Friday, July 19, 2013

A favorite vacation

Utah.
I would assume most people don't get excited when they think of Utah.  It's not like New York, Hawaii, Florida...California and so on.

But I do!

I get excited for many reasons.  I love the dry air.  The majestic mountains.  The ambiance.  The easy access of shopping and fine dining.  Gospel perks like Temples, church stores, The Conference Center...and so forth.  Friends galore.  Family forever.

We just had an AWESOME trip to Utah for 17 days.  I feel so so so grateful.

Here are some highlights:


Bryelle finally learned how to crawl.  She became more efficient with the army crawl, and then on the 4th of July she went knee style!  Up and at 'em girl!








Bree had her first experience ever, on grass.  She wasn't a fan...obviously.









 
Grandma to the rescue...
and my other adorable kids playing in the heaven sent weather!






We went to the Dinosaur Museum at Thanksgiving Point.  Always a hit.



my kids were in heaven playing with cousins every day
















We got to spend some time with my amazing Grandma.  I love that my kids know their Great Gma....and she's GREAT for more than just that title for age!




 
 
Kambrie wanted to water Grandma's flowers so bad!  So Gma refilled her bucket over and over.  It was so cute and such a sweet moment to watch them bonding together.
 



 
 
Grandma's backyard is endless fun!
Tramp, swings, playplace and slide, tree's to climb, balls, games to play...
 







 
 
We LOVED our cousin time. 
Playtime at Gma's, BBQ's, FHE's...I love spending time with my family.  The kids have a blast together and I love the depth of conversations we have as adults!  It's so much more enjoyable than talking about Xbox and Minecraft all day (Tanner is obsessed!)
 


 
Bree LOVES other babies and kids.  She goes wild!!
Her and Beckham liked figuring out each other :)
 

 
Pretty girls festive for the 4th!
 














One afternoon we drove up the Canyon to Snowbird Ski Resort.  It was breathtaking!!  So so gorgeous.  I wanted to stay forever. 
We had fun riding the tram to the very top point of the mountain and then playing in the SNOW that was still up there!!!
Tanner and Brookie got to do the bungee tramp too.
It was a perfect day!





 
 
Had to capture this picture below...this is the typical Kambrie...rough and always attacking her "precious baby!"  lol


















 
Yep, she was cold!  In July!  In the snow!  She didn't want to leave though...she LOVED playing in the snow and said we never get enough!
 









The kids did some exploring and scared us all to death as they crossed the tree bridge across the river...such lil adventurers!










We love going to GET AIR.  They get plenty of it as they jump from tramp to tramp, slide down and play in the foam blocks.  Super fun!


 cousin Sierra flipping
 

 Kam is such a great runner...she was made for this!
 



 Bree thoroughly entertained
 







If you can't tell, we had a blast.  After all of the non stop fun, we stayed put at G&G's house for a few days to re-cooperate!  lol.  These were the first 10 days...we still have another weeks worth of awesomeness!!
 
This was the Fitzgerald family fun...stay tuned for the Kirk family fun.