Friday, August 22, 2008

Utah Top Ten

We spent the last full week of summer vacation hanging out in Utah with our cousins and loving life! Katie and Dave, thanks for being such great hosts, and thanks to the Stokes family for keeping us constantly entertained! It was so fun to see everyone and just chill out for a while. I'm posting a bunch of pictures from our trip, but for those of you short on time (or interest), here's the top ten things we learned in Utah...



#1 - kids can go from being virtual strangers to best friends in less than an hour!



#2 - our dad is a waterpark daredevil!



#3 - rock climbing is awesome!



#4 - repelling is even "awesomer!"



#5 - a trip to the fire station is way more fun when you know the fireman!




#6 - there are some big shoes to fill in this world!



#7 - if you try hard enough, you can sneak into Cougar Stadium when no one is there!





#8 - the "Y" on the mountain is HUGE!!!! (and bumpy!)



#9 - kids can have as much fun playing at a simple jump house as they can at a well-structured, well-planned activity!



#10 - We are HUGE Michael Phelps fans! We think it's so amazing that he can accomplish so much and do it with his suit BARELY hanging on!!






Most importantly, we remembered how much we love our family and that life is too short to skip vacations!

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

How fun! It was so great to have you guys here! We loved it!

cbo said...

Your trip sounds great! It was fun to see you again. Who knows when our next chance encounter will be...

Anonymous said...

Yeah, it really was great to have you guys here! Oh wait, that's right, you didn't even call us to come visit. What's up with that!?! It doesn't matter that we weren't even in the state of Utah at the time. Just kidding!!! It sounds like a fair trade, you having a blast here and us having a blast in Tahoe. Make sure next time you're here you look us up!

Anonymous said...

P.S. Love the new blog look!

THE CHASE FAMILY said...

Love the top ten! It was so much fun to have you here. I'm glad that you mentioned Phelps' barely there suit.

The Richardsons said...

I have to say...I am most amazed by Brad being a waterpark daredevil. That is impressive!

Geneva said...

We'll have to get your secret passageway code next time we hit Provo so we can be cool and sneak into the stadium too!!!

The Eccles said...

What a fun trip!!!! I love the pics...all of them!

Unknown said...

So fun. next time maybe we can see you for an hour or so. I know how hard it is to see everyone though. If I go to California which has only been twice, I feel guilty if I don't spend all of my time with my mom and sis. Anyway I am so glad you had fun.