June in Utah

Here's a few pictures that shows a few highlights of our trip to Utah:

Amy's sister Jessica is graduated from High School!  We're so happy for her and glad we were able to celebrate a little.  Good luck in all your future goals Jess! You'll do great.

One of the main reasons we came to Utah was to see this little one. It's our new and first ever niece Ada.  Quynn and Chelsea are working their butts off taking care of this precious baby. She's so cute and so tini tiny.

Somewhere out there there's a picture of Luke and Rach's Bella. So I thought I'd take another similar one of Luke and Stephani'es Belle.  I can't find the Fat Cat Bella pic anywhere though...

Here's the first ever picture of cousins! Ada on left, then Isaac, and Luke on the right!

Went to the mountains and ate breakfast and then went on a hike. This is up Millcreek canyon near the Terraces.

Luke is now 1 year old and we celebrated with a real fun birthday party. Amy made Luke some cake and he definitely approved of it.  He ate Every drop of frosting on that thing!

Here's my artsy fartsy photo of Luke enjoying his cake

Here's most of the younger generation that showed up at Luke's party. Friends and siblings.

We stopped by the new mall in downtown SLC.  It was pretty fun. However this family portrait won't be framed and hung on our wall anytime soon ha ha

Isaac feeling daring decided to stare death in the face... err stare wetness in the face as he braved the new fountains at the City Creek Center... mall thingy.

Overall, the trip was fun.  We got to go up into the mountains, We got to eat at Cafe Rio, Betos and Chuck a Rama, the three necessities.  We got to have lunch with the Friday lunch folks.  We got to see all the Utahn Grandmothers and Grandfathers, although we didn't go to their homes this time we're just so happy they were able to come out and see us.  We got to celebrate Luke's birthday, and see him learn to walk.  We got to see some good friends and Isaac got to ride in a Semi Truck.  We got to watch the Avengers  and celebrate Bagi's birthday.  I got to drive Curtis's brand new car and Amy got to color her hair.  We got to sleep in and miss our flight and we got an extra day to wait for the next available flight.  We got to celebrate Jessica's graduation and see what she's like now that she's living in the real world (she sleeps in, and stays up late and relaxes all day long).  We got to see the new City Center and wander around Downtown SLC where we used to live. We got to shop around in Park City and go house shopping in Heber city.  I got to receive and education about Utah Optometry and visited with 4 optometrists for about an hour each.  I feel very much more educated regarding the decision to move back to Utah and I once again question the possibility.

We did all that and MORE.  How exhausting.  But hey, it's all possible when you don't have a wedding to go or a major holiday to attend to.  It was busy busy but it was fun.  I think overall it was most fun to share Luke with those in Utah. He's growing so much. He really has a special personality that is coming out that just can't be shown over a blog.  Although Luke won't have any memory of Utah, we really hope you people now have a better memory of him.  We love all you Utahns and we're happy to be home with all you Houstonians.