Back in Utah

Being back in Utah was great. 

We had an 80th Birthday Party for Grandpa Alexander and a family reunion.

 The party was cowboy themed and we had over 250 IBC rootbeers. Oh and yes, those are the flower arrangements that I had at my wedding haha

 Sarah and baby McKay.

 The man of the hour talking to Rinda!

 Cousins! I just thought this was too cute a picture not to post.

We also celebrated Daniel's 25th birthday!  Me and Chelsea made him Lemon Merenge pies.  His absolute favorite.  We even had homemade crust!  Daniel said he deserved it because he's been makin his own pies for the past few years. haha I don't know what my dad is doing in this picture, or better yet, what somebody is doing to him. But it was a great day and I love Edison (and Daniel)

 Edison tried to blow out the candles, but luckily Daniel stopped his hefty blow with a slotted spoon.....

We also got to go on a camping trip with Aunt Melanie, Uncle Kim, and their family.  We LOVED it.  We went rafting and ate like royalty.  It was the best. 

 This is Daniel rafting down what I believe is Lunch Counter.

 This is Daniel--no longer in the duckie after Lunch Counter. They flipped and FYI the water was FREEZING.

 Here is the rest of the crew coming down.  It really was just a momentous weekend.

As soon as we got back from camping, we went crawdad hunting with Cooper, Amy, Jillian, and a bunch of other folk.  It was a grand time.  We caught TONS of crawdads and had a real feast for dinner.  I still wanted a burger afterwords though.  

 During our Utah Trip, we also went to the county fair.  Daniel rode on a bull and looked mighty tough doing it... even though he didn't last for more than 3 seconds. haha

Being home with the family for almost a whole month was great.  We just hung out, watched movies, ate good food, and spent some quality time together before I left for my first big move with the hubsters to NORTH CAROLINA for gradschool.