comes to rollercoasters and rides. When she went on the first one it was suuuuper slow. She looked SO bored. So we stepped it up a notch on the second ride, and she had a smile on her face the whole time. Afterwards she kept asking for, “the Jeeps!” We had a few tokens left and the girls decided their final ride would be the kiddie coaster. They were soooo cute all strapped in sitting next to each other jabbering away. The first go around they were pretty nervous, but by the second time they were having so much fun. Me and my sister-in-law were DYING laughing at them. When they got off they said, “We were laughing so hard!” And we asked, “Why? How was it?” And then said, “Everyone was laughing on it.” It was so cute!
It’s always nice to spend time with them, stay up late talking, and they are the best hosts. Before leaving we took our girls on a quick tour of our old stomping grounds at BYU. Marcus and I couldn’t believe how much campus had changed. It’s always been beautiful but it looked especially so in the summer months. I’d never seen it during summer. It had me seriously consider why I ever went in the winter-ha! Harper liked seeing “Cosmo” and loved pointing out every “Y” chanting “BYU! BYU!” everywhere we went. We had such a great time, and had us reminiscing about our old Utah days.
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