Utah

The first part of our Spring Break we spent in Utah visiting friends!! I miss Utah for lots of reasons but especially our friends.

We got to visit our friends and old Les Schwab managers The Huddlestons. The girls played like they had known each other forever! It was so nice to see them and to catch up:) Thanks for dinner and a great visit.

Also on our Utah visit we spent time with The Sproul's. Heather and I became fast friends right after we moved there in 2005 and the kids clicked just as they did 6 years ago! Although, they have an extra 3 added to the family since we lived there. We will always be forever friends!!
Thanks for letting us camp out in your living room and for lunch!!

I am glad we made it to Temple Square in SLC. I always love visiting there no matter how many times we've been before. There is a strong spirit there and I appreciated that peace amidst our coming and goings. The girls were really into all the exhibits and pictures there this time which was special for them and us.

As we were going in to Temple Square there was a homeless woman asking for money and we told her no. The whole time we were in the Visitor's Center Bryanna was quite concerned about the lady so when we left she asked if she could use some of her own money to give to the homeless lady and I told her of course if that's what she felt she wanted to do. So she did and when she came back to me she said, "the lady cried and told me god bless you, but not like I sneezed bless you...like take care."
I love the innocent sweet spirits of our children. It was a special moment.

Some more of my forever friends Denene and Emily. Denene and I have known each other since birth and Emily and I met in High School and when I am with these two I know who I am and we get along like we always have. I appreciate both of them in my life. Denene and her husband were kind enough to let us stay with them for 2 nights and we got to know their little ones a little better too. Thanks D and Em for dinner too!

We went to the "Bean" museum on BYU campus. It was really neat and we all enjoyed the great animal exhibits.

An afternoon at Provo Beach Resort with Denene and Emily and the kids...and Derek. We pretended to be a Polygamist family!!! Anyway, it was a lot of fun for the kids and Bryanna even did a ropes course all by herself! I was nervous at first but she was doing great!! She is growing up too fast:( Afterwards we went to Malawi Pizza and it was DELISH!

We had a great time. Thanks again to all of our friends for their hospitality and friendship! We can't wait to visit again!
Next stop: Aunt Dorothy's on our way to Grandma and Grandpa Kirk's. Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures but we always love to see Aunt Dorothy and her family. Thank you for lunch and for the goodies to take with us:)