Utah Fun

First Night

The very first night we got here, the Wilsons gathered and we had a perfect summer night being with some of our favorite people after six months apart!

Grandma Cindy and Grandpa Kent got this basketball standard in the spring, so Thad was in heaven when he discovered it was here. Lots of time has been spent shooting hoops with Dad, Grandpa and cousins!

The night ended with a friendly game of "Ghost in the Graveyard." I'm not quite sure how to play, but it was cute to see my boys run around with their cousins!

After the Fourth of July, the fun didn't stop! Thad pulled his tooth our right before the Sato/Peterson BBQ and we were all so excited because that little guy had been loose for a couple months and Thad's hand was constantly in his mouth wiggling it. Yay for losing teeth! 

These lovely people arrived and we had a great evening catching up with good friends!

Thad was pretty burnt out by the end of it all!

Grandma's Houses

Hanging out at Grandma Cindy and Grandma Teresa's houses never gets old! There is always a plethora of cousins, food and fun.

Thad was sad to come back from Caden's house-

Haha!

This Avery girl is head over heels for baby Eve! They make the best pair. In fact, she is here for her third sleep over and just laid Eve down for her nap...I love big helpers!

I loved watching these cute cousins pretend and play house.

Eve is never lonely when Leah and Avery are around and the boys love them too!

This wasn't at Grandma's house, but Leah was a great little babysitter while I was getting my hair done. We told her to keep Eve happy and Eve wouldn't settle down until Leah did this-

It was so cute to walk out and see Eve in the Bumbo surrounded by some of Leah's favorite things.

Cousins are the best!

I think it's safe to say these kiddos adore their Grandma Cindy!

Connecticut Connections

One of the best things about coming to Utah is getting together with my gal pals from three of my favorite years spent on the east coast. 

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Us five were able to meet up for dinner and dessert at City Creek while Darlene and Camille were also in from out of town. When we get together it's like we've never been apart!

The night after our fun dinner we headed up Big Cottonwood Canyon with the Jensen family to hike to Donut Falls. It was beautiful!

Being in the mountains is so much fun when we're in Utah and we really enjoyed hiking with friends and admiring the beauty all around us.

It really tuckered Eve out!

A few days after the hike some more of us Connecticutters were able to meet up at Emily's house in Provo for lunch. There were a lot of us, but it was so good to be together and catch up!

A couple kids are missing from this pic, but they were all there!

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Friends

Just hanging out with friends is one of my favorite things when we come. I can pretend for just a little bit that we live here and do this regularly! 

We got to surprise these three guys for their 30th birthdays and it was so fun to see everyone that came! We were all sad Brian was back in Texas, but we had extra fun for him!

Let's keep the good times rolling!