Thursday, June 5, 2008

Provo

Yesterday the boys and I took a day trip down to Provo. The main purpose of the trip was to visit with my old college roomies, but I decided to go early and spend the whole afternoon there. I told Weston that we were going to go to BYU and he was so excited. He said "we go see the bell tower?" "we go see the Wilk?" "we go see Cosmo?" How does he know about all these BYU icons you may ask? Well, he has a book about BYU that has pictures of several of the buildings and things you would find at BYU. It also has pictures of Cosmo in it and he has seen pictures of me and Ian with Cosmo from our college days. I told him we wouldn't get to see Cosmo this time, but we would go see the other things from his book.

We went to the Wilk and had lunch at the cougareat and then wandered the bookstore and bought a t-shirt and a mini BYU basketball for Weston and some BYU fudge for me (yummy). We had a little bit of time to kill and the weather was less than ideal yesterday, so Weston played with his basketball in a big open area in the Wilk for a little while. After that we popped in on my Aunt Pam who works for the Engineering Dept. We visited for a little bit and I borrowed her office to nurse Davin.

Next we drove over to Aunt Pam's house to visit with a couple of my cousins, Kim and Kathryn. We had a nice time. We were pushing naptime for Weston by then, but he was still being surprisingly good. After our chatty visit we headed over to my friend, Lisa's apartment. Weston was super tired by then and not coping all that well. A few minutes after we got to Lisa's I layed him down on her bed for a little nap, but he only got about 30 minutes and woke up cranky. Oh well. It was so fun to catch up and talk with old friends. Alexis was in town to defend her thesis, so she was there with her new baby boy, Theo, who is 2 weeks younger than Dav. Then our friend, Liz, came with her 2 kids and her pregnant belly to hang out. It was a little bit of a madhouse towards the end, but definitely worth it. I miss those girls. Good times in the dorms and beyond. It is fun to see how all of our lives have changed in the 7 years since we all lived in Taylor Hall.

We drove straight from Provo to YW and didn't make it home until after 8pm, so it was a long day for the boys and we are making up for it today with nice long naps. :) I had a great time on our Provo adventure and Weston is talking all about BYU today and wearing his new shirt. It was fun being back in Provo for a bit, but I have to be honest that I'm glad I've moved on.

Before we left for Provo we passed the morning in the fort that we built in the den. Weston was a big fan.
Kathryn has a gift with children and Davin was no exception. She made him smile and laugh the whole time we were there.
Lex and Theo, Lisa, me and Davin (Weston was in the midst of his mini nap at the time)
Me and Lex and the baby boys.
Theo and Davin, born 2 weeks apart (Theo's younger but could definitely take Davin in a wrestling match, and almost did).

11 comments:

Shewi128 said...

Those pictures of you and Lex with your babies are so cute.. :)

Sarah said...

Ohhhhh, good times in Provo. I wish I could have been there. I need to visit Provo and get some new BYU gear and some creamery chocolate milk. Are we talking red hair liz who roomed with lex? Does she live in provo? I had no idea. I'm actually having a junior year roomies reunion (plus Sherri) this Friday. All three live within 20 min. from me and Sherri's likely coming up from Portland. We're making Lisa's taquito recipe! I need a freshman and sophomore reunion though. I bet you guys had so much fun together! I miss everyone. Such good ladies and friends... :( I didn't realize Davin and Theo were so close in age. Craziness.

Shannon said...

Ya, red-haired Liz from Freshman year. She just moved to Payson from Oklahoma, so she came too. How fun, so tell Torrie I said HI and we miss you too. Next time you're anywhere near here we will have to have another get-together for sure. :)

Unknown said...

that's so awesome that ya'll have kept in touch so well that you could pull off that kind of reunion! is Lisa married now?

Shannon said...

Nope. Still playing the field, so to speak. She is working as an editor for a company that publishes materials for kids learning ESL and is looking into an MFA in Creative Writing program. She's doing great. It was really fun to get together. We have more or less kept in touch pretty well. It's nice to have friends that have known you for more than a year or two kicking around, ya know?

Anonymous said...

Oh my gosh! I totally remember staying with you and meeting all of them! I can't believe that they all have sure different lives!
Davin is getting really big. Brad said his personality is really starting to show!

Tara said...

Shannon - you guys should have come over to our show! Cosmo was there. We did a luau for kids with cancer so Cosmo and some coaches from BYU came. It would have been the culminating Provo experience for Weston! haha. I wish I could have come, Lex's baby sure is cute.

joyous said...

What a fun day!! I'm kinda jealous you got to go back to BYU. I think it will be fun to take our kids back there someday again. Maybe next summer if we do the family reunion up there!

Davin is so sweet and adorable. I love that he has his own little look. It will be so fun to see what he grows into!

Glen & Kat said...

so cute! i'm glad you got to reminisce...it sounds like a blast and mommies need fun too :)

Tasha said...

Oh so fun!!! How great to get together with old roommates! Great times. And I love that Weston knows all those places at BYU. LOVE IT! maybe I need one of those books. I am glad you had such a nice day and that the boys faired pretty well with all the chaos in their schedule. :)

Monica said...

Oh my gosh! Davin is SOOOOO cute!!!