Trip To Utah

We are home and settled from our trip to Utah. We had such a great trip, but were so exhausted, I have to admit, it was nice to come home and get some well-needed rest!

Our main purpose for the trip was to welcome home Mike's brother, Jacob, from his mission served in North Carolina. Maddie was born just a week or two after he left, so it was fun having him meet her for the first time, and she just loved him instantly!

The weekend was packed full of family stuff! Mostly having tons of people over to the house for Jacob. I think Maddie celebrated her birthday just about every night we were there. We had to sing "Happy Birthday" to her with every dessert we ate, and she had to blow out her candle all over again. Her cousin, Brody, who turned two last month, and to have a song sung, and a turn to blow out the candle too. It was pretty cute.

Maddie just LOVED playing with her cousins there, McKenzie (5) and Brody (2). They all did so well together for not having much sleep at all, and going, going, going all day long! They played hard out in the sun every minute of everyday. They played in sprinklers, in a little sandbox Heather made for them, and loved playing with bubbles and sidewalk chalk. They also loved Maddie's princess birthday cupcakes Mike picked up! The kids even stayed with a babysitter one morning for a few hours while we all went to the temple to do sealings. It was such a neat experience to have all of Mike's siblings and parents in the temple together, and the kids LOVED their babysitter!!!

We are excited for all of our Utah family to come up and visit us in a couple months, after the new baby is born! Thanks for a great trip Dudley's!