Utah Part 4 - Tooele & Ksville

My last Utah post!  It only took a month and a half for me to finish all these...teeheehee.  We're just having too much fun out here, no time to blog. :)

Okay, so back to the Utah story...

After the crazy river adventure we came back to Tooele and had some fun just hangin' out.  It was nice to have Gma & Gpa Banbury to ourselves. :)

One day we drove into the Salt Lake Valley and got ourselves some In-N-Out burgs, then Sweet Tooth Fairy cupcakes, and then went to the Living Planet Aquarium.  Lulu had a blast looking at all the fishies.  I thought the jellyfish and the octopus were the coolest things ever!  I have never seen either of those so up close.

 Lucy's favorite part was watching the penguins.  They were soo cute and playful.  I wanted to take a few home with me.

 Lucy just loved being in Gma & Gpa's backyard.  I thought this was such a sweet picture that Trey snapped.

Lu also loved hangin' out with Chuckles on his big comfy bed.

 One day we went to the Deseret Peak complex pool.  I've never been there before, it was a pretty fun place.  Don't you love her little swimsuit?  I love the little girl rashguard swimsuits.  I could just take a bite out of those chubby little legs.

 Lu and Gma Robby...I love Lu's little wedgy bum in this picture.

 This girl loved to play with all the sticks in the backyard

 Hilary and Dennen came for a visit!  We sure love these humans.  Especially this itty bitty one named Finn.  That was his favorite position to be held in.  Such a sweet little guy, isn't he?

 Mama Hils

 We had some old friends over that night and Robin cooked up some amazing burgs and salmon...mmm...we always eat like kings/queens when we stay in Tooele. :)  It was really fun to see Trey's friends from high school and their wives and catch up a little bit.

 Joe and Karli had a new addition that we got to meet.  Her name is Claire, isn't she so adorable?  She was such a good baby, I don't think I heard her make a peep once.

 The next morning we took a drive up Middle Canyon (Oquirrh Mountains)which took us right above the copper mine.  I couldn't believe how high we were.  You could see the whole Salt Lake Valley on one side and the Tooele Valley on the other.  It was an amazing view!  I'm so sad I forgot the camera.  It was really cool to see Kennecot from a bird's eye view.

Then the Fraziers had to head home.  This was our parting photo, Finn was so sad he had to leave.  Lu girl was napping and therefore not in this picture.

 Then it came for us to head back to Cville to see my parents get set apart as missionaries(they got their call to the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania mish).  Chuckles and Robin drove us out.  Here are our farewell photos before they left...

 I thought this one turned out really cute.

My parents were set apart (and are now living 2.5 hours away from us!) and we had a little party with the fam.  Then we headed out to Mike & Mandy's house for the last 2 nights of our Utah trip.  We had some good laughs, played some Ticket To Ride, Mandy kicked my butt with her crazy workout, and got some super yummy Sub Zero ice cream for FHE.  Here we are enjoying the goods...

The cute and crazy monkeys

 And the craziest monkey of them all, Max.  He is the funniest little guy.  He enjoyed having Lucy around because he had someone smaller than him to pick on. :)

 We were officially bushed by the end of our long Utah trip.  I loooved being there and seeing our friends and fam but after 5 weeks it was definitely time to come home.

Lucy did great on the flight home, she slept for a good 2.5 hours of it.  Here are my 2 babes taking a snooze on the plane.  Awww...

It was so nice to come back home to our car (we missed her so!), our beds, and our own place.  Lucy loved getting reaquainted with all her toys.

There really is no place like home.

P.S. A huuuge THANK YOU to everyone who let us crash at their house, eat their food, and use their cars and carseats.  We love you and miss you mucho!