Our Trip to Utah!

I haven't blogged in a really long time, so it's my chance to catch up. I will have to add in pictures later.

We were able to take a trip back home to see our family. Scott went a few days before me to do the Ragnar so I had to navigate to the airport alone. I would say that I am pretty good about getting myself around the city on my own, but the airport is always a different story. I left directly from work and was feeling good getting on the right trains, and making it to the airtrain. While I was on the airtrain I got distracted while texting Scott asking about his race, and I missed my stop. The airtrain loops around to the different terminals at the airport so I decided to just stay on and make the loop again. It took about 20 minutes to get around the loop again and come to find out I could have gotten off the train I was on and gotten on another to save myself some time. After getting through security I still managed to get to the airport 1 1/2 early. Other than that little trip up, I would say I was successful getting to the airport.

When I got to Utah on Friday June 18th, my Dad, Mom, and little sister Courtney came to pick me up. They were so nice to come get me even though I didn't fly in until after 11:00 pm. I of course had to go to sleep shortly after since it was after 1:00 my time. I got excited while in the car that I could see the stars. I haven't seen a sky full of stars in a long time. Of course waking up in the mornings during our trip I rarely slept past 6:00 am. I decided I was going to try to stay close to New York time if possible so I wouldn't have so much of an adjustment.

Then we just hung out on Saturday until Scott was back from his race and then I went with him to his celebratory BBQ.

On Sunday, it was Father's Day. We went to church with my family. It was a little strange being back in my home ward. Our ward in NYC is just so different. After church Scott's brother Brad and his wife Kate were going to be leaving to go back to California so we had lunch with Scott's family to say goodbye. Then we went back to my house for dinner. My sister was sick, so my brother in law brought their kids, and my grandparents were also there. It was fun to see everyone.

Monday to Wednesday Scott helped his Mom with Elementary Science camp for the Davis School District during the day. I hung out and helped my family with getting things ready for my brother Cam getting home from his mission on that Thursday. On Monday my mom took me to her circuit training class that was a killer. I went once and died... I don't know how my mom does it.

On Thursday we did the final things getting ready for Cameron to get home from his mission. We went to the airport with our signs, and greeted the missionaries as they came in. There were a bunch of missionaries from Canada flying home together so there were a lot of people waiting. It was emotional for me to see my brother, because I hadn't seen him in 2 years. A lot has happened since then. Since he left on his mission, Scott and I got married, we both graduated from College, and then we moved to NYC and Scott finished his first year of medical school. It also made me sad to think that now he's home, and we are living away, so I had limited time to see him. I got over my emotions, and enjoyed being able to see him! After the airport we went home and had dinner with all my siblings, parents, Scott, sister's family, and grandparents. We had one of Cameron's favorite dinners and desserts, then he was off to get released as a missionary at the Stake President's office. When he got home we all went swimming, which was very fun!

Friday and Saturday we prepared for family coming over on Sunday to hear Cameron speak. I can't remember what else we did.

On Sunday we went to church with my family, and heard Cameron speak in Sacrament. Afterwards our family came over to have lunch at my parents house. It was fun to see extended family that I hadn't seen in a while. I was amazed at how many people could fit in my parents house and backyard. I'm used to hosting people in a tiny apartment.

Wow, this post is getting really long! I'll stop boring you with the details because now my mind is blanking at what else we did. It was just a lot of fun relaxing in Utah and hanging out with family.

Some of my things in Utah that are different than NYC:
Driving!
Grocery Shopping with a car to take home the groceries
Cheap groceries
No Humidity
Staying in a house with carpet
A Yard
Grass
Dishwasher
Disposal
Washer/Dryer
And best of all.... Family!

I'm sure there were more, but these are some of the things I really appreciated while we were in Utah. It was very relaxing to be out of the city for a bit. My stresses went away for 12 days which I enjoyed. I can't wait for the next time we get to go to Utah!