We just returned from a week long family vacation to Utah for the 4th of July. It was so fun to see my mom, my 3 sisters and brother and their families. Quite the family reunion. Elle and Gwen had the time of their lives. I told Jon one night that I missed Elle because I rarely saw her. She was always running around with one of her cousins. We had fun activities for the kids planned each day. My sister Briar graciously let ALL of us go to her house where we rented a huge bouncy waterslide for the day. This was especially nice of her considering the fact that she had her third little girl, Eden, just 3 weeks ago!! Baby Eden is the cutest little thing. Any free moment Elle had, she would ask to hold her. On the morning of the 4th, we were all registered to run the Provo 10K. The night before, I fell down the stairs and broke 2 of my toes. I was soo sad! I was out but everyone else was in! I didn't get photos, except of Jon and my sister Josie after they finished the race, because I was in charge of walking all 11 grandkids (with my 2 broken toes) from the hotel to our saved portion of curb so we could watch the Provo Parade. Elle and Gwen loved the parade. Their favorite floats were the ones that had "royalty" on them. Elle would yell, "The fairies are coming"! I got a cute picture of one of the "fairies" waving to Gwen. That night we headed up to the golf course in Park City where we had a pic-nic and the kids played. The fireworks are set off at the base of the mountain. It was amazing. A perfect day, if I do say so myself. The last night was spent with everyone at my moms for pizza and the #1 hit...a blow-up pool. Why do we try so hard to please these kids when a $4 blow-up pool makes them soo happy?! Jon and I drove home which was a LONG trip with two toddlers! We had to make lots of stops to get their wiggles out. At each stop, I had Elle and Gwen run up and down the sidewalk, sing me songs, and wiggle to their hearts content. At the Dairy Queen, I came out and Jon and Elle were hiding in the bushes and bombarded me with the little "popper" firecrackers. It was pretty funny. I'd say we had a fabulous week, for sure. I know it's cliche' but it really is just fun to be together. I miss everyone already. Love you guys! XO
