Tuesday, we got to go to the Provo City Center temple with some of the Henricksen cousins. I have wanted to go to that temple for a while and thought it was really cool!
After the temple we went to Sharon's pool and everyone else came who hadn't made it to the temple. I didn't swim and just chatted with a few of the other adults but Richard had a blast playing with all the kids. They came up with a game that involved just about everyone and it was fun to see them all having a blast together.
The Andreason's left the next afternoon and we were very sad to say goodbye to them! I couldn't believe how many times my kids told me they were bored just on that first day without the Andreason's!
We drove out to Saltair to have our family pictures taken. They didn't end up being my favorite family pictures ever but Jen is always so great to do them!
On Thursday, Tess decided she also wanted to have a cousin party even though her birthday would be after we left so we went to Kristi's and joined Tess for a princess party. We played some fun games like wrapping people up in yellow streamers for Rapunzel's hair, princess BINGO, and Tess wanted to play the candy bar game like we played for Parker.
Later, we went to Julie's house again so Kaylee could do one last baptism trip at the Mt Timp temple. We are so lucky that we got to go to the temple so often on this trip!
On Friday afternoon, we met Jared and his family for lunch and then checked out the International Peace Gardens. It was really hot and I'm not sure the kids had any fun but they didn't remember being there before so it was something new for them.
Afterwards, we went to the Conference Center to show the kids where General Conference happens and we even got to go on the roof to see Uncle Dan's mural.
That night, we met the Gregory's and Mom and Dad at Mulligan's where half of us did batting cages and the driving range and the rest of us did mini golf. McKenna loved the batting cages and got some good hits in for her first time! Richard went straight from there to meet Jason at Tucano's for dinner and was really glad that he was able to meet up with him for a long overdue chat.
The next morning, we met Richard's siblings at Top Golf to celebrate Bryant's birthday. I was nervous because I hadn't been to a driving range since I was maybe 10 and had no idea how to hit a golf ball. By the end, I had relaxed enough that I thought it was really enjoyable. I like that they have different games so even people who aren't great at golf can have fun.
Then we went to Spanish Fork to see Laura's new house and go on a hike with the whole Henricksen crew. Unfortunately there had been a mud slide or something because the normally clear water was really murky, which made it a little treacherous to walk down the river but it was still really pretty and was a hike worth doing. We ended the night with dinner at Jared's house and said goodbye to the Henricksen's.
On Sunday we went to Julie's church to hear her family sing and then had dinner with them after.
Rachel planned a special FHE lesson and wanted to invite us over so later that night, we went to the DuVall's and she did an incredible job on teaching us how to come closer to the Savior.
On our final day in Utah, I really wanted to go hiking but we didn't have a ton of energy or time so we picked something that was relatively close and wouldn't be super long. We took the girls to Ensign Peak but I don't know if they didn't get enough sleep or if the last couple weeks had just caught up with them but they were really struggling to hike and kept saying they couldn't breathe and were too tired to do the hike. That definitely didn't make it the most enjoyable hike ever but we all made it to the top! I love that view, I miss being able to look out over the whole city!
In the evening, I went to see the new Thor movie with Kristi, Tony, Scott and Rachel while Richard took the girls out to eat with his mom to say goodbye.
Even though we packed 3 weeks full of family and fun, it also seemed to be over so quickly and we were very sad to say goodbye! It was one of our best Utah trips ever.
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