Utah July, 2016

After our week in Newport, we picked up Melynn and Jaxon and drove to Vegas to see Mom and Ken. The next morning we drove to Layton, Utah to stay with John and Terry. Aaron stayed a week before going back to Malaysia and the kids and I stayed for 3 weeks. During our stay, Darby returned to us from Peru (see previous post) and then left again to visit Ashtyn. Also, Melynn went to EFY in San Francisco with Lily Hobson (see next post). Jaxon also had the opportunity to work with his Uncle Johnny for several days. So as we typically do, we had a full calendar.

 The day after we arrived in Utah was Monday, July 4th. After we all got up that morning, 

Dad took us on a hike not too far from his house. We were gone for several hours. 

It was not an easy hike but I was thankful for the exercise.

That evening, after the hike, we had bbq hamburgers in the back yard (YUMMY) 

and then saw the movie Tarzan. Great Movie!

 The next day, Aaron was meeting up with Jay and they took the kids fishing. 

On Wednesday evening we all gathered at the Keddington's for a BBQ. 

It was wonderful to catch up with so many family members.

Thursday we spent all day at Pineview Lake. 

Jaxon had a blast with his cousins!

After the lake we picked up Costco pizzas and gathered at Karen's house.

On another day we visited with Dave and Kristi and the kids. 

I can't believe how big the boys are getting!

Terry drove us to downtown SLC to visit temple square. We watched two of the new "Meet the Mormon" videos. We also were able to track down Sister Mimi Chua! What a joy it was to see her and give her a big hug. She looked so happy and her english is improving a lot.

On our last day in Utah we were able to meet up with Brittany and Sabrina. Brittany had just landed on a flight from Oakland. Earlier that day Melynn also returned home. See next post for more info about that! We had a wonderful visit at Nielsens Frozen Custard :)