The Brian's Visit

Christy and her family came up the 2nd of week of July.  It was so fun having them and we stayed so busy with all the activities everyone had planned.

Monday night we all went up American Fork Canyon for dinner and smores.  It was a little scary with 18 grandchildren since we set up right by the river but everyone was safe.  The girls loved running around and eating whatever they wanted without me wanting to wipe their hands and clean up every few minutes.

We had dinners over at my parents almost every night.  We had a girls night out (which Jeff crashed) and went to dinner and a movie.  We had a birthday party for JD and Max at the park one morning with doughnuts and fruit and went to the Draper pool one afternoon.  At the pool the girls were a little timid but warmed up ok and loved walking around in the shallow end.  I plan to take them to the pool a lot more next summer when I'm not so uncomfortable and pregnant.  I had a little scare with Aria who kept walking around me in circles and when she went behind me she reached to splash the water and lost her footing.  She fell over and froze floating face down in the water.  Luckily Jennifer was right there and saw it so she was in the water for all of 5 seconds but seeing her frozen like that kind of freaked me out.  She was fine and stayed in the water so I was glad about that.

Christy was determined to get my girls to like her.  In St. George in May they were so clingy to me that they wouldn't give her the time of day.  Now that they're a little past that stage that was her goal.  It took a while but by the end of the week they ran to her and gave her a hug and blew her kisses when she went to leave.  Christy was very happy to say the least.  Now Christy just needs to come up more often so they don't forget!