The End of the Trip

We spent most of our time in Provo, but we made it up to see my grandparents towards the end of our trip. We had a wonderful time visiting Grandma Lowe and my cousin Matt (who is staying with her this summer) and even had a nice glass of homemade root beer (the yeast kind!).
My older sister, Rachel and her two girls Natalie and Lucy came during the end of our trip, but we got a few visits in. We tried to get a picture of all of the cousins with little Anna, but it just never happened. Here they all are with their special blankies.

Rachel, Nathan (and his special lady friend Tracy), Miriam and Marc, and Paul and I all got together at Grandma and Grandpa Smith's house for an afternoon barbecue. It was a lot of fun.

After visiting both my grandparents, we went to a Black (Paul's Grandma's) family reunion. It was at the end of a long day, so Benjamin wasn't feeling especially social. There was a river next to the house, so we ended up throwing rocks most of the time while Paul visited with extended family.

Paul helped me with the other highlights of the trip:

1. Loads of fruit (strawberries, peaches, grapes).

2. Bombay House...no comparison. So good.

3. Cafe Rio. There is no such thing as good Mexican or Tex-Mex here in St. Louis. (Paul added, "all about the food, baby!!!")

4. A wonderful evening out just with Paul's parents.

5. Doing a session together at the Timpanogos Temple.

6. Sleeping in while Benjamin occupied himself with thousands of toys in the playroom.

7. Hanging out with PEOPLE after Benjamin was in bed each night.

8. Paul got to see Phil and Brooke Mason, Jon, Chuck and Royce.

9. Getting my free yearly ring cleaning and re-plating. It looks like it did the day we got engaged!

10. Playing in the wading pool with Benjamin...oh yeah, and did we mention NO humidity?! It was so nice to get outside!