Utah in a nutshell...

So as most of you know Kenzi and I made a trip to Utah for a week to visit with my brother and his family as well as my parents. We had a such a great time! Kenzi so loved playing in the snow!

Here is Kenzi and Aunt Shauna building a snowman which Kenzi named Frosty and asked Aunt Shauna if she had a magic hat.

Papa thought the Dale Earnhart hat was nice touch.

Cutest snow girl I have EVER seen!

We went sledding/tubing one day. After the first time going down, Kenzi was done because her and I had a difficult time getting up the hill. But through some coercion from me she went with her cousin Kayla, and Uncle Mike. Though Uncle Mike had to promise that he would carry her up the hill. So she liked it the last two times.

Me and my girl!

Gramma & Papa with the grand kids. Papa just watched while gramma went a couple of times.

The previously mentioned preferred mode of transportation up the hill!

I love my niece, Kayla to pieces, but there are times where she is REALLY special. Getting herself stuck in the tube is one of those! Love ya, Kayla!

So while we were in Utah we also went swimming. Notice the snow in the background.

Kenzi being not afraid of the water anymore. I think swimming lessons are very necessary now!

I did all of the girls hair on Sunday. They all looked beautiful!

Uncle Mike letting Kenzi drive his truck home from church. I tell ya, those rednecks!

And yes, she hugged the steering wheel pretty much the whole way home!

Emmett had a spelling Bee st school the day we were leaving. I kept waiting for the kids to say "Definition, please", "Use it in a sentence please", or even "Can I have phonetic pronunciation please?" But no, they all just got up an spelled it.

We really did have such a wonderful time. Thank you to my brother and his family letting us invade! I love it when we get together! Enjoy! Kari

The rest of our trip...

So after our eventful fishing trip we saw "Up" and went swimming. Put a life jacket on the kid for the first time and WOW what freedom she felt. Here she is swimming on her back.

Cousin Kayla left Wednesday for Trek and she sure looked the part! I heard she had a good time and came back safely! Mom was relieved I am sure!

Here are the newest members on my dad's side of the family. Second cousins to me actually, at two weeks old. They are identical twins and oh my gosh, so tiny! Around 4lbs 12 ozs! Welcome to the world Tristan and Austin!

And here are two proud Grampas. My Uncle Richard on the left and my dad on the right. Can you tell they are brothers?

We had such a great trip. The morning we left I told Kenzi it was time to go home and she begged and pleaded with me to stay. I told her it was time to go see Daddy and her response was, "Can't Daddy come here to Uncle Mike's?!?!?!" What can I say, she loves her Uncle Mike, Aunt Shauna, Kayla, Emmett, & Kami! I can't really blame, her, I think they are pretty awesome too! Thanks for such a great visit! Love ya! Kari

A great time in Utah!

So we have been having a great time hanging out with my brother, Mike and his family, Shauna, Kayla, Emmett, & Kami. My mom and dad and my brother , Ken and his wife Norma. Kami had her baptism on Saturday. We decided Monday morning that we would go fishing. Loaded everyone up and got all the kids ready!

Mike, Kami, Kenzi and I take the boat and get to the lake. Get to the spot where we think is good. We get Kami's pole in the water and then Kenzi's. At that moment we started talking intently about the weather. It was about to dump and did we want to wait it out in the boat and get soaked or do we want to wait it out in the truck and stay dry? We decided truck. About two minutes later, poles up and out of the water and the motor working as hard as it could! (About 5 miles an hour!) And we got dumped on. We beached the boat and ran for the car. While we were running my parents, Shauna and the rest of the kids showed up. By this point Kenzi was bawling so I asked them if they could take Kenzi and we ran the rest of the way to the truck. We decide that we should get the boat because there could be another storm behind this one. Mike goes and gets the boat and gets it on the trailer. When we were pulling out it was clear blue skies! I was laughing so hard that I almost peed my pants and I got so wet anyway! Thanks for the fun experience Mike! Maybe next time it will clear! Later! Kari