The most BEAUTIFUL place in the world!

Can I just say that I absolutely LOVE the cabins!!! Every time we go, it is SO hard to leave! We could just stay there forever!!! I LOVE that Chris shared this place with me, and now that we get to share it with our girls!!! They fell in love with it just as much as we have!! The best part is to be able to share it with family, and to just hang out with everyone! The kids are off exploring all day long and they just love it and love being together! I can't wait to go back next year! And we'll have a fresh cuddly baby to bring!! So fun! Anyway, the second we pulled up to the cabin I noticed these HUGE wish blowing (don't know what they are called) things and knew I HAD to take pictures of the girls with them! So here are a few that I liked!Since there is such a big group of us, almost every night we go down the path a little bit to the Lucy Park. :) The kids roast hot dogs and the parents can do the same or have a delicious meal that was prepared beforehand in the cabin (usually by Kirsten - such yummy recipes!). Some nights other relatives that live nearby stop by and visit too, which is fun! There is a creek that runs behind the cabin and then along the Lucy Park. The kids LOVED playing in the creek. It is fun to see all the water crest plants in it because there are fun pictures of Chris and his siblings/cousins pulling up and throwing this all over each other! Very fun and messy! But they are classic pictures! The kids had fun stripping down and jumping right in!

As you can tell by Lucy's reaction, the water is ICE COLD!!! Seriously, I could not stand in it for more than 10 seconds! It HURT!!!! But after a while she wanted in. They are so crazy!

Sadie and Allison were often partners in crime!! They would run off and get into so much fun!!! If one was doing something crazy, the other wasn't too far behind! They had a blast together! Sad Allison's eyes are closed, but I love this picture anyway!

So I guess with the creek and being at the Lucy Park, Lucy thinking this was her territory, she thought she had to strip down every time we were there! And she refused to put her clothes back on! It was hilarious! Sometimes I could talk a diaper and/or shorts into her, but she was always topless at least!
Lucy is our little singer! She LOVES to sing! Here she is sitting in the chair totally singing to herself!! It was so funny to sit back and watch her! She is too cute and too fun!
We loved having smores every night too! I think this was the only one Sadie had, and it was just the marshmallow! She enjoyed sneaking the bars of chocolate (smart girl!)!!
Awww, if only this picture was less white trash - Lucy, with a clean face, and me with makeup and hair done! But it is still cute! I love it! It is a rare moment for me to be in front of the camera! And with my precious little girl!
I love that my kids think I am so funny! Or maybe just crazy!
So these out-houses have been at the Lucy Park for EVER!! Sadie and Abby thought it was hilarious to go together! I think it is hilarious that it is a double seater!!! Notice Abby's face! Sadie thinks she is too funny!
This could be a post all by itself, buy I want to get caught up!! So Uncle Dell lives down the road and has a little pony, Sweetie Pie. The girls L-O-V-E-D it!! We had to go see Sweetie Pie about 5 times a day!!!! Lucy, being our little animal lover, could not get enough of her! She talked so sweetly to her! I loved it! When we would leave, she would say, "Bye Sweetie Pie" in the cutest sing-songie way! She is so sweet!

The big girls loved "brushing" her. Sweetie Pie was so patient with the kids! She really is a sweetie pie!!
Walking back from seeing Sweetie Pie. I love their similar pose!

Dinosaurs!!

While we were in Utah we went to TWO different Dinosaur Museums! Lucy found a new love for Dinosaurs! She loved it! The first one we went to (in Ogden) has a section where there are replica's that move and roar. Sadie used to be scared of this at Lucy's age but Lucy was trying to reach through the fence to the baby ones! It was so cute!Allison, Sadie, Lucy and Elizabeth.You can buy little animal food pellets to feed the fish and animals. The kids loved it! Lucy loved the bunnies. (Don't ask me what bunnies have to do with dinosaurs, but hey, if it makes the kids happy...great!)

Feeding the fish!I came over here to take picture of everyone and Sadie joined me and totally posed for a cool shot! I turned around and there she was! So cute! Right at the foot of a dinosaur!!

Then after we went to the cabins, we came back down to Utah to see my Mom who flew up to SLC and then my sister Tricia and her boys Shane and Trevor who drove up from Vegas! So we were so happy! We got to stay at my Aunt Kay's house! We ALL LOVED staying there! She is so sweet and so hospitable!! The kids loved all her toys and different toy rooms. And we loved to visit and relax! Also, every morning we would wake up to a delicious fresh breakfast!!! My Aunt Linda and Cousin Kristen and passes to the Dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving point, so we got in for really cheap! It was fun to be with them! I have to mention, that first we went to the Quilted Bear in Sandy for some fun shopping! And best of all the Hungry Bear! It's a little restaurant inside the Quilted Bear! This lady runs it all by herself and has done so for years!!! It is the BEST!!! Yummy soup bowls, cookies, cinnamon rolls, Navajo tacos...everything!!! Ummm, I want it right now! Tricia and I would always go there when we were in college. We would go so much that she would recognize us. Well, it's been a few years, so she did not recognize us, even though Mom felt like she needed to share our story, of course! :) It was so fun and so yummy! We also got to see our cousin Melissa and her sweet little baby! He was so cute and so big! Sorry, no pictures from this part of the trip! I was starting to get sick of carrying my camera around!So here we are at the Dinosaur Museum at Thanksgiving point! Lucy coming out of a tunnel! So brave!

They had a really cool sand and water area with trees and dinosaur's and stuff to play with! The kids loved it! Here you can see Shane, (unknown girl), Trevor and Sadie! They had so much fun building dams to block the water!

Sadie and Lucy.

Okay, this makes me laugh! Sadie found this dinosaur to sit on and Lucy was so upset because she wanted to sit on it. I told her she would be next, but she couldn't get over it. So then when it was her turn, she jumped right on, "smiled" and then was off! So this was her picture! I hope all that crying was worth it!At least Sadie's turned out cute (minus Lucy's arm and leg!).Here is brave Sadie! Wanted to go sit right by the shark. Lucy walked fairly close and then decided she wanted me to hold her. But she did like to LOOK at "Bruce" as she was calling it (from Finding Nemo for those of you that don't have a child under the age of 6 and might not know that!).Digging for bones very carefully!

More UTAH!

We got to go to the Sweet's Factory tour! It was so much fun! You get to go right on the floor! The only problem with that is you have to stay within the yellow lines...try telling my girls that!! UGH! We had fun though and especially enjoyed getting FRESH candy! I loved the salt water taffy and the jelly bean without the hard shell on it! Yum!! Oh, we couldn't bring camera's in the actual factory part. So this is all you get...us watching the intro video. Don't we look hot!?!We got stuck in traffic (huge accident closed to 2 major freeways!!) so we figured, since we are stuck...lets make it fun! It actually turned out really fun. We had dinner and then went to Temple SquareLucy loved all the fountains and needed tons of pennies at each one! She is running back for more!!
I LOVE how Sadie is knocking!! How stinking cute!! The kids were obsessed with wanting to go IN the Temple! It was so cute! They all had to try to open the doors!
Then we went to the Church History Museum. The kids had a lot of fun in the Children's section!Lucy and Lilly coloring.

All the kids loved playing in the "nursery." It's so cute to see them taking such good care of these babies! This picture makes me laugh! She kept checking the baby's eyes I guess! She is so funny!

Hold to the Rod!

We ended up getting home late, but we had a great time!!