Tuesday we got up early, played at the playground of Paul’s elementary school, then headed to Provo to drive around BYU.
Paul showed the boys all around the Tanner building where he had many of his business classes, then we looked around the Hinkley Alumni Center which was really very pretty. Then we headed to the Wilkinson Center to the bookstore where we bought shirts for all 4 of our little boys and Paul got himself 2 new shirts and a hat! Then off to lunch and some ice cream from the BYU creamery which we ate on the grass outside and enjoyed being on the beautiful campus (despite all the EFY kids milling about!)
Before we went home we decided to drive the alpine loop. We stopped at Bridal Falls and a few other picturesque locations. It really was gorgeous.
After hanging out with the cousins for a while and going out to eat together we met most of the rest of the family at the Salt Lake Bees baseball game. They had a great playground which the kids loved and a train which they could ride behind the outfield. We sat most of the game behind the outfield and the boys had fun rolling down the hill and getting to run around. At the end we moved to some seats and when a foul ball was hit in our section, the man who got it gave the ball to Aaron. He was very excited! We also saw one of our favorite former Astros, and were very happy that the Bees won!
Wednesday we were excited to go see Great-Grandma Thomas in Pocatello, but we took the opportunity to drive through Logan first to show the kids the USU campus and to visit a friend for lunch. After driving around campus, we got out and walked to the new engineering building then over to the quad to see Old Main. Then we walked through the student center and stopped in the bookstore. I got myself a new shirt and Paul got himself a USU hat. (the kids already had t-shirts!)
We then met one of my college friends, Melanie Mason, for lunch. It had been several years since I had seen her and while we do our best to keep in touch, it was nice to be together, even if only for half an hour or so.
On the way up to Pocatello, we stopped at the cemetery in Preston to see my grandparents headstones, then drove past their home in Banida. I have lots of great memories of spending time up there as a child and as a college student!
Once we arrived at Great-Grandma Thomas’s house in Pocatello the kids were very tired of being in the car and Brian was bouncing off the walls! Christian needed a diaper change and we had used our last diaper, so we all headed off to the grocery store to buy more before we had ice cream with Grandma at Artic Circle. We had a great time with Great-Grandma Thomas and are glad we made the drive up to see her.
That night Aaron and Brian had a sleep-over at their cousins house. It was really their first sleep-over ever! They had a great time though and everything went well. They played a lot of Wii games and Aaron loved learning to play Rummikub! Thanks to Tiffani for being such a great Aunt to our boys and letting the kids play together so much!
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