utah trip-part three

i'm really not sure how many posts i'm doing for this utah trip.  it gets a little daunting when there's too many posts, so hopefully i'm done soon.
of course while in utah we had to go visit my sister and her family who live close to the hedins.  we packed up our stuff for the night and made ourselves at home.  it was so fun to visit with erin again, especially because i got to meet  my new niece, ellie for the first time.  ellie is a petite little doll.  when she's outside her hair looks red, when she's inside it looks brown. 

and can you tell that she loves to stick her tongue out?

we thought it would be fun to get out some colored bubbles for the kids, but that turned out to be messy.  let jacob attest to that.  he got some on his fingers and started rubbing his face, and i'm pretty sure it ended up on the ground, on clothes, etc.  we quickly put those away.

later on that day we got out the blow-up pool which was a huge hit with the kids.  the hose with running water was a huge hit as well.  you can see from these pictures who dominated the hose.

i just love tanner's face in this picture.  the ice cream truck was driving by, and i think he was really confused as to what it was.

by the end of our visit with erin, tanner was worn out.  he actually fell asleep sitting up on the couch, the poor kid. 

i should also add that erin and thomas treated me to my all time favorite restaurant, brick oven.  it was delicious, and i can't wait until i can go back again.

we had a great time visiting with the grover family although it ended much too quickly!