Trip to Utah, Part 2

Here are the rest of our Utah pictures - well almost! I am blogging at a friend's since I still don't have high speed internet, and realized that I don't have all of my pics on my computer yet. I will probably post something about visiting the Hogle zoo still....It is pretty old news, but as one of my friend's blogs says, "It may be old news, but its still news!" (Thanks Annie!)

Anyway, I think most of these pictures are of Rylee. She is getting to be so cute and had so many cute outfits to wear in Utah so I took a lot of pictures of her. She is now FIVE months old! She also started pulling so many funny faces and I tried to capture a few of them. We spent most of the last week trying to meet up with everyone who we hadn't seen yet and hanging out with our families. We swam at Darren's parent's for Labor Day with most of his family and that was a lot of fun. We had such a fun trip - It was really hard to come home!Rylee and Grandma
Our sweet Sleeping Beauty
Swimming at Grandma and Grandpa Webber's for Labor Day
Daddy and Rylee hanging out poolside
Rylee trying to crawl
Silly face!
Rylee looking so cute! I love this cute little outfit!
While we were at Darren's parents house, my really good friend Melanie was able to stop by and visit! It was so fun to catch up and chat with her!!!

Show Me A True Blooded Aggie!

One of the highlights of our recent trip to Utah was visiting Cache Valley! It is one of our favorite places in the whole world! It is such a change from CRAZY Las Vegas! We really enjoy the slower change of pace there and the family friendly community! We were able to stay with some good friends (Thanks Robb and Carlie!) They have a little girl named Olivia and her and Logan had fun together. We also visited my little sister, Vanessa, who has also decided to follow in our footsteps and become an Aggie and we are so proud of her for that! It was fun to visit her dorm and reminisce a little about our Aggie days - She is actually living where Darren lived as a Freshman, so it was a little Dejavu for him. We also got some Aggie Ice Cream, which makes it worth the trip right there!

We also had a BBQ with our friends the Olson's and it was really fun to visit with them. They have a baby about the same age as Rylee so it was fun to watch them together.

The main reason that we went to Logan was for Darren to interview with a few dentists there. Darren will be graduating in May, so we are starting to look for what we are going to do afterwards. Cache Valley is our number one choice of places to live, and his interviews went very well, so we are hoping that something works out because we would love to end up there! One of the interviews was very promising and we are keeping our fingers crossed that it works out.

We spent a lot of our time driving around looking at neighborhoods and areas and we got really excited about going back there. We drove by one Elementary School as it was letting out for the day, and all these kids were riding their bikes home and it was so cute. It was like rewinding 20 years or something...I loved it!

We also visited the Willow Park Zoo, which is another fun place we love. It really isn't too much of a zoo. There are not too many animals, but it was a fun place to visit and let Logan get his wiggles out!

By far, the highlight of the weekend was going to the Utah State-UNLV football game. We consider ourselves pretty die hard Utah State fans - It is a little hard during football season because they just aren't that good. However, Logan was SO excited to see the Aggies play in person! We went with our friends Robb and Carlie, and Dean and Jenn who drove all the way up to Heber. Unfortunately, Utah State lost in the last few minutes....What else is new?....but we still had a great time! Logan was in heaven! When we arrived, he said, "Wow Mom! Look at that football staduim!" and all during the game he loved cheering and yelling! He has even learned the fight song and the Scottsman! He has talked about going to see the Aggies ever since and sings the fight song all around the house and says "Show me a True Blooded Aggie" and "It's Another Aggie...FIRST DOWN!" and "Let's Go Aggies!" It is so funny! I think we have another little Aggie in the making! He also had fun with his little friends Drew and Olivia. Rylee was really good the whole game. The noise didn't even bother her (Logan would have been freaking when he was a baby) and she even fell asleep right in the middle of the game! Probably Logan's most exciting moment though was on our way back to our car afterwards when he got to meet Big Blue, the Aggie Mascot! He was so excited to have his picture taken with him! We loved our trip and hope to return soon....maybe even for good!

Logan and Big Blue

Logan cheering on the Aggies

Rylee at the game
Rylee slept through all the action!Little Aggies - Olivia, Drew and Logan

Our Trip To Utah, Part I

It has been awhile since our trip to Utah, but I thought I should post some of our pictures since we had such a fun time! We loved being able to spend so much time with our friends and family - We were there for 3 whole weeks, so we had a lot more time than we usually do. We went up for my little sister's wedding and then the day after we spent the day with Darren's whole family at Seven Peaks. We had a great time playing in the water and being with the family. Logan loves to be around his cousins! A big thunderstorm came through so we had to clear the water for awhile, but it ended up passing over pretty quickly and we were able to finish our day. Logan looking so cool in his shades!
Rylee was too little to do much swimming but she had fun hanging out, too.
Logan took a nap on Aunt April's lap. So much swimming tired him out!
The little Princess having a nap
These little babies are only a few weeks apart. Hayden (far left) is the oldest and is about 3 weeks older than Rylee. Liam (middle) is about a month younger than Rylee. It will be fun to see these babies grow up together!
I think Rylee is the biggest and it looks like she wants to eat poor Liam...
Logan playing some ball
Having fun in the wave pool

Darren had to go back to Vegas for school for a week, so I spent some time with my family in Layton. We went to the Park and just hung around. Logan had a great time with his uncles - They definitely keep him entertained! They are also getting to be more interested in Rylee now that she is big enough to play with and responds to them. Logan riding Grandma's horse. Yee-Haw!
Playing at the park with his fun unclesCute kids!
Rylee looking cute at the park
Logan fell asleep watching a movie with Uncle Dean
Logan taking a nap with Uncle Brad - He gets a LOT of attention at Grandma's house!

Darren came back the next weekend and we attended his 10 year high school reunion - Boy do I feel old! I of course, am not that old...I still have 2 years until mine - but still! We were a little nervous about going, but it actually was really fun. The wives all sat at a table and we were having a great time! The night before the reunion we also had a party with all the friends from the reunion with the kids and everything that was also really fun. Sadly, we took no pictures...

We took a trip to Cache Valley the next week for Darren to interview for some jobs. It was really exciting to be up there. We really miss it! I will have to post the rest of our pictures later, because I haven't uploaded them all yet! We were able to see some of our really good friends, too. We love going up there! Rylee and her new friend Sky - My best friend from college, Summer, had a baby just a couple months older than Rylee. It was fun to see them together.
We went to the park - Rylee loves the swing!!!
Logan and his cute friend Olivia at the Willow Park Zoo. It was so fun to spend time with the Lifferth's. We miss them so much!
Hugs!
Daddy and Rylee walking around the zoo
Feeding the ducks - Logan loves that part!