Utah Trip - Day 6

Our trip was almost over...So we made the most of our last full day in Utah.  We started out at Alex's house visiting with him and his family.  They had a new addition to their family - a turtle.

 Peter showing the turtle some love - ew

 I put Max down for a nap in the swing with the hopes that he would be happy for his photo shoot later.

 Max and his Aunt Tawny - lots of love!

 Uh oh, these two could be trouble together!

Max was doing really well at this point in the trip with going to people for a little bit and letting them love on him.

Max wore his Utah hat just long enough to show Uncle Alex, then we quickly removed it.  :)

We went up to my friend LeeAnn's house for a photo shoot.  She is a photographer (took my senior pics, our engagements pics, my bridal pics and our wedding pics) and at my baby shower gave me a present of a photo shoot for Max once he arrived.  I was excited to see her and do the photo shoot before she moves to Hawaii.  While I am excited for this new adventure for her family, I will miss seeing her when I come to Utah.  I will post the pictures from the photo shoot in their own post, because they are so cute that they deserve their own post.  :)

After LeeAnn's, we drove past the house I grew up in (LeeAnn was one of my young women's leaders in my ward).  Oh my goodness was I shocked when I saw the house on Valley Ridge.  Boy had it changed!

The trees on the parking strip were HUGE.  I remember when we planted those!  The bush by the mailbox was huge - I remember when we planted that too.  The front yard though was a mess.  I don't know if you could call it landscaping.  It was almost like some dumped one of those packets of wildflowers seeds all over and then just let it go.  I am not even sure if there was grass.  Everything was overgrown.  It looked to me like it had become the house that everyone sees as the eyesore on the street.

Were there hippies living here?  The window shutters were painted purple and they had tiled the stairs.  All of the trees needed to be trimmed.  I couldn't believe that was my house (it took a while a second to convince Peter it was).  All that time I spent meticulously weeding the flower beds and front lawn... I loved mowing the lawn...Oh my.  My mom would be shocked.  I feel bad for the neighbors.

Front yard

Side and garage

Front Porch

Looking at the side yard towards the back.  My swing set is still there though.  :)  Although it's hard to tell that for the overgrown forest you have to look through.

We had to, of course, stop at Cafe Rio!!! So yummy.

Then we headed back to West Valley for one more visit with Peter's family.

Korben, Max's cousin, actually played with Max.  Up to this point he didn't want much to do with him.

Korben and Max

Max and his cousin Felisha

Max playing with the girls - Felisha and Mariah

Kisses from cousin Mariah

Kisses from Grandma Donna

Grandma making Max smile

Jaxsie, Mariah, Felisha, Mark, Max, Peter, and me

After the visit we went back to Tammy's house and had dinner and visited with them for the evening.  Heather came over with Aaron, too.  Max tried crawling on the grass for the first time and wasn't a fan.  Peter and I got eaten by mosquitoes, but not Max.  I am glad because I had totally forgotten about those dang mosquitoes, especially at dusk, in Utah.

Aaron had a great time with the Buzz Lightyears.

Kisses from Dad

Shooting the breeze - Taylor and Nathan

Aaron and Maryn

Time to go home - put me to bed.  Heather and Aaron

On this trip Peter taught Tammy how to solve a Rubix cube.  She was a good practicer.  :)

Taylor taught Max how to high five.

Thanks for letting us stay, Tammy, Nathan and family!  It was lots of fun.