Mark and I and the girls drove up to Utah on Friday, August 1st and took a different route (Alt 89) thru Marble Canyon and the Vermillion cliffs. So beautiful!
We arrived in Provo and then followed Christopher and Jenelle up Provo Canyon to the Willis family cabin near Kamas. The cabin was so comfortable and in such a beautiful setting with an awesome view. Deer came around frequently. The weather was perfect.We went to a huge reservoir and canoed, played games, got acquainted with Dawson, attended church in Oakley, took naps, walked to the creek and just relaxed. Jenelle had planned yummy, simple meals. Her parents drove over from Centerville for a brief visit. Mark enjoyed hearing Corey's narrative of how their family built the cabin over many years. We stayed there till Monday, and it was kinda sad to leave.
On the drive back to Provo, there was a fire on top of the mountains above Bridal Veil falls. There were two helicopters dumping water and we stopped at the scenic view pullout and watched them in action.
We settled into the large apartment that Chris and Jenelle live in, that we hadn't seen, and planned our meals and grocery shopped. They are such a sweet, hospitable couple, and Dawson is a precious boy. He is really talking, and seemed to really enjoy Calla and Jenny. We went to a local park,threw Frisbee's and Landon Woolf stopped by to visit us. He also works at the MTC and Chris really enjoys having his cousin in town. On Tuesday we girls had a "day out" while Grandpa babysat Dawson, and went school clothes shopping and saw the movie, "Kitt Kittredge, an American Girl." Wednesday, Mark and I and Jen went to the BYU Library and did some family history research. Calla went ice skating that evening with Christopher. We were grateful for Jenelle, she watched the girls for us and that was such a blessing. Thursday, Mark and I drove up to Idaho Falls, stopping in Logan to meet some new coworkers at Henderson Law Offices. Because I work on my computer at home in Arizona for them, most of them are just "names" without faces. Until now.
We arrived in Idaho Falls and spent the evening there at a theme hotel room downtown. We celebrated our belated 31st anniversary in the most elegant room we've ever had. The next morning we got up quite early and went to a session at the temple. Then attended Tyler and Brittany Klepinger's wedding. Such a beautiful couple and special memory! We went to the delicious luncheon afterwards and headed back down to Provo. Christopher and Landon had driven up for the wedding and they followed us back down. We packed everything up, slept in our clothes, and left early Saturday morning for home. We had a safe trip and arrived in Taylor, grateful for the great vacation to end our summer!
Mark and I and the girls drove up to Utah on Friday, August 1st and took a different route (Alt 89) thru Marble Canyon and the Vermillion cliffs. So beautiful! 
We settled into the large apartment that Chris and Jenelle live in, that we hadn't seen, and planned our meals and grocery shopped. They are such a sweet, hospitable couple, and Dawson is a precious boy. He is really talking, and seemed to really enjoy Calla and Jenny. We went to a local park,threw Frisbee's and Landon Woolf stopped by to visit us. He also works at the MTC and Chris really enjoys having his cousin in town. On Tuesday we girls had a "day out" while Grandpa babysat Dawson, and went school clothes shopping and saw the movie, "Kitt Kittredge, an American Girl." Wednesday, Mark and I and Jen went to the BYU Library and did some family history research. Calla went ice skating that evening with Christopher. We were grateful for Jenelle, she watched the girls for us and that was such a blessing. Thursday, Mark and I drove up to Idaho Falls, stopping in Logan to meet some new coworkers at Henderson Law Offices. Because I work on my computer at home in Arizona for them, most of them are just "names" without faces. Until now. 
