utah sunday and monday

Monday:

we had spent the night with mindy and crew sunday night. so on Monday we got up and went with mindy to take the gang to school. when we got back we decided to be productive and tackled her pantry and laundry room. I love that girl and am in awe of all that she's been through and the grace that she's handled it all with. I only wish we lived closer. :/

we headed down to slc that afternoon to head to aunt Jeanne's house. we had some extra time, so we went on a little temple tour. first up was Jordan river. I've never been there and it was so pretty, totally reminds me of seattle, which is funny because when we looked it up it was the next temple built right after the seattle temple.

then we headed to Jeanne and ray's. Delaney had a full on meltdown. she hadn't wanted to leave the hotel, she missed quinnie and brady, then she didn't want to leave mindy's because, after a week of playing with the same 5 toys, she finally had some new loot. anyway, super meltdown ensued. we sat and talked and I rubbed her back for a few minutes, and then bam, sweet Delaney was back. :)

we sent these to grandpa ray and matt to make them jealous. Delaney was totally spoiled there. toys, ipad, movies, she was in heaven when she finally got over herself. it's soooo nice to have fun people to visit when we go to Utah. looking forward to more visits! Jeanne made us a nice home cooked meal (first in a week!) and we were able to go to bed at a reasonable hour to prep for our big travel day. it was perfect. :)

sunday:

every morning we congregated at the free breakfast area at our hotel. we all loved on this little cutie. oliver makes the 4th super blondie in the family: frey, Frankie, Quinn, and oli.

lexi gave Quinn some of her lime salt. she didn't love it.

I had gone down to dads car to get our carseat out, and had left my phone on the table. I came back to an amazing montage of photos like this:

and this:

we said goodbye to lex and papa (he drove her back to school not on his way back home), joe, sara, and brady, then tom/bon's crew, then went to lunch at café rio. then we went with mom to take amy and Quinn to the airport, and then waited for mindy to pick us up. then it was goodbye to nani, and we were on our way for some more Utah adventuring. (is this working my way backwards weird to anyone else? it seemed like a good idea at the time...)

quickie selfie at the new ogden temple! temples, temples, everywhere!

then we decided to pop in on Christina and meet her new baby girl. we hung out outside because brock had a fever. it was a gorgeous night and they have a cute little playground in their frontyard, so it was perfect.

before we left, we took a group shot. all those cute kids!

we picked up some kids on our way back to mindy's we stopped by a natural spring to get the kids some waters. Delaney enjoyed feeding the ducks.

and then we headed back to mindy's. we were super exhausted that night, so when I put Delaney down at 8, I laid down with her, and I texted mindy that I didn't think I could get back up. she was pretty pooped too, so it worked out well.