Grandma and Papa Visit

Grandma and Papa made their annual Fall visit to Utah this year during the kids' Fall Break. It was perfect and we had so much fun! We kicked it off with an adults only outing to BYU to attend the Bronco Show. It's a radio broadcast that airs live from the President's Loge in the stadium. It was such a cool experience! I loved how intimate it felt. There were only about 50 people in the room. Jim was in major fan mode. He loved meeting Greg Wrubell. The show was really fun and engaging while they discussed the season. 

There is always a player that joins the broadcast too. This time it was Devon Blackman. He was really funny and had an awesome rapport with Bronco and the audience. At the end of the broadcast Devon showed off some of his sweet dance moves and even got the group to sing Happy Birthday to an older woman who told him she had been attending BYU games for over 60 years. Jim brought a Bronco signed football that Aly had given him several years back and got a picture with Bronco and the football. We were some of the last to leave while Jim chatted up Greg Wrubell and Ian and I ran into an old BYU days co-worker. We had the best time and are so glad Jim got us tickets!

Once the kids were out of school we spent a whole day at the zoo. It was a little bit of a belated birthday outing for Beckett. The zoo was pretty crowded but we had a blast. The weather was perfect and lots of the animals were out and about. We rode the train and the kids rode the carousel. The elephants were a big hit with Beckett and it was fun that they were out in the main habitat area and walking around. The zoo had a Zoorassic Park theme this year so there were also life size dinosaurs throughout the zoo. Beckett was in heaven. Train ride, dinosaurs, elephants, giraffes, and carousel! :) We stopped off for slurpees on the way home. It was a great day!

Friday night was the BYU Football game! We went plenty early and took the boys into the tailgate party. We got there at the same time as Cosmo! The boys each played a couple of games. Davin and I ran into a group of cheerleaders and Davin got a picture with them. Such a little stud! Haha! The game was fun to watch and BYU won! The boys got a little bit cold and tired towards the end. Davin practically fell asleep on me! They did good though, had fun, and were glad they went.

While we were at the football game they announced a women's volleyball game that was happening on Saturday. We decided to head down to Provo again on Saturday to go to the volleyball game. We took all the kids. I love volleyball games! BYU won in 3 games, so it was pretty short. Beckett was so cute cheering. I got literally the LAST cougar tail at the concessions stand. The kids devoured it. Beckett wouldn't let me help him eat his piece, so he was a huge mess. I used all my wipes cleaning him up! It was great.

In between all of these fun outings Denny and I went craft shopping and then crafted! She introduced to The Wood Connection. I made a few things that weekend and bought a couple other projects for the future. I also got fabric and Denny helped me sew a Fall table runner! I did it almost all by myself, but I still don't know if I could do it again without help over my shoulder. :)

The boys played some MarioKart. Davin was so excited to play with his dad and Papa. It was so cute. Grandma brought us all big, cozy fleece blankets. The kids all got some snuggle time with Grandma and Papa in their new blankets. Beckett loved having extra people to read books to him.

Sunday morning Grandma and Papa wanted to go to Music and the Spoken Word in Salt Lake. They took Weston with them. They said it was a really nice morning. We spent Sunday evening relaxing after our busy weekend. We are so glad that Grandma and Papa came to see us and that we got to do so many fun things! It made our Fall break so special!