Last night we got home safe and sound from a great trip to Utah! Nikki is still asleep and I'm sure Hannah would rather still be in bed than at school. Last night both girls ended up in our bed, so I was on the couch. I thought that was crazy since they slept so well in all the different houses we stayed in over the holidays. I think we left our camera at Robin's house, so hopefully she'll be able to find it soon and mail it to us. We didn't get nearly enough pictures. We were able to see all of the family in Utah except for Nate's brother David who spent Thanksgiving in Idaho. The girls were meeting so many cousins that they didn't remember, and I thought they did a great job just jumping in and playing with everyone.
We had a great visit with Nate's parents. Hannah and Nikki wanted to spend every minute with Grandma and Grandpa and would follow them around the house. They especially loved the trains. Nate's dad has the neatest train set in the basement. It fills the whole family room and has several tracks and trains of all sizes. The scenery is really cool, too because he made his own mountains and desert scenes and villages. I think you could look at it all day and still find new things. It was so good to see them and be able to spend some time with them. We sure wish we could do that more often.
On the way to dinner at Laura's house (Nate' sister) one night we were telling the girls the names of their cousins they would get to play with at Laura's house, and when Nikki learned that there was a boy she said, "I don't like boys." She was so sure she didn't want to play with him, but when we got there Gabe was just so talkative and entertaining. On the way home, Nikki sounded so surprised when she said, "That boy was nice."
We got to spend a day at the Littles, and it was really fun getting to know Gary's kids. Hannah and Hyrum had fun playing together. He's such a cute kid. And Jayden got Nate into her make-believe pegasus game. He was so impressed that she could put on a pretty good British accent and said she had an imagination just like Emma. We got some updated pictures with Hannah and Jayden together. They don't know that they're supposed to be best friends but maybe they'll figure that out one day!
There were also fun visits to Shaun and Steve's houses and BYU campus and to see Robin and Kellee. I even got to go with Kellee on her paper route. We got to see the Christmas lights on Temple Square. Nate got to go to the BYU/Utah football game. It was just so wonderful and I could make this blog post tons longer, but I'll wait until I get my camera back. It was a great trip and it is also great to be home.
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