Life in a Northern Town: In Utah

Our Utah trip was a bit of a whirlwind--we arrived at Jill's in Sandy about 1am and crashed soon thereafter. She had to work early so we got up and took our girls to the Gateway Center to Build-A-Bear and to watch the dancing waters, etc. They were so cranky that we skipped Temple Square and the new Joseph Smith movie (darn it) and took them to Jill's to nap. I had to take Rich to the wedding he was photographing at 3pm, then I headed down to Provo to visit Georgia and Jeanne Buchert. It was a lovely visit, but the traffic was terrible. It took me 90 minutes to drive 35 miles! Each way! The traffic jam cut into our time with the Post cousins and when we finally got to their house, there were babysitters there--mat, Amie, Will, & Audrey had gone to dinner. Not long after I got there, Rich was ready to be picked up at the wedding but my girls were not ready to get back in the car! Addie stayed with Melanie, but I bribed Heidi with a DVD and drove another 20 minutes across town to pick up Rich at Wheeler Farm. We didn't get back to Will's until 10pm, so we just went to bed, exhausted.

We went up to Sundance on Saturday to meet Rich's friend and former roommate, Matt and his family for some fun. We hadn't met Matt's new wife and daughter, so it was fun to hang with them for a while. The cabin where they were staying had a fun hot tub, so our girls got in in their undies. Then they warmed up by the fire and watched the Disney channel while the dads worked outside and the moms visited. We had to head for Pocatello to visit with my dad and our friends Johanna & Andy who have a new baby, Scout. We intended to leave by noon, but lost track of time and left at 2:30! We had to move our visit with the new baby to Sunday morning. Here are some pictures taken at Sundance...