Utah {part 2}

Shawn and I started the second half of our vacation in San Diego.  We left the kids at home with my mom and celebrated an early 15 year anniversary with my sister and her husband at the Hotel Del Coronado.  We had an amazing time!  We slept, ate, and relaxed.

The first day we explored the hotel and relaxed on the beach.

The second day we started first thing with a couples massages, and then spent the rest of the day on the beach.

The third day we started with a nice walk on the beach in the morning, and then took a ferry over to San Diego and explored the shops and had lunch on the pier.  We came back and spent the afternoon at the hotel pool.

We got up early Saturday and flew back to Utah to meet up with the kids.

We ate amazing food at every single meal.  Seriously, it was so good.

Don't feel too bad for the kids.  They had fun also.  They painted faces.  Aunt Brooke took the boys bowling, and Liv shopping and painting nails.  They went to the movies, out for dinner and swimming with Grandpa Randy and Grandma Leslie.  They played at the park, went to a soccer game, and went to a parade with my mom and up to visit my aunt's farm.

We got to have one last family Sunday with church followed by dinner.  We visited with friends, played lots of soccer, and had Rootbeer floats.  It was a great vacation and the kids were sad to leave on Monday morning.

Utah {part 1}

We just spent the past 10 days in Utah.  It was amazing and fun and just what we needed.

We flew out early Friday morning.

And I was finally reunited with all my sisters (just missing my two brothers)

Our first night there we celebrated with a pool party at my Aunt Marsha's house.  

Saturday morning we woke up bright and early and headed to the Centerville parade.  We haven't been to this parade for almost a decade.  

After the parade we went to Shawn's parents for donuts and a swimming party.

That evening we took the kids and went to the RSL soccer game followed by fireworks.

We got up early Sunday morning and went to church followed by a wonderful family dinner.  That evening we went for a nice walk up Farmington to the pond.

Monday night we had a big family dinner and retirement party for my father-in-law, who recently retired.  Unfortunately, I didn't even take one picture... :(

We stopped by the waffle truck on the way home :)

 

Tuesday we spent the day up on Pineview Reservoir.  

We had a little version of the wipeout game!

Followed by a little more swimming!

Part two of Utah trip coming soon....

Volunteer

On Monday morning we spent a couple hours volunteering with the Salvation Army.  The kids are making lunches for the homeless kids in downtown Milwaukee.  We made 1800 lunches.  The kids had a lot of fun.