SNOW in Utah

After all of the fun in Las Vegas, we drove through the night and ended up in Salt Lake City.  Mr. T had a sleepover with some of his cousins and we spent the rest of the day seeing more family and playing in the snow. T was pleased that it was snowing that morning and we had a fun snowball fight and made an awesome snowman named Frosty.  It was a quick day before we had to fly back to Seattle, but our time was well spent.  We are hoping for some snow here at our house in WA this year, we will see if it will happen.  If not, then we might have to make a trip to the mountains to play in the snow some more.  Tis the Season!

Las Vegas Bowl Game

When they announced that BYU was going to play in the Las Vegal Bowl Game, my dad and brothers immediately starting planning a trip to Vegas to be there. We booked flights, got tickets to the game before we even knew who we were going to play.  Once they announced that it was the University of Utah, our rival, we were even more excited to go! T and I flew down on friday evening and spent a wonderful 24 hours in Las Vegas.  We hit up the strip, ate good food, saw some of the sights, went to a late night showing of the new Star Wars, and then spent all day Saturday at the football game.  We lost the game (first quarter was terrible!), but had a great time seeing so many family members.  After the game we drove back to Salt Lake City, and spent the next day playing with cousins and in the snow.  It was a quick, yet very eventful trip.   T is a great traveling buddy!

Scout Falls Hike

While in UT, we spend one afternoon up American Fork Canyon doing some hiking and exploring.  We ended up hiking to Scout Falls and it was awesome!  The trail starts along the back side of Mt. Timpanogos and goes for quite awhile.  We stopped at Scout Falls and had a little lunch under the falls.  The kiddos loved crossing the little rivers and walking through all of the mud.
Being in the mountains in Utah just feels right, it feels good to have my kiddos up there hiking around and seeing all that they have to offer.  Being outside always feels good! 

Boating on Utah Lake

Last week we took our annual summer vacation to visit family and friends in UT and NV.  We also made pit stops in ID, CA and OR to explore some fun places, rivers and lakes as well.  It was a great trip and we enjoyed seeing those that we could.  It's always hard to see everyone when we visit since we have so many close family and friends where we use to live.

While in Utah we spend one day boating on Utah Lake.  The water was warm, the weather was hot and the views of the mountains were amazing!  I really do miss those mountains.  My brother and his family were nice enough to invite us out on their boat.  We skied, wake boarded, knee boarded and tubed!  T loved the knee board and the tube with his cousins. It was good for T to get behind the boat.  I grew up boating and I hope he enjoys it as much as I do.  Plus, I need to get him prepped for Lake Powell.  One of these summers I will take him again so he can enjoy some of the great memories that I had as a kid enjoying the beauty of Lake Powell!