Labor Day to Mexico, Again?

Yes, we went to Mexico again for the Labor Day weekend. I didn't know we were going till Wednesday night, so it was kind of an unplanned trip for us. Blaine wanted to head down before he got too involved with school.

It was a nice little break for us as we headed up into the mountains and enjoyed much cooler weather. I can't wait for it to become cold in Arizona. If you live here, you just sweat all the time.

While we were there, we went to the Whetten's ranch house and enjoyed some peace and quiet up in the mountains. But I guess we didn't get that much peace and quiet with four little kids running around. My child being the worse, of course. But Emi had a nice time playing with her cousins and just being outside all day.

While we were driving to Mexico, we saw a few rattlesnakes on the road. It had been raining a lot, so they were just moving onto the dirt road to get dry. I have never seen a rattlesnake out in the wild, so of course we had to stop and take a picture. I was so scared because some of them were moving really fast, so I thought they were going to attack me. Scary snakes...


Emi and Blaine on the ride to Mexico. It's about eight hours to get there, and now that we go all the time, I'm used to it and it's really not that bad anymore.


Emi and her cousins, Greysen and Preslee, at the ranch house. She loved being outside and just getting her hands dirty.

Trip to Utah

So, we're in Park City, Utah with my family right now, enjoying the cool weather up in the mountains. My sister is at BYU right now doing the SOAR program. The weather is so nice in Utah, I love the summers in Utah. We have been enjoying the weather and taking advantage of the pool and jacuzzi. It's been nice visiting the old sites and seeing how much things have changed in the last year and a half since I've been back.
We had the opportunity to go to This is the Place Heritage Park. This is the place where Brigham Young pointed and chose Salt Lake to be the place that they were going to settle. Of all the years that I have lived in Utah, I have never heard of this place, so it was fun to visit. It was a really cool place and reminded me of Colonial Williamsburg, VA because they have little villages set up in the 1800s, but the only difference is that there's Mormon history associated with the village. It's a good place to take your kids and Emi had so much fun.

In front of the Pioneer Family Statue. I wish they had this in a smaller version, so that I could buy it.


In front of the This is the Place Monument.


Grandpa and Emi riding on the train at Heritage Park.


My Mom churning butter at Brigham Young's Farmhouse. She would not survive one day living the pioneer life. The bread and butter that they gave us to eat was really good though.


Me pulling this heavy handcart. Notice that I have nothing in it and I'm already struggling.


Emi in the covered wagon ride and then at the petting barn.



Finally, us swimming in Park City.