Utah Trip - January 2008

The second week of January we all headed out to Utah for ~1 week. This was Emmie's first trip to Utah and the for time to meet most of our family out there. When we told the boys we were going to Utah, the first thing Nathan said was he wanted to throw a snowball at uncle Kyle and aunt Heather.

So how was the flight?

We flew Delta - SkyWest this time which meant a small plane with four seats per row, two on each side of the aisle. We were concerned that they wouldn't let the boys sit together, but it ended up not being a problem. The boys were really good. They've flown enough that it's kind of become old hat. The boys know that the stewardesses come around with drinks and snacks. Before we even took off one of the stewardesses brought the boys each a little bottle of water. Nathan turned to us and said, "I wanted juice and I got water." Then he proceeded to turn around and yell down the aisle "I wanted juice." Although we should have told him to stop, we couldn't because we were too busy laughing at him. The boys watched a video, ate cookies, and drank juice. Emmie slept for a good chunk of the flight. About an hour and a half into the flight she woke up and was very happy so we set pulled down the tray tables and layed her down and she just played for a long time. Tammy felt pretty sick during the flight, but all in all, everything went well.

Playing in the snow.

So of all the times we've gone to Utah, this is the first trip where it's actually snowed. Wednesday afternoon we headed over to Grandma and Grandpa Smith's and the boys, Wyatt, Brittney, Grandpa, and I all suited up and went out to build a snowman. Unfortunately the snow was too dry to actually stick together, so we built a snow mountain instead and then proceeded to dig a tunnel through the center of it. The boys had a blast, but after it was all done they were bright red and hurting from the cold. Here are a few pictures from the snow adventure.

The Dinosaur Museum.

The boys love playing with dinosaurs, so we thought it would be fun to take them back to the dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving Point. They ran around looking at all the big bones, playing in the water erosion area, and dug for dinosaur bones. Here are a few pictures.

Legacy Hall at BYU.

Nathan loves BYU football and loves to watch BYU football videos on YouTube. His favorite thing is to watch the running backs make a good run or score a touchdown. He always says "they can't catch him because he's too fast and too tricky." We took some time to visit Legacy Hall and while we were there we met Harvey Unga. Unfortunately Nathan was too embarassed to talk to him, but Harvey thought it was really funny when we told him about what Nathan says.

Greene Family Pictures.

The last time we were out in Utah was almost two years ago for Kyle and Heather's wedding. Because it had been so long both sides of our family arranged to have family pictures taken. We had the pictures with Tammy's family taken at the Provo Tabernacle. We haven't received the prints yet, but I took a few pictures with our camera. Here are a couple of the ones I took. I'll upload more when we get them.

Emmie's blessing.

We made a point to hold off on blessing Emmie until we got out to Utah. It was wonderful being able to have all of our family to participate in the blessing. We did it at my parents house Sunday night with a member of the bishopric there. My aunt Sharelene brought a gift for Emmie; her first BYU shirt and hat. Isn't she cute?!




So this wasn't all of the things we did while we were in Utah but these are the main things. It sure was fun.