We hiked the Y Trail.  We lived in Utah 7 years and never hiked it because I am scared of mountain lions. Well, Sei brought his duty weapon with him, so he could save us if necessary. It was a steep hike and Sei had to carry Livie quite a bit of the way. But we made it!!!

I also got to have dinner with friends!! Klin, Suzanne, Mikelene, and Gina all met me for dinner in Provo. Thanks Suzanne for taking the time to set that up!! It was so great to see them. It was my first time to meet Mikelene, so that was extra special!! Yep- I met all those awesome ladies online. So awesome.

The boys got to hang with their old neighborhood friends. I cried. Several times. Seeing them all together again and watching how they just picked up where they left off just made me happy and sad at the same time. I love that group of boys. They are all good kids. They used to hang out at our house. We carpooled. They went to church together. They are such a cool group of kids. And now I’m crying again. Boo.

Then came the long trip home… 1400 miles and 20 hours can make you go  a little mad…

It was a super great family vacay. We missed having Kelsea and Karlea with us, but we had a good time. Thank you to my parents who helped with hotels on the way there and back, Sei’s cousins Jasen & Joann for letting us stay with them and Sei’s parents for paying a chunk of our part for the family reunion. Love you all!

I have a lot of catching up to do, but having gone of vacation for 2 weeks to Arizona and Utah… well, I’m just in lazy mode. So, here’s the Reader’s Digest version. I’ll give more details later.:

We went to the Grand Canyon and no one fell it. It sure is beautiful. The kids loved it. We hiked down a little, but figured going too far wouldn’t be smart since most of us had on flip flops…

We had a family reunion in Cedar City, Utah. There was some drama, but I like to stay out of that so I took a nap instead. I hadn’t seen my inlaws in over 2 years. It was good to see them again. We rented out an entire dorm at Southern Utah University. There was over 130 people there. The kids were in heaven staying up late with cousins. It was awesome.

We got to see and stay with our besties, Julio and Heidi.  We rode wave runners at the lake- which was an adventure in itself… That was my 1st time to drive a wave runner. I also learned what happens when a knee boarding rope gets sucked into it… Oops.

Stay tuned for part 2!!