Christmas 2006 Trip to Utah

We decided it was be really fun for our little family of three to take a Christmas vacation to Utah. Since both Will and I used to live there and missed certain things, and also since we've been promising Jessica and Scott we'd come see them for the last, oh I don't know, 5 or 6 Conferences now, we figured a vacation was in order. We had a LOVELY time and hope to make a Christmas vacation a regular thing.

We took a ton of pictures, but they're mostly of Everett, so here's our trip through Everett's prespective:

We flew out on Christmas Day and stayed a couple of days in Bounitful with our good friends, the Phillips. Everett not only saw and felt snow for the first time, but he also got to see the Bountiful Temple.

Uh, yeah, I don't think he was a big fan.

We also went to Temple Square as well and the Joseph Smith Memorial Building where we met a 14 year-old boy who was also named Everett and thought it was the coolest thing in the world to meet another Everett.

All of the Christmas decorations were up and in the following two pictures Everett goes from not very happy to full-on grin - all due to the fact that I pulled out the camera.

Next, we headed to Provo so I could reminisce about my college days. We went to Cafe Rio (YUM!), the Malt Shoppe (banana cream pie shake, please) and of course, BYU campus. We had a blast hitting up the Bookstore for some BYU gear and Will now feels like a 100% Mormon with his BYU shirts, hat and jacket. Everett did NOT have fun being bundled up, but did have fun wandering around the Wilk.

Everett's also pretty happy whenever he can get his sticky hands on either of our cell phones. Oh and he knows the difference between a real one and a toy one!

And he's figured out that it goes next to his ear, but hasn't quite mastered the technique yet.

Of course, our trip was filled with plenty of naps for our little man - you can see one trip to the Bookstore has totally wiped him out.

A lot of our trip was spent feeding Everett and this night was no exception. Before this trip he'd only eaten at McDonald's once. And now?? Don't ask! But judging by the following pictures of his tummy, you'll get an idea...

During this trip we also learned that Everett has discovered how to invert the nipple on his sippy cup, as evidenced below:



And one of the highlights (at least for me) was spending time with good friends, Scott and Jessica and their kiddos Ethan and Grace. Everett really liked Ethan and Grace, although I'm not sure the reverse is true.

So yes, it was one heckuva trip! It was cold, we saw snow, ate some good food, did fun things, made some cool purchases, spent time with friends and generally had a fantastic time. Yahoo!!!!

PS - Can you believe we met on my 2nd day in Provo in August of 1998?!?! How can we both be married with children when I still feel like I'm 18?