A trip to the West

We left for Utah at 9PM July 16, 2011.  We drove all night!  UGH!!!  Longest drive ever!  Jeremy drove 8 hrs.  to Colorado.  I drove up to Cheyanne, WY.  Jeremy then drove rest of the way to Utah.  With a few stops it took us 18 hrs total to get there! 

We enjoyed the July 17- 24th visiting with family.  Brigham City- seeing Grandma B., visiting Grandpa B's burial site, and seeing the new Brigham City Temple.  Sister in law took beauitful pictures of our family in Ogden.  SLC-  riding the Front Runner, Gateway, playing in the fountains, Temple Square, visiting friends, and the cousins having a blast playing at Grandma and Grandpa J's house.   Fun week!

Brigham City

Family Pictures by Ashley Swenson in Ogden

Riding the Front Runner to Salt Lake City

Gateway

Temple Square (Jeremy worked in Sandy for 2 days)

I LOVE this picture of Riley and Mya. That is the look Riley gave Mya anytime Mya took something, or had something Riley wanted, or Riley just didn't want her near. Mya never seemed to notice. She would just go on about her business! We would all just laugh and laugh. Those two are just too cute together!

Playing at Grandma and Grandpa J's house

Mya loved Heidi! 

She would just scream "Dat" and point at Heidi, she would even pet her.

Ogden Farmers Market

Sunday(July 24) Afternoon- Pioneer Day

Church, BBQ, enjoyed sitting on the deck watching Fireworks going off in the neighborhood that night

We spent the second week of our vacation in St. George, and Las Vegas. pictures to come soon

We were supposed to leave Friday from Vegas, but Jer decided to have us stay another night. We drove back to Utah on July 30th, and spent the next week in Utah again. Jeremy flew to the Philippines for work, so the kids and I stayed and enjoyed a fun week.
We saw Grandma Barnard on Sunday July 31st.   Molly started running a fever Sunday afternoon, and ended up getting very sick that night. Coughing and high fever. The older girls spent the night with Ang and Al.

Monday Aug. 1st- So fun to see my dear friends Veronica, Megan, Laurel(and her sweet girl Paislee) in North Ogden. No pictures! :(
Since Molly was sick, she stayed over at Ang's while we went to visit.

Saw our friends The Cox's. Molly's fever was gone. Just had a cough.

Aug. 3rd- saw the Smurfs movie....we loved it! Cheesy, but cute!


Aug. 4th- My sister, Joy, and her family happened to be in Utah that week too for a family baby blessing. I didn't think she had flown in yet, and she thought we'd already left to go home. Anyway, called her that morning, learned they were in town, and they met us at Quilted Bear in Riverdale. We got to spend about 3 hrs. together. We got lunch in food court, and kids played while we visited. The kids were so excited to see Harley and Bryson. Kenzie didn't get to see them...she was having a blast at Lagoon that day with her Aunt Ang. blurry cell pics

Mya got sick within this week. Can't remember which night it started. But Friday night was the worst.
August 5th- relaxed and packed, Jeremy arrived back from Philippines

Friday night was awful. Molly woke up in the night screaming. Finally after being up and down with her for 3 hrs., she started saying her ear hurt. Poor thing. During all this Mya awoke screaming too. It went like this all night long. Both were just screaming.

Called our old Pediatrition'ss office Saturday morning. They got us in at 1030am. Molly had double ear infections, and Mya's right ear was infected. So sad. Got ear drops for pain and antibiotics for both. Dr. Said the ear drops would help the pain when we drove through the mountains on our way home that evening.

We got back to my inlaws, packed the car, and then drove to Brigham City for an early dinner at Maddox with Grandma Barnard, Jer's Parents and sister Ang.  YUMMY! 
We then went back over to Grandma B's to say goodbye. She gave Jeremy Grandpa B's Cowboy Hat. I think it looks great on him.

We said goodbye to Jer's parents

Drove down to North. Ogden to meet Ang and Al at Spoon Me for some yummy frozen yogurt.

We left Ogden around 8:30 at night for our long drive back home. The girls did great. The drops, plus sleeping sitting up more realy helped Molly and Mya with their ear pain. All the girls slept the entire nighttime part of the drive.

Arrived home Aug.7th around 4pm. Ran into closed down roads in Nebraska due to flooding. Took awile to find a route home. GPS took us twice to more flooded roads, before finding us a route that worked.

Another great Utah trip for the memory books!