These are the last few pictures I stole from my sister. I liked them and thought they were cute.
This was a great trip and I will miss my family a lot.
Next up...Elder Chris's Homecoming! WAHOO!
Utah!
We are home now. We got home at 3am and the kids went right to sleep and everyone woke up around 10am. That was totally weird to have the day nearly over, before we even rolled out of bed.
We arrived in Utah at 8ish in the morning and I had a special date with Ms. Sandoval.
I had called to ask if the doodlebug factory was open to the public and they said no. I asked if they had a store so I could drop a small fortune there, and they said no. It was so strange and wonderful all at the same time when they told me to come in for a special tour. They never do this for the public, ever. That was stressed to me several times when I got there. I walked in and who was there? Cynthea Sandoval. I was speechless. She and David walked me through the whole headquarters of Doodlebug Design Inc.
I love this place/company/product almost as much as the person who introduced it to me.
The whole time I was thinking how much she would have loved to been here too!
I got to go through the entire warehouse, the show room, and the design hub.
I got a sneak peek at up coming products and was able to voice my concerns about somethings I didn't like.
I even got free samples! I left on cloud nine and then jumped over to cloud ten because we went over to Laura and Terrence's for a playdate. Nathan needed to sleep, and the kids (me) really wanted to see our friends.
Juliet and Daxton are a few weeks apart. They are so cute!
Of course Bridget and Maddi were little buddies.
Lucas was bummed that Kylie was at school, until she came home with Maddi!
For some reason we always have pizza when we are together. Today was no different. They had a great time playing and Nathan was able to take a good 4 hour nap.
This is Avaree. She is Andrea's daughter. Andrea was one of my YW a looooong time ago!
After the Mills house we went to see Auntie Erin and Uncle Jared!
They treated us to dinner and cookies!
The kids were coming up with weird names for them to name their daughter. We had a good time hanging out and then it was time to hit the road. (again) We drove all night and finally made it home.
The kids were pretty good travelers and only left 744,328 crumbs in my car.
It was a last minute trip, and a lot of "work" to plan and execute, but we did it!
LA ZOO!
Grandpa and Stephanie and Phil joined us for Zoo Day.
It almost didn't happen, and then in the last few minutes, we decided to just do it. :)
Bridget was so excited to hang out with Grandpa again!
Mason was ready to just run away.
Grandpa and Nathan took the kids into the reptile hut. After we grabbed churros from the churro factory.
They had FILLED churros!
We tried caramel and Bavarian cream.
The cream was my favorite.
Everyone else like the plain and the caramel.
There were several exhibits where the animals were out and eating and making all kinds of noises.
It was awesome.
The giraffes were so close. You could hear them tearing off leaves.
Mason had his eye on a girl and an ice cream cone.
The Koalas were so cute. This one was named Kylie! Lucas immediately said Hey! I know a Kylie and Maddie! Which I am glad for because we are going to see them soon.
Love my men!
When we got to the Gorillas, we counted how many there were in the habitat. Or, App-it-at if you ask Bridget. We counted 8 and right when we witnessed something so gross.
To which all of the kids behind us in the ampitheater winced "eeeewwww"
Then, another gorilla did it. At the same time Nathan and I said, it must be pooping hour. Hahaha.
Lucas enjoyed the Orangutans. Mostly because he didn't need to read about them since he just did a report on them at school. I teased him that it was because they could be related to us. :)
It started to get hot, so Lucas and Mason doubled up on strollers. Mason loved this!
The otters were crazy. Here is a shot video.
It was a lovely day for the zoo. The kids had a blast and we had ribs for dinner! YES!
The kids are going to be so sad when we leave.
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