Trip to Utah

After we closed the bakery, we were in desperate need for a vacation, so we decided to spend Halloween with our families in Utah.  We drove down in two separate cars--are Camry and a U-Haul--so we could deliver two of our big exterior Great Harvest signs to the Bountiful bakery who was purchasing them. 

We left Everett around 6pm right after I finished work, and drove through the night.  We stopped somewhere in Oregon to sleep for one hour, and then continued straight through till the next morning till we made it to Utah.  It's just under 14 hours to get there by car.  I have always been so concerned about Christopher driving through the night when he's tired since he's fallen asleep at the wheel once before (under extreme circumstances), but he did a fantastic job!  I, on the other hand, got incredibly sleepy the last two hours or so.  It's an easy trip if we can trade off driving, but since we both had a car, we did not have that luxury.  Luckily we made it safely (as did the really expensive signs we were hauling, thank goodness!). 

Anyway, we had such a fun time.  I was able to stay for almost a whole week, but then had to fly home because I was out of vacation days at work, and Chris and Sam were able to stay longer. 

Here is a video of Sam fishing with Papa (Go to www.camillataylor.blogspot.com to see the video if you get this in your email).



Here are some pictures of our trip in no particular order (pictures stolen from Mary's blog).

Girls night out at the Olive Garden

Green Day!  What?!  The rest of the family didn't get the memo?!

First ever family birthday brunch!

Sam's costume--an astronaut

Fishing for prizes at the Taylor's

Halloween was wet and cold, so we didn't do much trick-or-treating.

We went back to this place for some Belgian frites and waffles.

Christopher and I celebrated our 6th anniversary in Park City.  We had a tasty dinner at a French restaurant, and enjoyed relaxing.  I took this picture as we were checking out to document that we had indeed been there.

We visited Uncle Bruce.  Sam loved his police car.

Let's see, what else did we do?  We got to spend time with friends, we ate out a lot, Chris and I got massages, I went out with the Taylor girls for facials and dinner, we played games, and had fun being with our families. 

After I flew home, Chris and Sam stayed awhile longer in Utah, enjoyed an early Thanksgiving dinner with his family, and then went on a roadtrip coming home.  They went to California to visit our friend Jordan, up to Portland to visit several other friends, up to Olympia to check the status of the new bakery there, and then came home. 

Sam received this cute dog from Grandma Valerie, which he named Zoe (he has two other stuffed dogs named Zoe, named after Chris's family's dog Zoe.  Sam took the camera and insisted everyone pose with the dog.

After a week of being home alone, I was so happy to have them back!  We had a great trip, and hope to make it down again soon (not sure when, though).