July in Utah

In July we spent a couple weeks in Utah visiting family.  We arrived early in the morning July 4th and spent a few days at Potter and Nana's. Nana held her annual cousin's birthday party with a bounce house and snow cone machine.  The kids had a BLAST!!  Nana and Potter took us to Hogle Zoo and the Ogden Dinosaur Park which the kids loved.  

Then Jason went home and the kids and I went to spend a week with Brian and Ann and their family in Eagle Mountain.  Gavin was in heaven!!  He loves playing with his cousins so much!  We had such a fun week playing, going to the park, Trafalga and Seven Peaks (a water park)!!  Thanks Brian, Ann, Elise, Melody and Ray!  What a fun and relaxing vacation!

We drove down to Vegas with Nana and Potter where we met Jason for a great night at Tuacahn to see the Disney production of Aladdin. It was awesome and Gavin was mesmerized.  He stayed awake for the whole thing!

The kids dressed up for a neighborhood parade

Ellie loving hanging her head out the window on the way to July 4th breakfast (just around the corner)

Watching the parade in style

4th of July outfits, yay we're at Nana and Potter's house!

Helmet head

Taking a ride on the motorcycle with Potter

Happy Birthday!!  Nana's cousin's birthday party July 5, 2012

Silly faces

Ellie and Mommy at Nana's cousin's b-day party

Ellie got a stuffed Tigger for her birthday and immediately LOVED it, as you can see.  She still sleeps with it each night.

The kids made out pretty good at their cousin's b-day party

Ogden Dinosaur park

Daddy and the kiddos at Ogden Dinosaur Park

Hogle Zoo, the new polar bear exhibit (polar bears not pictured)

Potter and Ellie have such a special bond

Nana and Potter and us at Hogle Zoo, (Jason not pictured, but taking the picture)

So the rest of the time on our vacation I was on my own with the kids, ergo I didn't have enough hands to take many pictures but we had a GREAT time!

Ellie fell in love with this little wagon and Ann's house, she constantly wanted to go for rides around the house

while playing at the park Gavin was stung by a bee on his lip and arm.  Poor little guy!