Labor Day Weekend

I LOVE long weekends. We made our Labor Day weekend into an even longer weekend for a trip to Utah. But it wasn't just any old visit to Utah. It was a special trip for our niece Tayler's baptism. We were so excited to go and be there to support her in her decision to be baptized.

We headed out early Thursday morning. The boys were such troopers. Cayden told us every time he needed to stop and use the bathroom (even if it meant stopping on the side of the road) and Jake barely made a peep! We were pretty excited to make it to Grandma's house by the end of our traveling.

Friday was a somewhat lazy day. I think the drive over did us in. We didn't make it out of the house until almost 4:00. But we headed into Salt Lake and made our way here...

Hatch Family Chocolates

There was a TV show on TLC called Little Chocolatiers. When I found out that their shop was in SL I asked Jared if we could go the next time we were there. So we did. Their chocolate is AMAZING! Its pretty expensive but its worth every penny. It worked out pretty nicely too because we had promised Cayden ice cream if he could make the drive over to Utah without having an accident. So we all sat and enjoyed our ice cream. It was a really nice afternoon.

Saturday was Tay's big day. It was such a special day spent with family. Tay was beaming from ear to ear and you could tell she was so excited. After the baptism Sean and Jessica invited everyone over to their house for lunch. We had fun hanging out and Cayden had a blast playing with his cousins. After everyone had rested a bit we decided to go for a swim. It was such a beautiful day. We went back to Jess' after our trip to the pool and hung out a while longer and then headed back to put the boys to bed after such a fun day.

Cayden was warming himself on the concrete at the pool.

On Sunday we headed down to my Grandma's house in American Fork. We haven't made it to see her since Jacob was born so I really wanted her to be able to meet him. It was a quick visit, so we could get to church, but it was nice. Jared kept Cayden busy (because Grandma's house really isn't all that interesting) and I sat and visited. My mom and dad had driven over for the weekend too and my anut and uncle came over to visit so we got to see them too. Its always nice to get to hang with some of my family when we go to Utah.

Jacob and Grandma Crabb

Four Generations

After church we went back to the house and put everyone down for naps. Sean and Jess brought the kids out so we could all hang out one last time before everyone headed back home on Monday. Sean had made AWESOME pizzas and brought them out to share. Then for dessert we had cake that was apparently made to celebrate my birthday. That was a nice little surprise. It was a VERY tasty cake too. It was a fun evening sitting around talking and watching the cousins all play together. ( We wished that Jenny and her family could have been there too but distance kept them away.)

Jake taught himself to walk with a walker!

Jared gave Ryan a beat down wearing fairy wings
We forced the cousins to take pictures! (Cayden was such a baby about the grass)

And tried to get these 3 to sit still for a picture.

On Monday we woke up and packed up our bags. Mom made an awesome breakfast to get us moving. Cayden and Reyes played together one more time. And we were off for another long drive across boring Wyoming. The boys were AWESOME yet again and we made it home safely.


It really was an awesome weekend.

~Love To All~