Trip to Utah

Last Thursday, we packed up the car and headed out as soon as Rex got off work. We drove to my parents' house. The boys were pretty good in the car until the last hour. Luckily it snowed Tuesday and Wednesday and not Thursday so the roads were good and dry. We ran errands and visited with my parents on Friday. Friday night we had dinner at my parents' house with Teri, Josh, Grandma Cisney, and my aunt Carol Ann. Grandma and Carol Ann got the boys presents, a hoodie, pair of pants, gingerbread cookies, and a book.

Saturday morning, after breakfast we headed down to the Jones' house. We helped get ready for the Thanksgiving dinner. All the cousins that are down at BYU came, Grandma and Grandpa Collier, and Rex's Uncle Eric and his family, in addition to Rex's siblings and their families. It was a house full. It was fun to see everyone. Jaiden wasn't too sure about all the people (discovered later that night that he was teething, so that could have caused his crankiness). Ian loved all the people there, as that means there are more people to play with.

Saturday night we all headed up to the Conference Center to see Savior of the World. Rex's mom and sister were performing in it. A few of Rex's cousins were also in it. It was really good and spiritual, though I am not taking the boys to something that late again (whiny and tired boys make it hard to fully pay attention). The snow was bad as we drove back to the Jones'. We got back at 11 and promptly got the boys in bed (they both had fallen asleep in the car).

Sunday was church and in the evening was Hayden's court of honor. He was the only one getting his eagle that night and there were a lot of people there (having lots of cousins at BYU helps with getting a lot of people there). There was probably 20-25 people in the Eagle's Nest. Ian fell asleep part way through, I wish Jaiden had as well, but no luck on that. Jaiden did get a root beer float after the court of honor though.

Garrett opened his mission call on Saturday, with tons of people over. He is going to the Denmark Copenhagen mission. He goes to the MTC on March 2nd. He is excited. He got his call earlier in the week, but waited until we were all there on Saturday to open it.

Monday morning Rex and I went to the temple down in Provo while Rex's mom watched the boys. After picking up the boys, we went back down to Provo and visited my friend Lauren and got to see her baby. We also stopped by at Christen and Alex's place. We spent the night at my cousin Anna's house.

Tuesday morning we left. The roads were bad and there was snow in the Provo Canyon to Dushene and then the skies and roads were clear. Glad we didn't wait until any later to leave. We got snow Tuesday night and throughout the day on Wednesday.