Family

My family is spread out between 3 states. My parents and younger brother Dalton live in Delaware. My sister Charisse, her husband Stephen, and two adorable daughters Sammi and Clara live in Minnesota. My older brother Destin is in Salt Lake, my younger sister Maraina and her husband live in Provo, and then Doug and I live in Spanish Fork. So i get pretty excited when any of us can get together. We see Raina and Destin quite a bit thanks to my parents and their monthly sibling date on them. But we never get to see Dalton, my parents, or Charisse and her family.

My parents decided to take a trip and hit Minnesota for a week and then come out to Utah for about a week. I was really excited to see them and they got to stay with us!

Saturday - The boys went to shoot shotguns, and the girls went to my cousins bridal shower. That night Doug and I went to a dinner to celebrate his brothers birthday (Happy Birthday Phil!) and everyone else hung out at Raina and Danny's.

Sunday - Went to church, then we came back for naps, then headed to Raina's for dinner. My mom made us a roast, mashed potatoes and some veggies. It was sooo delicious! We ended up eating outside because the apartment got a little hot with the oven on for so long, but it was so nice outside! After we finished eating, we also got to see a hawk trying to get a squirrel. Raina got some pretty cool pictures of the hawk trying to get the squirrel, but the squirrel out smarting the hawk.

Monday - My Mom and Dad went to Park City for a couple of days and Dalton had the pleasure of hanging out with me. We hung out around the house for most of the day, but I ended up taking him driving in my car for more lessons driving stick.

Tuesday - Dalton and I went to Walmart and Target. We went to Walmart and got a couple book shelves and he so kindly picked them up for me because they were 70lbs a piece. Then we went to Target and got a few bins for the baby room. Boring trip, probably, but it was nice to be able to hang out with Dalton.

Wednesday - My mom bought me a pressure cooker and taught me and Raina how to can meat. I was really excited because now I have ready to go meat for meals. It's pretty easy to do, but I'm sure the next time Raina and I get together to do it, we'll have to call my mom for some help. haha. While we were waiting for the meat to be done in the pressure canner/cooker thingy, my mom and I went and put together Raina's birthday present. My mom has created a pretty awesome tradition of getting us 21 things of 21 on our 21st birthdays. This means if something has 24 things, like crayons, you take 3 out because you can only have 21. Our favorite to put together was the junior mints. There is about 48 junior mints in a box, I dumped the box, put 21 back in, glued the box so you couldn't tell, then me and my mom ate the other 27.

Thursday - My dad so kindly put together one of my book shelves and moved it to where I wanted it. That night my parents took all of us out to dinner to an Indian restaurant called .....I can't remember. But it was super yummy. We just ordered a bunch of meals and then shared everything.

Friday - My parents and Dalton left super early in the morning so they ended up staying at Destin's.

Overall the trip was a lot of fun. It is so nice to get together with my family, and I can't wait until Christmas when ALL of us will be together plus a little baby girl.