Well, we just got back from our visit to Utah...and Andrew and I just agreed this morning, we wish we were still on vacation. It started off with Little Bug's first swim. Any nervousness we had about her swimming ended really quickly. As soon as she got in the water this is the smile we got. The only problem we had was trying to hold onto her. She was thoroughly convinced that she did not need to be held while swimming.
We were there for Pioneer Day! Ok, so pretty sure I was the only one excited about this, but I had fun. I'd never been in Utah on Pioneer Day and that certainly seems the place to celebrate such a day. We went to a parade and the highlight of course was the mounds of candy being thrown at us. However, Andrew made me wait for the little kids to get their fill of candy before I was allowed to collect some. In the evening, we lit a few fireworks ourselves before heading out to a fireworks show! Here is Little Bug and Grandma D enjoying our home lit fireworks.
Here Little Bug couldn't figure out what the heck that noise was coming from Papa D while he slept!
No trip to Utah would be complete without boating. So, I admit, I do not come from a boating background. I always believed boating was done on nice relaxing sunny days where people would go to cool off in the water and soak up some warm sun on the boat. Then I joined the Duffin family and found out otherwise. For my first boating trip with them, we woke up at 5:30/6 AM to make sure we got good water to ski on. The goal was to get water that "looked like glass." I wasn't sure what that meant, but I went with it. The water looked great, but IT WAS FREEZING! Fortunately, Andrew has come to his senses about the hours to go water skiing. Finally boating is what I expected it to be...at a normal hour when it is warm outside. This time it was enjoyable to hop into the water and take a ski. Of course water skiing was always fun, but it sure is better not having to wrap yourself in a blanket after you ski to avoid hypothermia. And of course the fun doubled by being able to take Little Bug on the boat.
Thank heavens for this window on our flight home. Little Bug was beyond tired, but she thoroughly enjoyed peering out this window throughout our flight.
And now it's back to real life for us...sigh.
We were there for Pioneer Day! Ok, so pretty sure I was the only one excited about this, but I had fun. I'd never been in Utah on Pioneer Day and that certainly seems the place to celebrate such a day. We went to a parade and the highlight of course was the mounds of candy being thrown at us. However, Andrew made me wait for the little kids to get their fill of candy before I was allowed to collect some. In the evening, we lit a few fireworks ourselves before heading out to a fireworks show! Here is Little Bug and Grandma D enjoying our home lit fireworks.
Here Little Bug couldn't figure out what the heck that noise was coming from Papa D while he slept!
No trip to Utah would be complete without boating. So, I admit, I do not come from a boating background. I always believed boating was done on nice relaxing sunny days where people would go to cool off in the water and soak up some warm sun on the boat. Then I joined the Duffin family and found out otherwise. For my first boating trip with them, we woke up at 5:30/6 AM to make sure we got good water to ski on. The goal was to get water that "looked like glass." I wasn't sure what that meant, but I went with it. The water looked great, but IT WAS FREEZING! Fortunately, Andrew has come to his senses about the hours to go water skiing. Finally boating is what I expected it to be...at a normal hour when it is warm outside. This time it was enjoyable to hop into the water and take a ski. Of course water skiing was always fun, but it sure is better not having to wrap yourself in a blanket after you ski to avoid hypothermia. And of course the fun doubled by being able to take Little Bug on the boat.
Thank heavens for this window on our flight home. Little Bug was beyond tired, but she thoroughly enjoyed peering out this window throughout our flight.
And now it's back to real life for us...sigh.
