We had a great experience and many miracles happened. We were so excited to go visit everyone. I got up at 5:30 am and knew it was going to be a long travel day. We boarded our first flight which was to be a quick 1-hour flight from 8:30am-9:30am to Baltimore. We ended up having a maintenance issue and sat ON THE PLANE for 2 extra hours while it was taken care of. I was very nervous that my kids would flip, but Mav slept and Lanie was so into the experience of the airplane that we got through it. The other concern was that we would miss our layover which was originally 2 hours but the delay was going to leave us missing it. I mentioned something to the flight attendant while we were waiting and the pilot overheard and told me to stay with him cause he was the pilot of the Salt Lake flight. Long story short, we made it to the layover as they were boarding, that flight was delayed by 40 minutes waiting for the pilot (and us), and the pilot gave me a thumbs up when he saw we made it. That flight was lovely being that both kids slept and so did I (for a bit). Lanie went potty on the plane 6 times and did not have single accident. And all the faces that looked like they were dreading sitting by the mom with 2 kids, ended up offering compliments. Angels helped us that day, and a small miracle came to pass. Phew!!!
My mom was sick when we got to Utah so we stayed at Alana's. Her kids were not in school yet, so we got to spend a lot of quality time with them. Sisi was so kind as to share her room with us and let us bombard her! Sisi and Shelby were so cute with the kids. And Lanie loved bath and play time with Parker.
Trip Agenda
This collage is a little bit of everything that we did.
August 27th- Brigham City Temple Open House with Alana's family
August 29th- my cousin Cami's Funeral
August 30th- Heber Farmer's Market with Barbi and my dad
Sept. 1st- Lagoon with Chris's family (found out Eva's pregnant!!!)
Sept. 2nd- Church with mom and Parker family reunion
Sept. 3rd- Hooper Tomato Days
Sept. 4th- Road the Front Runner and met up with Barbi at the Gateway Children't Museum
Sept. 5th- Went to mom's special needs music/dance class, dinner with Jen and Macee, and Shawn's friends' softball game
Sept. 6th- Dentist and playdate with Melissa to meet baby girl Pearl
Sept. 7th- Meet Jaclyn's twin baby boys and visit Adam and Katie to see their baby, Hanna.
Sept. 8th- Work Salt Lake Farmer's Market with my parents
Sept. 9th- Family Dinner with the Hoopers
Sept. 10th- Lanie rode tractors with Grandpa then Judy and Kerry watched the kids while I did girls night at City Creek with my sisters and mom (found out Alana is pregnant too!!!)
Sept. 11th- Lanie did dance lessons at Felicity Dance Academy (Alana's dance school)
Sept. 12th- spent the day in Logan with Preston's family and the evening at the guys' softball game
Sept. 13th- Mom's 60th birthday party
Sept. 14th- fly home
Busy 3 weeks, eh???
Spending time with Barbi's family
We stayed at Barbi's house for a couple of nights. It was fun to have the kids play together and to spend time with them at their home. Bailee and Krystal loved to laugh and play with Maverick. Gracie followed Lanie around while Lanie followed Krystal around. Cute Bailee gave up her room so we could stay in it. Thanks Bai!
Time at Nana JoJo and Grandpa's
About a week into the trip, my mom started feeling better and had us stay at her house. It was nice to have a home base and not feel like a gypsy carting our luggage from house to house. Lanie loved playing outside in the backyard and also watching shows with Nana. Grandpa was thrilled that Lanie was more friendly to him and that she called him "Dwampa."
We didn't get to spend a lot of time with the Hoopers since they were camping and working. The kids often went over in the evenings and played with Pico and Koa. Lanie got some Adaela time on the tramp and playing outside and inside on Sunday when they came down for dinner. Tyler was so cute with Maverick. Lanie loved her 4-wheeler ride with Pops and putting on the helmet.
We were lucky to have a free day in Logan and caught Preston home. It was fun getting Maverick and RaKell together and see how they are growing. Lanie loved playing outside with Landon and Katelyn.
Going home to see daddy
After a great trip and a fun night celebrating my mom's 60th birthday, we packed up, said goodbye to everyone, and headed back to Massachusetts. This flight was a lot trickier because Lanie did not want to rest and was kinda over the excitement of the plane (although she was stinkin' cute reading and talking to the guy sitting next to her). Also, the flights were booked so I had to hold Maverick the entire time. I got creative tho, and made him a bed on the tray in front of me. I was exhausted by the end of this trip too. I quickly realized the amount of help my sweet Shawn is in taking care of the kids (we're a good team). Anyhow, we flew in at about midnight. Shawn was so excited and cute. He had the house decorated with welcome home posters everywhere and flowers. Love him!!!!
Well, those are the highlights of our 3 week adventure in Utah. Hope you enjoyed!
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