Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Love For Utah

Our trip to Utah was awesome! Here are our favorite moments captured on film:

St. George: We had a fantastic time with Jeremy's Grandpa and Grandma Lyman. We loved seeing their mission photos, taking a long walk around their neighbourhood, eating Bonnie's delicious feasts and watching Abby make Play-Doh animals with her new friends.



Friends: We were thrilled to spend time with some of our favorite Utah friends. We had Thai food with Joel and Rachel...

Italian food with Biggies and Heidi (and their clan)...

A baby blessing feast with Justin and Tiffany, Tobey and Denise and assorted family and friends...

Festival of Trees: This was my first time at the festival. Primary Children's Hospital raises money every year by having people donate decorated Christmas items that they sell/auction. Usually each tree comes with a story from the family who donated it. It was very touching to see how the family honored the memory of their loved one in the way they presented their tree. For example, one baby liked barbies so they had a barbie-themed tree and presents. I would have loved to have purchased this safari tree....

Someone built this awesome playhouse to be auctioned...

This was a gingerbread castle that was for sale...

Holiday wreathes were a hot item....

Clearly, Abby loved them.

There were decorations for hearths...

This was a beautiful mother and daughter set that I loved...

The festival clan...

We couldn't think of leaving SLC without hitting up The Cheesecake Factory.

Family time :)

Denna was kind enough to get Christmas up and running at her house so Abby could enjoy it.

I'm sorry to say that I don't have any photos of our sweet Thanksgiving or the food competition with Sara and Bry. I'd love to blog adventures. Please forward some photos if you have some. Thanks :)

7 comments:

Jessica said...

Um, Denise. I can't get over how SKINNY and amazing you look. What a fun trip!

Aunt Kim said...

That does look and sound like an awesome trip. Jeremy must have loved being home with all his family and friends. Too bad you guys couldn't visit more frequently!! Utah is awesome around the winter holidays!

Holly said...

I am SOOOO in love with that pic of abbers and douglas!

Eden said...

We loved having you guys visit--always, always fun to see you both and talk for hours (and eat fantastic food of course!)

Sommer Family said...

Dido what Jessica said!

A Friend's Perspective said...

Merry Christmas my friend!!

Jena said...

another "I wish". I wish we could have been there too! You guys always find a way to squeeze in a million things. I don't know how you do it!