All about our fun trip... and TONS of pictures :)

This ended up being long. I wanted to write about everything for journal purposes. If this is boring for you to read I am sorry. I hope you enjoy all the fun pictures (you can click on the pictures to make them larger).

Our trip out to Utah and Wyoming was fun and very long! We were almost gone for four weeks and we had the chance to see most of our family. We drove to Utah first to see my family. The kids did really well the first day in the car, but it took them forever to fall asleep that night. This is them the next morning, too bad we had to wake them for another loooong drive.My family threw me a birthday party after we got there which was tons of fun, I got to see everyone. They got me some fun clothes and a cute bag, thanks guys! My brother took us to see his new house that night which was really nice.
Dallas, Evan and I got to go to the Bees game the next night with my old roommate, Kristen. We had a blast. It was fun to hang out with Kristen. She and I also got to hang out with our other roommate Emily the next week. It had been awhile since we have all been together, it was so fun to talk about all the crazy things we used to do. I didn't have my camera that night :(It was fun hanging out with the family just like the old days... Sunday nights were always the best, hanging out outside. My Mom takes such good care of her yard and we all enjoy being out there during the summer. Evan loved to help plant flowers, and water them. He really is a good worker.
My Mom, my sister Cami, Evan and I all went to Gardener Village to shop. I've always loved it there. Here are some pics of my cute family...Dallas and I got the chance to go to the new Draper Temple and also the Mount Timpanogos Temple. It was so nice to be in an area surrounded by Temples! I loved to walk around the Temple grounds, it is so pretty at this time of year.I got to see my best friends from high school, Stephanie and Ashley. We went out to Teppanyaki for Steph's birthday and it was awesome!Evan had lot's of fun with his cousin Sophie... oh I wish we lived closer, they were so cute together!We went to Wheeler farm with some of my cousins and their kids. It was so fun seeing how big all their kids are getting! We went to Liberty Park on Memorial Day with Dallas' brother Jason, Shalee, and Eli. Evan and Eli had so much fun together, they are such good friends now. We found out that they are going to be having another baby this fall, we are excited :) That didn't stop Shalee from riding on the swings...Candi took us on a fun trail in Centerville. It was nice to be in the mountains again. Evan would not let go of that water bottle for anything!Evan and Kiah loved playing with Sophie and Chloe. We had a good time staying with them in Centerville. Evan got to go on a Field trip with Chloe's class and we had fun getting our family pictures taken.It was so nice to go back to Logan. We got to see my cousin Sara, Dallas' friend Travis, his sister Lark and his brother Ross who we haven't since before his mission. He left right before Evan was born and got home after Makiah was born. It was nice to finally have him meet our little family. We also got to see Clare and Trevor, and Shawn from our old ward. It is so nice to see old friends!Next we got to hang out with the Bateman's at Lava Hot Springs in Idaho. We took some family pictures in the Sunken Gardens before we swam. It was very pretty there! Evan loves "swimmin" as he says, and Kiah loved it too.Grandma and Grandpa Bateman took us to Tauphtaus Park to see the zoo in Idaho Falls. The monkeys sure liked people and Evan really liked them a lot. He also loved the lion drinking fountain a little too much.Now this is the way to eat ice cream! We got to celebrate Cathy's Birthday while we were visiting. DQ ice cream cake is a Bateman favorite.We got to meet our new nephew James. I thought he looked just like his brother Tyson, he was a cutie!We spent our last week in Star Valley. It was fun being with Dallas' family and going to the zoo. We enjoyed being outside helping with yard work and four wheeling. It was so sad to say goodbye :( We left on June 4th and headed of to Winter Quarters. We stopped there for a day before we went home.It was sure nice to come home after being a way for so long. But it was so nice to spend so much time with everyone. The other day Evan asked if we could go to Grandma's house. I wish we could jump in the car and go any time. I am glad Evan got the chance to get to know everyone. He is finally at an age where he remembers names and people so well and he misses everyone. Makiah had a hard time with other people before we left but now she does so well. She loves to sit with her Grandpa Johnson, they became such good friends! It was sad to go.