Time in Utah

We went to Utah this past weekend to visit my family, and spend time with my mom on her 51st birthday (Oct. 13th)... After we arrived on Thursday, we loaded the truck and the trailer with a lot of stuff, and then we got to go on a date - we took out my dad's harley davidson, went out to eat at Cafe Zupas {YUM!} and then went to Trafalga, where we played mini-golf (I lost both balls... they landed in the water), rode the go-carts (I totally won!), and I climbed the rock wall on the expert level... (made it to the top!). Then we went to A&W to get some rootbeer... they were about to close, so they gave us the cups for free :) After we got home, we got to watch a slideshow of slides from when my dad was little.. that was a lot of fun!

Friday we played, and my mom took the three oldest to her school while she did some work. They had a blast. My dad, Cody, Valerie, Weston and I went out to eat at Chili's... had lots of fun playing and throwing the straw covers into each other's drinks... Weston got my dad with some chicken in his drink. After we got back, we took the kids and visited my grandmas... it was neat getting to embarrass my newest "official" uncles (James and Matthew were just adopted and sealed). My Grandma Whitehead just moved to American Fork a few months ago, and she gave us a tour of her home. It's like she lives in a resort... it has all the amenities :) Then we went out to eat at JCW's... burgers and ice cream... YUM! Then my parents introduced us to a new show called Revolution (on NBC)... I'll be adding it to our DVR :) it's addicting!

 

Saturday was my mom's birthday! We had a lot of fun... first we threw wood into my parent's woodpile, then we got ready to go to Thanksgiving Point for their Cornbelly extravaganza... there's a giant corn maze, lots of rides and games,... we all had a BLAST!!! Then we went back to my parents, had cake and she opened her presents and then Val watched the kids at home while Cody and I doubled with my parents for dinner at IHOP and then to the movies play in the arcade and to see Taken 2.

 

Sunday was our last day. We went to Sacrament meeting, and then hurried to finish packing and left to go home with the truck and trailer full of goodies from my parents and things my grandma was giving us (a sectional couch, table/chairs, etc.) My dad gave Cody a TON of tools... Cody is ECSTATIC! It took a while to get home, but we made it... the kids all fell asleep in the truck, and we carried them in, realized my Suburban's battery died... charged it, backed up the trailer into the garage, emptied the back of the truck, realigned the truck and the suv, admired the many stars on such a clear night, turned on the baseboard heaters, took a deep breath from our travels, set our alarms (Cody's for 4:30-he has trials tomorrow) and mine for 6:30 (fall break is over...kids go back to school)... it was a great visit!