Fors Family Fun: Our Trip to Utah

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Our Trip to Utah

We had a fun trip to Utah from October 22-26th.

When the trip was first planned months ago Gretta, Eliza and I were originally going to tag along on Eric's business trip to recruit at BYU, and make a BYU weekend out of it by seeing Darron and Brittany who are currently going to BYU, but the weekend turned into a whole lot more. After the trip was planned we found out that my high school and good family friend, Whitney Klomp, was going to be getting married in Sundance on Oct 25th to Thomas Gourley. So with this new development my mom and dad also decided to come down to Utah for the weekend, and my mom was able to get a good deal at her Marriott time share in Park City. It turned into a really fun filled friends and family weekend.

When we were getting ready to leave I asked Eric if I should bring my big black winter coat. He told me that it was to big, and I should be okay in a sweatshirt. He was WRONG!!! I should have known better and checked the weather myself. When we got off the plane it was only 40 degrees in Utah. Luckily I packed better for the kids than I did for myself, and they stayed pretty warm. Also lucky for me we actually brought Darron up his winter coat, so I borrowed it the first night we were in town until my mom showed up with another coat for me. Other than being cold it was nice to see some fall leaves, and have it actually feel like October. I think this October was the hottest October in LA's history. Utah is also so beautiful! The mountains are so grand and majestic and the air is so clean. It is always fun to go to Utah and remember the good times I spent there. I figured out I lived in Utah for 5 years.
Here is a recap of our fun weekend. I don't have as many pictures as I would like because my camera died on day two of our trip. I just ordered a new battery for the camera so hopefully that will solve the problem.

Wednesday...
Arrival
Dinner with Brittany at Thai Ruby a favorite restaurant of mine while I lived in Provo. Gretta especially enjoyed the egg rolls.
Then we went with Brittany to a new ice cream/cookie place called Smart Cookie for dessert.
After dessert we went back to Brittany's dorm room for a tour, and met her roommate, and some of her dorm mates.
We left Gretta and Eliza with them for a while when Eric and I went to Darron's flag football game. It was just too cold to take them outside. Eric and I tried to stay warm at Darron's game. They lost in the last few seconds which was sad, but Darron did a good job. It was fun to watch him play.
When we returned to pick up the girls we found out what a fun time Gretta had with Aunt Brittany. She told me she wanted to go to college NOW and skip preschool. Brittany and her friends had been so nice to her, and Gretta had a ball running around the dorm. They played games with her, and took her to frost cookies at the dorm activity.
It was a fun first day in Utah.

Aunt Brittany feeding Eliza

Gretta and Aunt Brittany at dinner. Don't they look like twins.

Picture of Brittany taken by Gretta.

Thursday....

In the morning we meet my friend Amanda Lewis from nursing school at her house. Amanda and I graduated from nursing school together twice. Once with our BSN's, and then also with our Masters program. Amanda and I got to be good friends during our Master's program, and spent a lot of hours studying together. I also travelled to Ecuador with Amanda and her husband Chris. They are two of the greatest people you will ever meet. Amanda and Chris have a darling boy named Bryant. Gretta enjoyed playing with him. We took a great walk along the Provo River Trail. I spent many hours roller blading the trail with my roommate Mary while I lived in Provo. It was so beautiful with all of the fall leaves.

Amanda, Bryant, Gretchen, Eliza & Gretta

Thursday afternoon my mom and dad came into town and picked up the kids and took them to Park City. Eric and I enjoyed a nice dinner with Darron, and then some time alone.

Friday....

Gretta and Eliza had a GREAT time with Nana and Pops. Gretta only asked for me once at bedtime, and other than that she LOVED being spoiled by Nana and Pops. They went to Hogel zoo and played at the Condo.

Friday morning I went up on Campus and visited all of my old nursing teachers. It was fun to catch up with them. Then after lunch at Cafe Rio I went up to the Salt Lake Temple with Millicent Carrasco for Whitney and Tom's sealing. It was good to catch up with Millicent.

The Salt Lake Temple is beautiful, and it was a beautiful fall day. The sealing was very lovely.

Friday night Eric and I went to dinner at his cousin's Jerry and Breanne's house. Jerry and Breanne are expecting a baby in April. We are so excited for another Fors cousin. We just wished they lived closer. We had a nice dinner with them.

Then we went to Tom & Whitney's dessert reception. I had a nice chat with Tom's dad and found out he grew up in Arcadia really close to where we live now, and had some great stories about the area, and knew some of the same people we knew. It is such a small world.
Then we drove to Park City. Can you say tired! It was a long day.

Saturday morning Eric, my dad and I went to Heber to see Scott and Jamie Smith. Scott is a college friend of mine and Anna's. It was fun to see their new house and meet their new son Stephen. He is 9 months old and darling. He has so much hair!!! He has already had three hair cuts and Eliza hasn't had one. Oh well. They made us great sour dough pancakes, and we had a good chat. Then Eric, and my dad headed to the BYU vs UNLV game. Go BYU!!!I was just to tired to go. I headed back to Park City and hung out with Gretta at the condo. We went to the fun play place, and made railroad tracks with blocks.

Saturday night we dropped Gretta and Eliza off at Eric's Aunt Debbie and Uncle Spencer's house, and then headed to Whitney's wedding reception. Gretta was excited to see that Debbie had a fun slide in her back yard and to play with O'Dell. O'Dell use to live with Lindsey down here in LA, so Gretta had meet O'Dell before. They had a great time with the VanLeuuweens while we had a great time up at Sundance.

Whitney's wedding was over the top!!! Whitney has always been a great party planner. She is very detailed orientated, and has great style. It was defiantly an affair to remember. She looked beautiful! Her dress was amazing, and every detail was just perfect. It was such a fun evening.

Sunday....

We headed back to LA after a fun filled weekend. I was tired, but we had a great time. The weather was beautiful, we saw lots of fun friends, family and made some good memories. We also have many friends we didn't have time to see. Hopefully we will be back in Utah sometime soon. It is always so much fun!!!

Thanks Mom & Dad for coming and making the trip even more fun. Gretta and Eliza sure had a great time with you.