Utah Trip part 2

Saturday....we went four wheeling at the 'B' in Bountiful...beautiful! We hit snow about 1/2 way up the mountain! We all had a blast...and everyone of the kids came but 1, so we really enjoyed eachother's company! Ethan and Alexis especially enjoyed their ride. Ethan and Uncle Johnny enjoyed going on little trips while the rest of us were finishing our picnic lunch. They even found a lawn mower and 'towed' it back! The things people drop off in the mountain! SHEESH!








Sunday was Ethan's 6th Birthday and Josh's fairwell. We went to Temple Square in the morning with the kids and Vicki and watched 'Music and the Spoken Word,' which was awesome! The grounds were beautiful! After taking some pics, we went to church for Josh's fairwell talk! He did a great job and the church was packed! Of course it was with all the family AND friends Josh has...and he was nervous not many would come! Silly boy! Although Hunter visited the MD's office because of fever and fussiness, which turned out to be a double ear infection (what we thought), the rest of the day was really nice spent with family and friends!!!

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Here are some family/friend pics!

UTAH TRIP part 1

So, I know I'm just now getting to this, but it's been really crazy busy since we've gotten home! Here are some of the fun things we got to do while in Utah for 8 days....
Wednesday....
Flying standby went great...we got on all our flights fine! We landed in SLC and was home at Grandma's and Grandpa's house by 6pm. We ate Chicken Enchilada's~yummy and pretty much got ready for bed! We were pretty pooped~ us AND the kids!!! Chris and I left our house at 5AM EST and our flight left at 10:45ish to JFK with a 3 hour layover, but all went great! Of course the kids loved flying and watching everything that was happening outside on the runway and loading docks!





Yes, it was Chris' idea to fly in our PJ's and yep, it was comfortable!!!

Thursday
We went to the Bountiful Temple in the morning. It was SO wonderful to be in the temple! Chris and I really enjoyed the scenery; the flowers and grounds were gorgeous! It was a beautiful sunny day and being up on the mountainside, we could see the snowcapped mountains all the way to Draper!! It was beautiful.
After a little bit of shopping, we came home and ate some lunch before heading out to our friends, the BENSON's for a visit! Oh how we miss our friends there. It was fantastic to visit with Jen! It was like old times!!!
We then took family pictures with the entire Jeppson family kids~ there are 14 of us now! SHEESH! :) I haven't gotten any pics yet to post, but when I do, I'll post them!

Friday....
Friday Chris wanted to take the kids up to Odgen, so we road the train, the Frontrunner. It's a double decker train. The kids loved it!!!






We took the kids to the OGDEN train museum...which was really fun! They had some interesting things for the kids to do and Ethan loved it! Alexis got a bit tired and wanted to be carried some, but everyone really enjoyed the visit there...and the train ride!

Here are the kids Easter pictures....

THANK YOU GRANDMA!!!!

This is what we did today!!

Ethan's favorite part was the giraffe, which has a tongue so long and slimy, Ethan was really tickled about feeding them. Alexis' favorite part was the ostrich. She really enjoyed holding the ostrich egg, which was about 15lbs, 1/2 inch thick shell--weight and shape of a cannonball. She enjoyed feeding them and then watching them run with their crooked necks. Daddy's favorite part was playing with the 10ft snake. Her name was Bella, a 10 ft python that would get up to 18 ft. long. Mommy's favorite part was feeding the camels. They were really soft and very furry. One's name was April. She grabbed Alexis food bucket and put the entire bucket in her mouth, turned it upside down so that she ate all the food, and then she spit out the bucket. RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR EYES! It was AMAZING! We also saw moneys, all types of birds, tigers.... I felt like we were in the LION KING! It was just so amazing! Our friends, the Dight's, went with us. We all drove down in our van, only 45 minutes or so from Harrisonburg. It was AWESOME! This was our first time going there and WOW! It's an experience we ALL will remember! Enjoy....






































Virginia Safari Park....