UTAH

We were so happy we could go to Utah and Jared could see so many of his cousins/Aunts and Uncles. He is getting old enough that he remembers people and enjoys playing with them. All of Mark's sister's came out with their families so there were a lot of people to visit with. It was really nice to see how kind the older cousins were to Jared and  Lydia and how they tried to include them and teach them things. There is only one other cousin between Jared and Lydia. She is almost 2. All the others are 6 and older so it just makes me happy that they are so sweet with our 2 little kids. It's also really fun to see the other adults interact with Jared and Lydia. I of course think they are adorable and amazing but its fun to see other people love them too. We stayed in Saratoga Springs at his Mom's house and had fun swimming and playing.

 

Jared and Lydia loved playing Grandma Sue's piano

 

 Jared out front with Felicity, there isn't much of a slope here but they made it fun

Mark was a bit of a rock star with all his extended family while we were there.  One for his delicious homemade "cold stone concoctions" and two for having the best apps. He introduced all the older nieces and nephews to "GeoGuesser" a game our friend Kim introduced us to. He also has Ticket to Ride on his ipad which is a well loved game in the Spencer family.

While we were there our family drove up to Salt Lake to tour the Sweets Candy Factory.  They take you on a free 40 minute tour.  I love places like this. We had lots of fun samples which Jared loved and enjoyed seeing how the candies were made.  Too bad we left all our candy we bought at Sue's house!  It was really hard for Lydia to keep her hairnet on the whole time but we made it. I would totally go again when our kids are older.

We also met up with our good friend Joni from BYU Idaho.  She has 2 kids the same ages as Jared and Lydia.  We went to a splash park and had fun catching up. It really was a nice trip. I am so happy that Jared and Lydia got to see so many of their family members on my side and Mark's.

 

SWEET KIDS.