Before we made our move to Indiana we took a nice long trip to Utah. It was so nice to be with family and to make special memories with the ones we love. All of these pictures are a bit of the memories that we made while we were there.
Grandpa took us up to the canyons for hot dogs and s'mores. Madison and Hyrum were in heaven up in the beautiful canyons with the running water next to them. It was nice to go up there and relax around the beauties of the earth.
Grandpa helping Hyrum roast his hot dog... which he was too busy playing around to eat. You gotta love little boys! :) 
Hyrum eating his s'more... classic!
Madi and Hy LOVE going grocery shopping with Grandma- they always get to ride in these fun shopping carts and then usually got a mini ice cream cone too. BONUS!
One of our favorite simple places to go while we were in Utah was to the "the bridge". It was just a 5 minute walk down the road from my parents place. The bridge had running water in the creek most days. It was so fun to see my kids enjoy the simple things of life as they threw rocks in the water, got to swing on a rope swing, and walk through the creek.
I don't know how this happened- but one day they must have gotten bored. I heard the laundry room door close and then no sound. I thought they had escaped out of the house. I went to the front yard, back yard, and down the street and could not find them. Then one of the neighbor friends that was over that was helping me look for them found them in my mom's dryer! Silly kids!
While we were in Utah we got to play with the coolest boys on the block- our cousins Carter and Oliver! Madison and Hyrum were the best of friends w/ Carter boy by the end of the trip. I wish we lived closer to our fun cousins!
Grandma also had this fun idea of having a birthday party for all of the cousins while we were there. They never get to celebrate their birthdays together so we had a very unbirthday party- the kids got a kick at it! (And got spoiled rotten too... surprise surprise!)
One of Madison's requests while we were in Utah was to go fishing with Grandpa. For some reason she was SOO excited about this! I am going to have to find a picture of her fishing, because she was the one that was most excited about it all, as you can see by Hyrum's face. Haha! :)
This striking couple is my awesome sister Caitlyn with her new husband Andrey. We were privileged to be able to attend their wedding at the Salt Lake temple. It was such a beautiful ceremony. I am so happy for my sister, she couldn't have picked a better man to spend the rest of eternity with. We are all so happy to have Andrey a part of our family. Madison and Hyrum are especially fond of him! ;)
Here are the girls outside the temple. Madison was so happy to be the flower girl in her "princess" dress just like Aunt Cait!
Hyrum and Carter (and Ollie, who wasn't in this picture) looked so adorable in their little outfits. They love their Grandma!
Me and my big pregnant belly with my gorgeous sister!
We were so lucky to have our WHOLE family together for Caitlyn's wedding. We had to capture this moment by taking a picture. I love my family!!**Thank you Caitlyn and Hilary for helping me w/ this post- I stole all your pictures! :) **
