Since We've Been Gone

Sorry to keep you hanging about the Utah trip. While there -- and since I've been home -- I've been too busy doing fun things to blog. Here's a short little recap of Utah.

While G was slaving away at work all week, the boys and I lived the high life. We played with cousins, ate yummy food, shopped, and survived on very little sleep. For some reason when I get around my sister or Greg's sisters for that matter, I can't stop talking. (Most of you would argue I'm like that with everyone...) So trust me when I say we had some very late nights.

We had such a fun time. I am very lucky that my siblings all married terrific people and Greg's siblings did as well. It makes spending time with family quite entertaining. We laugh and we laugh some more. And I wake up in the morning very tired because we don't go to bed early enough.

And the little cousins. Oh, how happy my life would be to have them near us. It was unanimous. All the little baby cousins adored Buddy. He has quite the ability to amuse and befriend babies. And Sambo managed to annoy all the babies.

While we were gone, Sambo turned into a big boy. He no longer will tolerate being treated like a baby. That means the high chair is done, he will not be held, the doesn't hold hands, he doesn't like the stroller, he won't be fed, dressed, diapered, etc. He decided he wants to be like Buddy. He also learned how to walk down stairs, but has only tried here and there since we've been home. Our stairs are really steep and he's no dummy. He did really great while there, though.

Some other highlights of the trip:

Cafe Rio for sure. We went twice.

And Tucanos. Mmm... Brazilian BBQ! Dave had a coupon for free lime drinks there, which made dinner even better, if that's possible. (If anybody has a recipe out there for that limeade, please let me know.)

The children's museum in Ogden.

Shopping all day in Park City.

Feeding the cows on Myndi's farm.

The Tracy Aviary. Buddy was in heaven, obviously.

The aquarium with all the cousins.

The Bean Museum with Jenny.

Bathtime. I just think the differences in skin tone and physique are hilarious.

Hugs.