Summer Vacation

This summer, we took our family trip to Utah. On Thursday, we first went to Cherie's (Nathan's mom) condo in Salt Lake City, dropped off our things then went to Provo to spend time with Morgan and Eva. (Morgan is Nathan's brother). It was good being able to see them since we only meet Eva in big family gatherings. We went out to eat at Ihop, and discovered that liking breakfast food was another thing we had in common.

We made it back to the condo around 8:00, to find the we can't get in. There are two locks on the door. We have the key to the top one and no one is supposed to use the bottom lock. However, a two year old can't read and we think while we were moving our stuff in and setting up that she turned the lock. We had a lock smith come out that night but his solution was to drastic and expensive. He wanted to drill the lock out and would charge $120 for it. So we left and stayed at Cherie's house in American Fork. Luckily, I did an amazing job packing the diaper bag, and had everything thing necessary for the kids. (Generally, I don't pack enough wipes or diapers.)

It took most of Friday morning to try all the keys Cherie had and try different doors to get in. But ultimately we got another locksmith out there and she took 2 minutes and only $45 to get us in. Though this was frustrating we were able to spend good quality time together outside without any other distractions. That afternoon we all had showers and baths, and took naps.

Saturday was a great day. In the morning we picked up my sister, Kerstin and went to Hogle Zoo. Hailey loved the attention she got from her aunt and warmed up to her quickly.
Hailey got the most excited about the big cats. There was a cougar that would walk to one side, stop, pose, do a little yell, then walk to the other side and repeat. She loved playing with this statue and would give it lots of hugs and kisses.

Robert was asleep through most of it.

This statue really scared Hailey and wouldn't go near it alone.

After the zoo, we ate at Wendy's, then went to Eva's baby shower. After the shower we went back to Kerstin's apartment and had dinner.

We also played a dice rolling game called Farkle. Hailey, who could barely hold the dice was winning until she lost interest and went to do something else. It was only until the end of the game that I started to get good rolls.

We went home on Sunday.

We had a good family vacation and are very sad that the summer is ended.