on to Utah

The week we were in Utah was busy busy busy! There is always so many people to see while we're there. That's one of the reasons why I love Utah. So if I did not get to see you, I apologize. Both Derek and I have all our grandparents in Utah and we were able to see all of them. It was so nice to see so much family that we miss!


The first couple of days we were at my grandparents (Hale) house, and my little cousins loved playing with Brooklynn. They treated her like a little doll, and every once in a while would fight over her.

New Year's Eve

Lauren and I went to see my cousin Jenna perform (thanks for the boys for watching the kiddos). She is in the BYU acapella group Noteworthy. It was so neat to watch her, she is definitely in her element on stage. After the concert we went back to Laurens and played games with Derek and Corey to finish celebrating the New Year.

Here's a picture of Noteworthy during the performance. Jenna is the third from the right.

Here is Jenna and I.

Bryan & Brookie

This is Brooklynn's cousin Bryan, their 9 days apart. It is so fun to watch these two together.

yahoo...let's do that again!

They both were having a blast in the dryer.

Engebretsens

One night all of us girls went to the movies while the boys watched the U of U game. We saw High School Musical III it was fun to see with lot's of girls and laugh at all the cheesy parts together. This is a picture of Joy, Amanda, and me after the movie.

Derek went and played basketball with the Engebretsens.

Here is Brooklynn checking Amelia out. This is my cousin Joy's little girl. She is such a cute and happy baby. It was fun to meat her.

I FINALLY got to go skiing. Last winter I wasn't able to since I was pregnant. It felt so good to get out on the slopes, and I am so glad Derek learned how to ski. We had fun racing each other down the slopes. Derek and I went skiing with Amanda, my brother Ammon, Karly, and Eric.

It was a clear sunny day and nice snow, couldn't get much better than that. My sisters baby sat for me, thanks girls!

One night at the Engebretsens we were all sitting around the table and Brooklynn was putting on a show (having a blast doing it). She was showing her latest tricks clicking her tongue, clapping, smiles, and of course growls. Since we've been home she is missing all the attention she got.

We decided to leave Utah with a bang, a BIG bang. Our last day on our trip we got in a car accident. It was a pile up on I-15. It was so SCARY! Luckily, we are all safe. The air bags went off, and boy did that hurt (it felt like someone punched me in the face). Anyway, we totaled my grandparents car, I think that was the worst part of it all. We feel so bad!

On the plane Brooklynn was showing off and making lot's of friends.