We're BAAAA-aaaack!

Being away for almost a month made it hard to come back! We had so much fun and took lot's of pictures, but the best part was just hanging out with our family in big groups and small! Here are just a very few pictures of some of the highlights of our trip . . .

We went to Brick Oven - or as we grew up calling it, "Heaps" the day after we got there with my sisters. It was SO cold!

Our timing was great because Grace and I ended up being able to go to the DUP (Daughters of Utah Pioneers) Closing Social. I don't think Grace is old enough to be "official" but she thinks she is. It is so fun having 4 generations, plus my great-aunt and aunt there too. It's also fun to see old friends. They kept asking if we had moved back and if we were etc.

The reason for going to Utah was that Grace wanted to get baptized with all the family around she could get.

I can't believe she's so big!!

It was great to have everyone living in Utah be there for this. There were so many that they had started leaving by the time we got around to getting pictures taken, so we never did get one of everyone who had come.

We had a BBQ at my moms house after (when it finally got warm enough for that!) which was fun for the kids. Most of these girls are within 2 years of each other so they had a blast.

Grace sizing up her aunt that is 9 months younger but 6 inches taller than her.

Before Jon met us up there, we got to go up to SLC to visit the Beehive House and have lunch. The kids want to do that every time we go. The grounds were so pretty with all the flowers blooming! We had spring in March here, so it was fun to have it again in Utah.

We also got to have our picture taken by an Asian tour group that we were behind. We waited for them to take pictures of the temple and then they all wanted pictures of us so we obliged.

Jons brother Seth works at BYU doing . . . um . . . DNA research (is that right?) so he gave us a tour of the cool labs and experiments going on there.

One of the most important things about vacations is the food, and we got plenty of that. We had Italian at Glorias in Provo. Do you SEE the size of my Lasagna!! Click on the picture, it is giNORmous. It lasted 3 meals. We also had great desserts and gelato.

There is PLENTY more where these came from, so stay tuned!