We recently returned from an awesome road trip through Utah. We decided to leave on a Tuesday night after Nate was dismissed from jury duty. (Driving through the night is really our only option with a two year old and a baby.) With the assistance of gummy worms and my rambling, Nate drove the whole way through the night.
We started in the southern part of the state and visited my grandma, an auntie, and an uncle. Below are some pics of Eli meeting Grandma Donna for the first time. There is also a shot of Phin with the calves at my family’s dairy farm.
We also visited friends in Provo and Salt Lake. We had a blast in Downtown Salt Lake City. We rode the train in the “free zone” and played in an amazing splash park in the Gateway. We went to Temple Square and took Phin to see the beautiful statue of Christ. It is called the Christus, and is actually a replica of one by the Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldse. Phin kept telling us that, “That isn’t Jesus, that’s a statue!”
(Small Rant: It made me a little depressed to return to Fort Morgan after enjoying a real city. But I am resolved to enjoy our local resources for families… like the beef processing plant and train tracks. Sadly, I’m serious, Phin loves to see the cows unloaded. I’m even frank with him and say they are going to die and become hamburgers. He also loves to go over the train tracks in the jogging stroller and look for trains. When the trains aren’t coming Phin says they are “on a lunch break.”)
Next, we stayed in Bountiful with my aunt. We swam in her pool- thus all of the pool pictures. We finished the trip in Riverside. Which is even smaller than Fort Morgan. We went on a double date with Nate’s brother and his wife. It is always a challenge to learn how to talk to adults again. Even if the adults are family. I am always struggling to find topics other than diapers. Or I am so excited to talk to adults, that I jump to all of the controversial topics that make Nate blush. My new trick is to find a topic related to my kids that is also related to their profession.
After a whirlwind tour (including a trip to IKEA) we were ready to head home to Fort Morgan. Wo hoo for roadtrips.
