George and I have been married for 3 years, 3 months, 3 weeks, and 3 days today! 3 is my favorite number so this is fun. (I only know this because of the little counter on the bottom of my blog.) What's even more fun? That George has been home for the week! It's wonderful to be together.
George's brother, David, and his wife, Colleen, and their soon-to-be 8-year-old daughter, Natalia, took a road trip to Salt Lake City from Kelowna, British Columbia (not where we'll be moving). We drove the 4 hours up to spend time with them on Thursday and Friday. We met up with them at their hotel and had a great swim, then enjoyed some ribs for dinner.
Lisa was awesome to let us have a slumber party at her home with Natalia. This gave David and Colleen a mini vacation on their vacation. We played games and had a great evening.
Natalia - en route to our slumber party! She was fabulous at entertaining Sawyer in the truck.
On Friday we hiked to Timpanogos Caves. It's 1.5 mile hike (gaining 1100' elevation) to the entrance of the cave. I was a little hesitant in my pregnant state to do it, but a couple weeks ago I started taking ondansetron (zofran) and it has worked amazingly well. I have enjoyed two weeks of puke-free pregnancy! I still don't feel normal, but I'm much more capable of doing normal things (like road trips and hiking)! It was a beautiful day for a hike. Aly and her 3-year-old, Ben, joined us as well. It was SO fun! I felt great on the hike, and it was a beautiful day to spend outside. The cave tour was a little rough because Sawyer only wanted me to hold him and he was upset for the first half and I was tired. We made it through tho and got to enjoy some of the columns, stalagmites, and stalactites.
Bates Clan: Natalia, Liz, George, Sawyer, Colleen & David
Tall Bates Boys
Aly, Ben, Liz, George, & Sawyer just getting started on the hike.
Tough guy George. Ben actually only got carried for a short while, I was impressed with his endurance!
Close to the top!
We made it! Liz, George, Sawyer, Natalia, Colleen, & David. Colleen was smart enough to pack rolls and cheese...thank you!
On the way back down Sawyer fell asleep on George's shoulders. So sweet.
Ben was so cute, all he wanted to do was hold Natalia's hand.
David and Colleen want to take each of their children on a special trip when they turn 8-years-old. Natalia was in heaven on her special trip without any other siblings. I think it is such a neat idea, and Natalia will remember it forever!
The trip was great up until we tried to go home. Construction and traffic, UGH! It took us 3 hours to go what normally would take 30 minutes. So many detours and waiting and accidents. I was dying. That is why I don't want to live in a city. We made it home, just 5 hours after we had planned. Fortunately Sawyer was pretty nice to us, and only screamed the last 30 minutes of the drive. I was right there with him, so I couldn't blame him.
I wasn't very good at taking pictures, but I'll snag Colleen's when they get back home. I'm glad we took the time to go visit family and it was fun that I got to spend time with friends too.
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