the promised land

The drive to Utah wasn't all bad- Haze was a bit whinier on this trip than she had been on all of our others, but she was still a trooper. She threw up after a particularly windy mountain pass, but luckily I was lighting fast with the goldfish bag and we didn't have any mess to clean up. She was a bit mad when she asked for the goldfish a few hours later, though.

so happy to be out of the car!

We had a fun-filled week at my parent's house...

A trip to the Dinosaur Park -

not so sure about this slide

laughing it up after i drank a strangers water bottle. not funny.

she was so excited to find dinosaur eggs and could not believe we were  just going to leave them there!

um, she looks so old in this picture. strop growing up so fast!!!

Then it was off to the fish farm-

wearing her hat backwards to copy uncle dan

success!

the fish was this big

pulling in the second fish knocked them both over

And lots of playing-

reading scriptures

doing experiments

Papa wearing a picture of himself,  by Hazel

my mom, Jenny, and I made these for my friend Jennie in Philadelphia, to be donated in her daughter's memory. More info on her project here.

playing battleship on the lawn

i found these great dress ups for a dollar at a yard sale!

hazel has the cutest bow. i need to get her in dance class this fall.

awesome mom

awesome dad

playing barbies with my awesome sister... even though she still won't let me touch "her" barbie stuff

listening to my super talented drumming nephew

sunday dinner with the crew

listening to josh play music he's learned by ear. we have some incredibly talented nieces and nephews!

star gazing with cousins

Up next- part two of the Utah extravaganza!