Friday, April 10, 2009

Our UTAH Trip!

Here it is...our UTAH post! We spent all of March in Northern Utah! Shane scheduled his last rotation with a Veterinary Surgeon in SLC, so that we could be near family. My brother Joe was so kind to let us stay at his house! It was awesome spending a whole month with our families before we take off to Japan! Thanks everyone for having fun with us! Here's a little of what we did...

Had fun with family!

Jayden, Carson, & Lauren "hanging out."

Playing at the University Mall.

Can you find the 3 hidden kids?
Jayden, Carsen, & Tia playing with all of Carson's stuffed animals.

More fun with cousins.

Jayden and his cousin Kaitlyn having a great time together.

Playing at Casey's in St. George.

Had an early Easter Egg hunt at Aunt Tiana's. The kids had a blast...thanks Tiana!

Riding the 4-wheeler with Uncle Sam.

Had a blast getting together with the Bennetts (my cousins). Thanks guys for a fun night...we love you guys! We took the picture too late and missed more than half of the family..oops.

Played in the SNOW!

Jayden LOVED it!

Tia loved to EAT it!

But Tia DID NOT love it when she realized she was cold (because she ripped her gloves off earlier to play in the snow).

And here is our cute cousin Carsen (we stayed at his house).

And we visited friends!

This is my good friend Emelie! She was my mentor when I started teaching Special Ed. I learned so much from her. It was fun seeing you again Emelie!

Jayden sumo wrestling with my friend Audrie's son (Kyle).

While in Utah I discovered that my dear friend Li Yin had just moved there. We taught Li Yin the gospel 8 years ago on my mission in Taiwan. She was only 15 then. I was SOOOOO excited to catch up with her. She is such a beautiful young lady. Last year she returned home from her mission and was attending school in Hawaii until she met her (now) husband Weston :).

This is Li Yin, her husband, and her parents at their wedding reception. I was so excited I could be there for it! I had a fabulous time getting to know her parents!

Denise Oh (my former mission companion), her adorable daughter Mia, Li Yin, & I.

Jayden & Kimball (Denise's son) playing Kung Fu Panda. They got along so well! I wish we lived closer Denise!

We had a FABULOUS month in Utah! I didn't get pictures of everyone we saw, but want you all to know that it was great seeing you again! We sure miss being up there by everyone, but love it when we get to visit! Know that you are all welcome to come and visit us in Japan :) Hope to see you all again soon!

2 comments:

Jaime said...

What a great trip! Love all the cousin shots!

CMK5 LINDSEY said...

I'm so sad we didn't hook up. What a bummer! I think it was the worst and longest sickness Ki ever had and then of course my schooling go in the way. However, I'm glad you had tons of fun and pictures to prove it =0)I can't say that we'll be in Japan anytime soon. PLEASE if you visit UTAH again let us know. Love you guys!