Utah trip

So in September Bryce and I were able to finally go back to Utah to visit.

We flew standby. Let me say, I am very grateful we can do this but... it can also be so so stressful. I don't want to go into all the details but let's just say how amazing Bryce is for getting us out there. We weren't able to fly right to SLC so he spent 3 hours searching and found us a flight to CO and a rental car to drive from there to SLC. Bless him. He knew how much I needed the trip.

Now, I knew all I wanted to do when I was out there was to hang out with Jennifer and just be there. I knew Bryce would get bored so we kept the rental car for the first day and he left on his own and just did his own trip. He's been dying to drive in the mountains for ages so he mapped out his own road trip (seen below) and saw a couple friends on the way  but mostly just drove and had a day to himself. 

Here's our awesome rental car! :) Super fun! 

So it was fabulous to know he was doing what made him happy while I did what made me happy. 

PS- normally we do EVERYTHING together. We're both kinda clingy...yes, even after 5 years. But ever once in a while we know what we each need and time on our own is very nice.... every once in a while. :D

Here's what I got to do!!

I had a whole Have To do list for while I was there: 

Taelyn wanted to get her ears pierced while I was there so we did that.

Here she is waiting for her turn....

 Checking to make sure the drawn dots were gonna be good.

And she did it!

She was excited until she sat in the chair and then she kept asking how much it would hurt and what if it hurt too much. We assured her it would be ok and similar to an insulin shot like she does all the time. So she got brave and did it. :)

Bryce stopped at our temple a took a few pictures while he was gone. :) he's so tender.

Then we went to Jaren and Tanner's football games. 

And the kids did their own dog pile.

I got to see one of my BFFs! Amanda and I hadn't seen eachother since before Jake was born so I got to meet him too! He was uber cute and it was soooo good to see her!

Traci came to see me too and I'm so sad I didn't get a picture of us together! It was fabulous to see her as well and we made all kinds of plans to live close to eachother one day.

That night Jen and I left the kids with Jazz (bless him!) and went to see Austenland.

Oh my gosh, we laughed so hard. It was such a fabulous sister's night! Perfect movie to see with a sister! Plus we went without ever seeing a preview or knowing hardly anything about it so it made it 100 times better. It was awesome and couldn't stop talking about it the rest of my visit. 

On Sunday during sacrament meeting at church the boys passed me a fortune teller they had made recently and I had to clamp my hand over my mouth to keep from laughing out loud. I love boys. 

We spent a lot of time outside. It was SO NICE outside the whole visit. We played tackle and football and crack the egg and every other trampoline game you can think of. 

Here's us being cute.

Here's cutie pie Jake before they left on Sunday. 

This picture is one of my faves. 

Bryce and Jen just throw jabs back and forth constantly and try to one up the other but they love eachother deep down. So this picture kinda says it all. Sarcasm and attitude. :) 

Another To Do on my list while we were there was to eat a CAFE RIO.

And oh, did we eat that cafe rio....it was so freaking amazing. We miss it so bad being in Texas!

The picture below is us trying to get all of us in the same frame at once. You can't really tell but Bryce is so dang tall and Jen is so dang short. It was practically impossible to get us all in when taking a selfie!

And here's the picture Jen took of us on her phone and it's one of my faves of the two of us now. How can she make us look good just with her phone? She's amazeballs.

I'm uber in love with this man. Can you tell? He always just stands with his hands in his pockets and looks out the window. I just think he's so darn cute.

Here's Tae when we were working on her homework. 

If you read previous posts, this is when she made her comments on how I want a baby more than her. :)

My cousins Sara and Amanda came with their hunnies and baby and preggo belly but I didn't get pics of them but Jen did!  So when I get those I'll post them! :) I have the best cousins ever! I loved seeing them!!!!! Jen also took pics of me with the kiddos so I'll post those too eventually. 

Then on Monday night, Maddie babysat while Jen, Jazz, Bryce and I went to RUMBI for dinner. This was our other Have To while we were there. Again, so fabulous!

My dear bro in law: 

We think we're pretty cute.

And... aaaww!!! It's us again! :)

And again, cracking up at how little I look compared to my man.

Me and Jennifer!

OK, now my last Have To of our trip was one of THE MOST IMPORTANT.

Making No Bake Cookies. 

And the rule is that I have to make them.

When I lived with her for two summers in college we would make a batch a couple times a week and eat them ALL in one night. And Jen always convinced me to make them by saying I make them so much better than her. She's a liar but I like compliments so I do it anyway.