Traveling to Utah

Howdy party people!  It's been a pretty good week, though I'm writing this late, and much of the current week is in my memory as the recent past.  To be honest, I don't think much about the work week when I think about what's been happening over the last week, so I guess I need to stretch my recollection back a little farther...  Anyway, Last Tuesday, Monica's sister, Michelle, and her family drove through and spent the night with us on their way to Utah.  I had to work the next morning, but I believe the kids all had a good time together, and I didn't hear crying or screaming form the basement, so it seems like all was well!  They stayed for a bit in the morning before heading out to finish the trek to Utah.

I spent time with the girls in the backyard playing on the trampoline.  They've been avoiding the pool for the last little bit because there's a bunch of leaves that fell into it.  Anyway, the tramp it's been, and to be honest, I often wish we had a bigger one so I could jump too!!  Winry was trying to do all kinds of "moves" or something while she was out there, and I just thought it looked so cute and funny!  Hopefully you do too!

The girls got Frozen ice pops this past week.  Monica's had them on our grocery list for several weeks, and they were finally not sold out this time!  The girls were really excited about them, and Brooke even ran downstairs to tell me all about who had what while I was working.

Jelly has started to become a bug catching master!  She got two in the past week, both flies I believe.  This picture really had nothing to do with her catching bugs, but we've been on vacation in Utah for several days at this point and I miss Jelly, so of course this incidental picture I took is making it in the blog!  Also, I did get a video of her eating a fly, and I do like a picture with my videos, so I guess this is a natural fit there as well.

On Saturday we drove out to Utah for some vacation.  We stopped and picked up two of my nieces, Maren and Emilee, on the way.  They live on the north side of Denver, and their mom even brought them over to the freeway, so it really wasn't out of our way.  It did mean packing the car a little more efficiently so we could have the back row up and have room for their stuff too, but it was totally worth it because Brooke and Winry had such a great time!  Winry only cried once because she bit her finger, so attitudes were much improved for the car ride!

At lunch we stopped in Rawlins for gas and went to Bolten park again.  We even ate our lunch under the same tree. however, no deer came by this time.  While we were there somersaults somehow came up and Brooke decided to try one.  As I watched, I gave her a few pointers and Brooke did her very first somersault all by herself!  Winry thought it looked like great fun and after a little coaching was doing them as well!  Brooke and Winry have been very excited and have been doing somersaults all over the place ever since.  They of course showed everyone as soon as we got to my parents house, and on Sunday we went to Gram and Pop's to pick up some boy clothes and they showed everyone there as well!  I am very proud of them both, especially Brooke for not giving up and trying so hard for so long.

Also, when we arrived, Brooke's dance class was mentioned, and everyone wanted to see her recital dance she's currently learning in hip hop.  In fact, her cousins practiced it with her, and then everyone followed her lead to perform the dance together!  Winry is learning it too and will do it by herself.  When I finished work Friday afternoon, I came upstairs to Winry doing the dance by herself.  It's too bad I didn't take a video!

Well, with that we're caught up on last week.  As mentioned, Sunday we went to Gram and Pop's house, but I'll talk more about that in next week's post.  Currently I'm sitting in Driggs, ID in the middle of my family's vacation.  We've been having a great time all week, and I can't wait to share it with you all!  Have a wonderful week!