Utah Vacation

I'm not sure how much of this trip was a vacation, but it was worth it. I loved catching up with all of my sister's, but being a single mom to two kids for almost two weeks was a challenge. Camo had a hard time with his sleeping schedule and I think he was really missing his daddy.

I started off my trip at my sister Ralina's house. It was fun to see our babies next to each other. TJ was monstrous compared to his cousin Cade who is a month younger than him.

We did a lot of fun things while we were there. We went swimming, to a trampoline place, watched cousin Creighton's soccer games, played on the hot wheels motorcycle, went to the park, shopping, made lots of treats, rode on scooters, and played games. There is always something fun to do at my sister Ralina's house. 

I was also excited to go to Utah to see our newest baby cousin Caleb. This was my sister Shalisa's first baby and we were all excited to see him. We decided since all of us girls would be together we would do a mini photo shoot as well. It was a blast and Shalisa was such a trooper doing all the jumps having had a baby a week prior. Her baby was adorable. It's so fun to see her as a mommy. 

                                                                     Camo loves Grandma!

                                                              Beautiful Shalisa and baby Caleb

The next week I stayed at my sister Larissa's house. It was filled with laughter, cooking galore, games, bracelet making,  kickball and many other outdoor activities.  I was so grateful for my sister Larissa. She helped me with TJ so much. There was one night I was up all night because TJ would not stop crying. He had a fever and was not settling down.  My sister felt so bad that the following night she heard me up with him at 3 in the morning again so she told me she would take him from 3 until 7. I don't know what I would have done without her. I needed those extra four hours of sleep so bad. Turns out he was getting some teeth in. He cut 4 top teeth while we were in Utah! The following night my other sister Tana who was also staying with Larisa, told me she would take the monitor and get up with him when he started to cry. I was grateful for her because she allowed me to sleep almost the entire night. I have the best sister's! 

We also went to Soldier Hollow to go sledding one of the days while we were there. We went on a fairly warm day so some of the snow was melting. Because of that the sledding was a bit slower. It was perfect for Camo though. He had a blast. He didn't want to go home, but I had to force him to because he was starting to shake from being so cold. I didn't really dress him properly because I didn't think he would be going down so many times. I thought he might be scared, but I was definitely wrong.  Thank you to his cousin Tyler and Uncle Topher who helped him up the hill the entire time. I had to stay with TJ, but was able to sneak away one time to go down with Camo. 

Another reason why I was excited to go to Utah was to see my amazing friend Valerie. J and her husband were in Chiropractic school together and he is now practicing in Utah. Valerie and I were great running partners/friends while she was here in Oregon so we decided to run a 10k in Salt Lake together. I will blog more about that run in another post. I decided to stay a night with Valerie in Provo to catch up with her and her family. We miss them so much and wished we all lived closer. We had a bbq and then we were able to sneak out later that night to have some ice cream at the BYU creamery. Abbey who was another good friend from Chiropractic school was also able to meet up with us, as well as Sabrina and her family another Chiropractic student. Camo missed Abbey's son Travis so much and was so excited to reunite with him. It was so fun to get all the kids together. That night was filled with plenty of laughter! I can't wait to get back together with everyone and hopefully J will be with us next time.