Utah Trip

Abby and I went to Utah from June 15th to June 22nd. I was invited to run the Wasatch Back Ragnar Relay so I jumped at the chance to have an excuse to go visit family! I flew out with my friend Leilani (thank you Leilani for saving me on the plane rides!) and Abby but unfortunately we had over 2 hours of delays! I won't go into it but Abby had 2 melt downs and didn't fall asleep until 1:15am Texas time. I stayed with Wendy and Aaron for the first part of my visit and Abby had so much fun getting to know her cousins. Here are some pictures describing my trip!

Ashley Horlacher came to see me on Wednesday with her little boy Maddox. He is 3 months older than Abby and my first time to see him! They were so cute together! Here they are sizing each other up at the Zoo!

Abby and I rode the tram to see all the fun animals.

The kids played and had no problem climbing over each other. Abby can hold her own!

Ashley, Maddox, Me and Abby

On Thursday, Wendy drove me to Logan with all the kids to Aaron and Kenzie's house. Us women went to the Downeast Outfitters tent sale. I got 5 shirts and a purse for 24 dollars! We all ate watermelon and ran around having fun. Abby loves watermelon as you can tell from the following pictures.

Barnes followed Abby around the entire time. It was so cute! He was at her crib the minute she woke up from her nap and said "Hi!"

I love this picture with the juice dripping off her chin!

The following morning, Aaron drove me to the start of the Wasatch Back which happened to start at his work. He gave me a quick walk through of his building/factory and hung out while we waited for the start. There I met the girls I'd be with for the next 30hrs and 51mins. We had so much fun! Unfortunately, I don't have a picture of the whole group but here I am by the van with my number in Park City at the finish line. I was runner #5 and ran 3 legs totally 14.6 miles. My first run was 7.4 miles uphill but I killed it! It was easier than I thought it would be. The hardest run was my final leg of 3 miles! I was just too tired!

After the race, Julie and Spence picked me up in Park City. Abby and Maddux got along so well. He is pretty quiet so Abby seemed ridiculously loud compared to him! Here they are in the tub playing with the water and drinking from their New York cups.

They played together on the playground and followed each other around.

Christina had her baby James the day we left. Abby said "baby" for the first time when she saw her cousin. I let her hold him and she kept petting, hugging and rocking him. It was so cute!

Our final stop was the Haleuas. Blake is 1 month younger than Abby and as you can see he is already eating out of her hand! They were very fun together.

Christy, Abby, Blake and Jackie.

Thank you everyone for making for Utah trip so fun! We hope to see you all again soon!