Trip to Utah

We took a trip to Utah a few weeks ago. Kat and I went early to go to my brother's wedding reception and then Drew came about a week later. We crammed in a lot while we were there (hence the many pictures) and had a ton of fun.

My brother's reception was at the Brighton ski resort. It was really pretty up there. We went on a little hike before the reception and then walked up to a little waterfall right outside of the reception to get some pictures during it.
Kathryn was a little afraid of the water, but it was really beautiful. There were a ton of rocks at the bottom of the ski lift and Kathryn and her cousin Adriana loved playing with them. They apparently tasted good too :)
Here's a picture of all of my family that was there...
And here we are with my brother (Chris) and sister-in-law (Di)...

Check out my brother's tie-it's a metal washboard and came with thimbles to play it. He jumped in with the band on a song to jam with them :) It totally fits his personality and he had a lot of fun with it.

Here's the happy couple dancing. Aren't they cute? :)
It was a really fun party in a beautiful place.

While we were out there, we got to see several of our friends. We forgot to take pictures with all of them, but here are the ones we did remember to take pictures with...

Friends from Iowa

Me with 2 of my old roommates-we all have little girls now which was a lot of fun.

Me and Kat with Renee, one of my best friends from when I taught school.

Kathryn and I spent a couple of days with my sister and her family at our family's cabin in the Uinta mountains. I hadn't been there for awhile, so it was great to be back. It has always been a place of peace for me and I have tender memories of it. In the cabin there is a spiral staircase which was Kathryn's favorite part. So this was her idea of fun...
Not this...
Can you tell? :) She was just sick of me trying to take a million pictures, but I had to include it because her face is just priceless :) I'm sure she was overjoyed when my camera battery ran out and I had forgotten to bring the charger with us to the cabin.

Drew's sister and her family got to Salt Lake the same day Drew did, so we had a lot of fun with them too. The day after they all got there, his sister was on the local NBC station's morning show which was so cool. She has an awesome cooking blog and showed how to make this amazing cinnamon caramel corn. Here's the link to the recipe and her little TV clip if you want to check it out. It is super easy, melts in your mouth and is addicting-so watch out :) The next day we all went down to Provo. We visited the BYU campus which was fun and brought back a lot of memories. Kathryn missed her morning nap, so she ended up like this...
After seeing BYU we visited Drew's grandparents who live in Provo. It was fun to see them again and Kathryn loved playing with all of their stuffed animals. They even sent her home with one.

The next day we had a barbecue lunch with some friends and then went back down to Provo with our brother-in-law and another friend to see the BYU football game against Florida State. We got amazing tickets through a connection Drew's dad has. Our seats were pretty much at the 50-yard line about 30-40 rows up and came with wristbands to get a ton of free food. It was an awesome hookup. Here we are right before the game started (which is why we have smiles on our faces)...
Unfortunately the game did not go well at all and we left with frowns on our faces, but it was still cool to get to be in the stadium for a game again.