Vacation, Vacation!

We had a great time on vacation but I must say that it was WAY too short and we didn't get enough family time! We stayed at Nick's aunt Debbie's house (thanks again!) which was a blast! Her house always seems to be where the actions at, there always seems to be a party even if it is just with Her and Nick's cousin Danny. So after all of the wedding stuff was over this is what we were up to in Utah.

On Friday we went to the open house for the Oquirrh (pronounced Oaker) Mountain Temple. This is the newest temple in Utah and is located in West Jordan Utah (about a half hour from Salt Lake). For those of you who aren't members of our church, when a temple is newly built or remodeled, they open the temple for public viewing before it is dedicated. This is the only time that non-member's of the church can enter the temple. They take you on a tour and explain what each room is used for. If you ever get a chance to go, its a great way to learn about we do in the temple and why it is so special to us.

After the open house we ate at our favorite place in Utah, Cafe Rio! Its a really fun Mexican restaurant, where they serve you almost in a salad bar style much like Taco Del Mar, where you get to choose what you want. It is however 1 million times better than there. Our trips to Utah are never complete until we eat at Cafe Rio!

Nick, Mitch and I went to Provo Friday afternoon to go to visit the BYU campus. We bought some of their famous chocolate covered cinna-bears from the candy shop in the bookstore! YUM!!! Later we met up with Nick's cousin's Danny, LaRae, Mike (LaRae's other half) and Aunt Debbie for dinner at a restaurant called 5 guys. Its a really good hamburger place.

And like we did almost every night, we went swimming at my parent's hotel. This particular night we stopped at a Wal Mart and bought several water toys, like the whale, my killer floaty chair and a beach ball to bring with us. It was so fun! In this picture is me, Garrett, my cousin Jordan, and Nick. And no, Nick is not wearing a shirt, he just has a serious farmers tan! Saturday Nick, Danny and I went to Park City, we first stopped at the outlet stores. Nick couldn't resist trying on these size 19 shoes! They were as long as his shin! We wanted to go into downtown Park City where that have a bunch of cute little shops and fun restaurants but they had some kind of 4th of July festivities and there were roughly 8 bi-gillion people around and no where to park so we decided to scratch that idea. We met up with Nick's Grandma, Aunts Julie, Debbie and Wendy, Uncle Michael, Cousin's Keith, Danny, and LaRae for lunch. Are you seeing a pattern here too? We must really like food! It was great to have a little bit of time to catch up with everyone. That night, aunt Debbie had a forth of July BBQ. It was so fun! We got to see the rest of Nick's family that live down there. She also so graciously allowed my family to come too, so they would have something to do for the 4th. This is the whole clan getting ready to eat!

Nick and Danny did the fireworks show. It was short and sweet! Just how I like it! Here is Danny, Nick and cousin Keith while they were getting set up for the show!

Here are all of the spectators

Mom, Aunt Debbie, Mitch and my dad waiting for the show to begin.

Me and my dad!

We are so happy that not only did we get to go down to Utah for Kristl and Aaron's wedding but we also got to see family! It was great to see everyone. They really made our trip worth it! Next time we'll need to plan a trip just for visiting!