A Quick Trip to Utah

We found out in July that Clint will soon be deploying again.  Even though he doesn't have orders yet, we figured we should just plan on it happening and take a trip home to Utah.  So we packed up on a Sunday and left on Monday.  We only had a week there, but we had a good time with family.

The drive is so brutally long, but the kids did great (well, the big kids anyway).

The first thing on our agenda was Pioneer Day festivities.  Morgan wanted to wear her hat and boots, just in case she got to meet Miss Rodeo Utah!

Well, she got pretty lucky!  Not only did she meet Miss Rodeo Utah, she also met Miss Rodeo America and made a new friend, Shelby, who was Little Miss Bear River Queen.

Shelby and Morgan

Morgan and Miss Utah.

Every morning it was the same thing..."Where is Morgan?

Oh, she's out with Comit."

"Does anyone know where Morgan is?  Oh, she's out with Comit."

"Morgan, where are you?  Oh, she's out with Comit."

Being in Utah is Morgan's most favorite thing in the whole world.  She loves her extended family and asks us everyday if we can take them ALL with us when we move so we can all live together.  She dreams of living on a farm and spending her days with horses.

My sister-in-law, Jenny, came up to West Haven to ride horses with us.  She brought Ellie and Kayla.

I think they had a really good time.  Riding horses is every little girls' dream at some point I think.

Family picture while camping in the Uintahs.  Brrrrr.  It was freezing up there!  I don't think my toes ever thawed out until we got home.

 The kids had fun on the slip n slide.