We've still got three more days to go of our super packed trip to Utah but I thought I'd try to get up a post to summarize some of our adventures.
The flight was pretty successful. I flew out by myself with the girls a day early but it wasn't too bad thanks to movies on my iPod, lots of kids snacks, markers, crayons, stickers, and of course, Teya's cursed binky. Why is it that my baby doesn't need a binky on the airplane but my three year old does?
The next day we had a super Alaska Friends Rendezvous. Taber's brother Brett drove in from Arizona with his wife CJ and their 4 kids, his partner in crime and best buddy since 2nd grade Nathan came out from Michigan with his wife Laurel and their 3 kids, and his best man from our wedding Dave (another AK friend) and his wife Jodi who live in Utah all joined us for a night of Brazillian food at Tucanos. It was so much fun catching up with old friends. And Best of all, we had the night kid free thanks to my AMAZING sister who was kind enough to watch our TEN kids while we went out : ) She is a saint!
Sarah holding down the fort with all of our kids
The next day Taber's parents came in from Colorado and took us (and our many children) out to lunch where me, my sister in law CJ and my "sister friend" Laurel hooked it up with some awesome desserts! Then we herded the crew over to the Kangaroo Zoo. (bounce house haven) The kids went nuts and burned up a lot of energy.
Grandma Rigg ran around with the kids while Grandpa took advantage of the opportunity to catch up on some sleep. ; )
On Sunday Taber's family and friends took off and we spent some time with the Uda family. My Mom made some Kaulua pig, Teriyaki Chicken, Chicken long rice and some awesome desserts (including her world famous fudge!) Between Tucanos and my mom's cooking I've probably eaten enough to feed a family of 10 for a month. So worth it though!
It's been especially fun seeing my youngest siblings Jake and Liz who are the only kids not married yet so I can relish all the juicy details of their dating lives. Liz's boyfriend was actually visiting from CA for the weekend so I got to meet him and see in person how head over heels he is for my sister. Ah young love! Jake also has some good prospects so I've been giving him all the tips an old married lady can give ; )
Yesterday we took the kids to Thanksgiving point to ride the ponies and feed the goats. Teya had a blast with her cousins and watching her a little piece of my heart ached knowing that in 3 days I have to take her away from them. : ( Thank goodness we have such great friends in MN to ease the pain of living far away from family!
Anyway, that's a little bit of what we've been up to in Utah. Stay tuned for more to come...
The flight was pretty successful. I flew out by myself with the girls a day early but it wasn't too bad thanks to movies on my iPod, lots of kids snacks, markers, crayons, stickers, and of course, Teya's cursed binky. Why is it that my baby doesn't need a binky on the airplane but my three year old does?
The next day we had a super Alaska Friends Rendezvous. Taber's brother Brett drove in from Arizona with his wife CJ and their 4 kids, his partner in crime and best buddy since 2nd grade Nathan came out from Michigan with his wife Laurel and their 3 kids, and his best man from our wedding Dave (another AK friend) and his wife Jodi who live in Utah all joined us for a night of Brazillian food at Tucanos. It was so much fun catching up with old friends. And Best of all, we had the night kid free thanks to my AMAZING sister who was kind enough to watch our TEN kids while we went out : ) She is a saint!
Sarah holding down the fort with all of our kids
The next day Taber's parents came in from Colorado and took us (and our many children) out to lunch where me, my sister in law CJ and my "sister friend" Laurel hooked it up with some awesome desserts! Then we herded the crew over to the Kangaroo Zoo. (bounce house haven) The kids went nuts and burned up a lot of energy.
Grandma Rigg ran around with the kids while Grandpa took advantage of the opportunity to catch up on some sleep. ; )
On Sunday Taber's family and friends took off and we spent some time with the Uda family. My Mom made some Kaulua pig, Teriyaki Chicken, Chicken long rice and some awesome desserts (including her world famous fudge!) Between Tucanos and my mom's cooking I've probably eaten enough to feed a family of 10 for a month. So worth it though!
It's been especially fun seeing my youngest siblings Jake and Liz who are the only kids not married yet so I can relish all the juicy details of their dating lives. Liz's boyfriend was actually visiting from CA for the weekend so I got to meet him and see in person how head over heels he is for my sister. Ah young love! Jake also has some good prospects so I've been giving him all the tips an old married lady can give ; )
Yesterday we took the kids to Thanksgiving point to ride the ponies and feed the goats. Teya had a blast with her cousins and watching her a little piece of my heart ached knowing that in 3 days I have to take her away from them. : ( Thank goodness we have such great friends in MN to ease the pain of living far away from family!
Anyway, that's a little bit of what we've been up to in Utah. Stay tuned for more to come...
5 comments:
Becca! What the heck? I know you're short on time but it would be so cool to see you guys. I wish I would've known you were here because we had Luau practice at our house tonight. You could've come and given us a free hula clinic. :) Anyway so sad we didn't get to see you...yet, but I understand you're super busy.
Oh and by the way you're wrong about Reed and me not changing in the past 13 years, because we have gotten so much cooler. Almost too cool for you, but not quite. j/k Seriously call if you can 801-856-6650. Justin
I had the best time ever at that dinner! I love your family too. They are so welcoming! Love them!
Man! You look like you're 12 in that picture of you jake and liz! Crazy! Sure miss you guys. It sucks being the odd man out this time. :(
Your sister that kept 10 kids...wow! She is a saint and will have perfect little angel children for volunteering to keep so many.
Those chocolates that you ladies are about to put in your mouth really just made my mouth drool! Seriously. Can you come visit so we can go get Chili's molton cake? I'll use your visit as an excuse to celebrate. We'll get one each. ;) mmmmmmmmm
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