Utah: Three Weeks of Fun!

 We had such a great time in Utah. It makes me sad that we probably won't be there again until next summer, but we'll hold on tight to all the wonderful memories of this past Utah trip. Here are a bunch of pictures from our Utah trip...

 The Natural History Museum at the University of Utah

 Harvesting vegetables with Uncle Logan

Visiting Logan at the snow cone shack

 Tate + Grandpa Clarke

Trimming off Tate's scraggly hair

Thanks Grandma!

 Wagon rides and hugs

Lots and lots of dressing up

 Baking with Grandma

 Chalk!

We don't have sidewalk on our street and our driveway is gravel, so we never do sidewalk chalk in New Jersey. Bryn and Mya did sidewalk chalk everyday in Utah! 

They traced Grandma and then traced about 5 or 6 of Logan's friends who willingly obliged. 

Meanwhile, Tate just sat there in his jammies looking cute.

 Josh worked in California for the first two weeks of our Utah trip, but when he joined us in Utah he and I were able to slip away to the Jordan River LDS Temple for a couple hours. 

 Bathtime!

Tate got four new teeth while we were in Utah (Ouch!), so he gnawed on these foam bath toys every day. 

 It's always a challenge for me to exercise with three kids when I'm home in New Jersey. It was so nice to be able to go out for walks or hikes in the gulley nearly every day while the kids played with my mom. Thank you, Mom! 

 Backyard fun

 Singing time with Grandma

I can't wait to have a piano in our home someday. And also, a living room big enough to even fit a piano would be on my "someday list", too!

  Tate became soooo much more active and curious while we were in Utah. Unloading the dishwasher is his new favorite activity. 

 It was fun to be in town for my cousin's Aaron's wedding. I missed the Clarke reunion this summer, so the wedding reception was a fun way to see a bunch of my Clarke cousins. 

Playing dress up with Tate

 Bryn just being Bryn

 Bryn used to spend hours drawing fairies. Now she spends all her time drawing ponies. She offers "Pony Drawing Lessons" to anyone interested, including Grandma. 

 This is why we can't do wagon rides with Tate anymore

 Watching the big boys

Thank you Dad and Mom for such a great time in Utah!

Utah: Splash Pad with the Newmans

My hometown of Sandy City just put in a great, new splash pad and this was our first time checking it out. So fun! We met up with my aunt Carolyn and my cousin Cara and her girls. These are our New Jersey cousins and it was fun to be reunited with them in Utah. 

 After the splash pad we visited Logan at the snow cone shack again.

Jordan likes to get all gussied up in a shirt and tie when he visits the snow cone shack!

It was a perfect summer afternoon!

Utah: 24th of July

The 24th of July is a state holiday in Utah, honoring the state's pioneer heritage. It's basically a second "4th of July" :) 

We got together with some of my Tueller relatives at my parent's house and it was a beautiful summer night with some of my very favorite people.

 Uncle Dave is the best

 The four New Jersey girls 

 Aunt Margaret and Mom with our festive dessert

We ended the night with fireworks and a dance party with the kids. 

Utah: Trips to Provo

We went down to Provo a few times while we were in Utah, spending time at the BYU Art Museum and visiting my Grandpa Tueller. 

My Aunt Margaret was so nice to meet up with us on one of our Provo trips. It's always a treat to be with her!

I've always loved this Kershisnik painting of the nativity and my girls loved seeing it, too.

  Tate + his Great-Grandpa Tueller

No trip to see Grandpa is complete without a little reading time... my favorite!

We also dropped by to see Grandpa one of the weekends when Josh was with us in Utah. I wish we lived close enough to visit Grandpa more often.