October in Utah

For our fall break this October we went up to Utah. It was nice and cool and felt like fall (instead of the fall here in Arizona which is in the 90's). The first pictures are from Gardner Village. We went there with Elisabeth and her two kids - Ellie and William. We first stopped at Hires on our way there and then on to Gardner Village. They have all different witches to check out, lots of cute shops and some good treats to eat during October. We had a lot of fun going with the Theurers and Livy and London just adore Ellie (sorry William but you are a boy).

The next pictures are from a different day when we went to Thanksgiving Point with Ryan, Jamie, Ava and Gavin. It was freezing that day and it had rained so it was really muddy so we didn't last long but the kids still seemed to enjoy it. London had a rough time - she fell in the mud, stepped in a puddle of water and then she had to go to the bathroom but would not use the ones there because they were so gross! That helped us move along to our next destination which was JCW's burgers. It is right next to Thanksgiving Point and according to Ryan has the best burgers. The girls seemed to like it - especially the ice cream they got at the end :). We had such a good time up in Utah for the break and we can't wait to go back for Thanksgiving!!

Just before we went Savvy had her surgery - which went really well and we got some pictures of her head that I will post later. I must warn you they are not very appealing to look at. But of course Eric had to get pictures of it. He is all about that kind of stuff. I had some pictures of it when we took the bandage off it in Utah but they were on my iphone and got erased because yesterday I washed my iphone. Yes, it was a very sad day. London got soy milk all over my sheets in my bed so I pulled them off and put them in the wash. Then, I couldn't find my phone. I kept asking London what she did with it and she couldn't remember. So, I got Livy's phone and called Eric at work. He reminded me that I had gotten a call while we were still asleep and had put the phone next to me in bed after the call. I then realized what I had probably done. I went to the washing machine which was now getting close to being done with the wash and there swimming in the water was my phone. So sad. I had to get a new one. There was no hope of recovery for my old one. Also on that fabulous day :) I had to do an online defensive driving school / test to take care of a ticket I got a month ago. It took me almost 5 hours. At least I got to do it at home but what a sad and boring day!! I guess it is only up from there though. My days this week can't get any worse. Right?

We flew home from Utah on Friday and then Saturday morning Eric, Savannah and I went to Las Vegas. London and Olivia stayed and played with Lala and Maude (Eric's parents) and had a great time while we went to Las Vegas and met up with our friends Liz and Doug and Alyssa Higham. We met up with them and went to Fleming's for dinner (so fabulous) and then to the U of U game against UNLV. We had a babysitter for Alyssa and Savannah so we were able to enjoy an evening with no children - so nice! The game was fine but the fans were total entertainment!! We had drunk U fans all around us and we were quite entertained by them - we were flashed a couple of times, everyone was hugging and kissing and saying I love you, a guy told Eric that he "hearted" him, they threw peanuts down a lady's shirt and then put there hand down her shirt to retrieve them, there was a small fight, a large guy pulled his shirt up and showed off his belly and then asked when he passed by us if we wanted a crotch in the face or an butt (not the word he used). Those are just some of the fun things we experienced. I must say I have not laughed that hard in a long time. I was crying most of the game because I was laughing so hard!! We then came back to the hotel and stayed up way too late watching The Hangover with the Highams. That is a hilarious movie. So again I was laughing SO HARD! We then drove home the next day and relieved Lala and Maude of our crazy, cute and VERY talkative girls :). It was a great weekend but after Utah and Las Vegas I am really glad to be home and in my own bed. I will post some pics of Las Vegas and of Savvy's head as soon as I put them on the computer.