Sunday, September 5, 2010

Summer Trip Back West

What a way to end a summer...vacationing out west with cousins! We started off in Arizona visiting my brother Pat and his family. They were wonderful hosts! One of my favorite things we did was pizza at the Organ Stop...what is that you say. Delicious pizza while listening and watching the biggest organ being played and all of it's inner workings. A memory we will never forget. We spent the rest of our vacation in Utah with my mom. I don't know how she put up with all of us for so long!! Thanks mom! As usual we did it all...I just can't seem to say no. Here are some highlights below. Counting down the days until next summer!
Staying cool at the Phoenix Zoo. Isn't my sister-in-law Anndalyn the coolest mom? She always gets down and plays with the kids!

On out drive up from Arizona to Utah we stopped to see the Grand Canyon. As luck would have it a big cloud rolled in just as we stepped out of the cars. We were literally in a cloud! And the rain came. So what you see is pretty much all we saw of the Grand Canyon. Oh well at least the kids can say they've been there.

Water fun at a splash park in Highland. We were lucky to have Nikki and her girls to play with while we were in Utah!

Great Grandma Gourley's birthday party! So fun to see extended Gourley clan!

My dad got married to Kathy while we were there! It was very beautiful. Congratulations you two!

A great visit from Great Grandma Searle! So glad to see her and have her around for a while!

Such fun to see Great Grandma and Grandpa Hobbs! Always a yummy treat to eat there and great conversation.

Nothing like a family reunion without a cousin performance. You go girls!

George and Alex headed off to Arches National Park for a few days and some great hiking! They had the best time and came home tired and dirty!

Utah wouldn't be Utah without a trip to Mirror Lake with grandpa Gourley for some fishing. This time some second cousins joined them and they had a blast!


Posing for a picture just before we went and watch the Joseph Smith movie at the Legacy Theater. It was a great show. The kids had a lot of questions and Sammy was very touched by it all!

Don't those kids look angelic infront of the Salt Lake City Temple?

We did a tour of the Conference Center. It was long for our huge group of kids, but we made it.

Cowabunga Bay with Janie and cousins! It was a blast in the water! Thanks to Uncle Jared for going down the slides with the kids!


Lots of fun with the Gourley cousins! Thanks for spending time with us!

Feeding the goats, riding the horses, & playing at Thanksgiving Point Farm.

4 comments:

Heather Wade said...

Your kids are sooo cute. I wish we lived closer because I know our kids could have some fun together! Grandpa and Grandma Hobbs. . . oh, I sure love them too. Tell them hello for me!

Em said...

Looks like you guys had a blast! Your baby bump is looking cute;-)

Kemp Kuties said...

Laura - I didn't get a chance to talk w/you @ Great Grandma Gourley's B-day party. Had every intension to, but then my girls went crazy and it was all over us as we made an early exit. It's great you're able to come back to utah to see family and create all these great memories. Your littles are getting so big, especially Miss Clara. I love peeking into your life via blog - until next time...~Amanda

Kearl said...

We didn't know there was a little bump on that belly. Details.