provo and slc

after leaving snowbird we headed to provo to stay with kristine and alex booth for a few days. they are house sitting for a couple who are out on a mission for the church. this house was huge and had an amazing view. brooklin definitely made friends with the kitty that was living there too, and she found the piano downstairs and played us a little tune, or two or three or four. we had a great time visiting with our friends and can't wait for them to move back to bellingham.





bonnie came down from pocatello to hang out with us for a day. we got to visit one of our favorite yw leaders and she made us a yummy lunch. we hit the mall and got a treat, which brooklin hogged and wouldn't share. then we went to visit scott's grandpa and his very sweet wife. brooklin and lucy got to play in the toy closet there that scott and his siblings and cousins used to play in. it was really cute. then we met up with my cousin randi and aunt lawayne and we had dinner at tgi fridays.




the next day we went to lunch at fudruckers. yum! i seriously had the best burger ever, and we discovered that brooklin loves fry sauce. then we went to visit scott's aunt ruth at her flower shop and she was quite surprised to see us. brooklin just wanted to get into all of the flowers. :) that night we had dinner with another one of scott's aunts, anne and her two kids.

after dinner we hit the road and drove all night to get home. what a long night! brooklin slept 2/3 of the way, but i was really hoping to get some sleep, and that definitely didn't happen. i was very impressed with myself, though. i actually took 1/3 of the driving (both ways), and i did pretty dang good considering i had to drive through the mountains of oregon and there was a ton of construction and i was driving in the wee hours of the night and into the morning (on very little sleep) in the rain. not bad for someone who never takes the freeway. but next time we're definitely splitting the trip up into two days! :)