Family Trip to Utah

We went on a family vacation to Utah for Skyler's wedding.  I am a very proud and distracted Mama, so if you want to see pictures of the bride and groom, you'll have to go through the Snell Blog.  Thank heavens someone was paying attention to what they should be!

We rented a little house in Midvale and enjoyed our cousin time.  Carter brought along a Hot Wheels set and it was the excitement of the house.  That could be because it was the only toy in the house, but all the same, it was the cause of a lot of joy and crying.  

On the wedding day, our good friends from NYC, who were in Utah at the time, volunteered to babysit.  It was so great to see them, especially because they are moving to DC and this was the last time the boys would get to play in a long time.  Thanks again Margo!!!  We miss you already.

Jonah has learned what the camera is for and loves to pose with a "cheese."  I don't know why we say cheese, because the smiles never turn out that great.  Here was Jonah's best.

It was nice to visit a free standing temple.  We talk about the temple a lot at our house and Carter knows that you go there to get married, but I'm not sure he realizes that there is a temple in our church building.  I think he liked it and hopefully started to get the point that the temple is special.  He did, however, throw a toy car at the temple and it caused quite a stir . . .

 At the reception, the older cousins were having fun climbing on rocks and running around.  Everything possible to get there nice clothes dirty.

 Carter won the prize though.  He figured out a way to get of them entirely, with the help of Abe of course.  He knew Mom always carries spare play clothes in her bag.  He looked cute while it lasted . . .

 We spent the rest of the week playing at the house, in the pool and trying out fireworks for the first time.  We made it out to a farm where Carter learned to drive an old tractor and . . .

give Grandma the love she deserves!

So despite an all-nighter Jonah pulled, me spraining my toe by falling down the stairs and having our credit card shut down due to a possible fraud alert, it was a nice vacation.