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By Sarah


We left Longmont at about 7:20am but it was slow going due to blowing snow. At times we could only go 15 mph or had to stop completely. Eventually they closed I - 80 so we got off at Fort Bridger, Wyoming. Long story short, one of the locals at a hotel we were trying to get a room at got us directions to go around the storm and they worked beautifully. I am so grateful for her because all the hotels were full!  Also, Dan was a rock star driver!!!  In total it took us 14 hours to get here but we are safe!


While in Utah we enjoyed the best hospitality and family around. We showed the kids things like stores that only sell fancy, nonalcoholic drinks (and snacks) and a pet shop that actually had puppies. We ate ate places like In N Out and Mo Betta’s. Michelle and Natalie loved seeing temples everywhere we went and wanted pictures of them. It was a blast taking up almost two full rows in an huge movie theater to watch Spider-Man: No Way Home and getting to sit behind family whose last name was Parker. There actually was quite the campaign to convince us to move here until we explained we wouldn’t have as nice of a house or as good of schools and Hubby would have to take a sizable pay cut to boot. Then a YouTube video the kids watched ranked where we already live as #1 in the nation and that was the end of that.

There was plenty of time to both relax and play with cousins. Hubby and Kendra and I spent hours putting together puzzles and I even sat down and read a real book (Better Than Happy by Jody Moore) from cover to cover!  I can’t even remember the last time I did that. Michelle liked her cousins’ Oculus so much she spent the money she had been saving for years on one, with Natalie and Danny chipping in money as well. Ice skating and Labyrinth with family was absolutely wonderful and Natalie even got to go skiing for the first time ever!  While Danny went off snowboarding (borrowing his Uncle’s gear because he had outgrown his) with his cousin, C, and C’s friend, Hubby taught Natalie how to ski and all reports came in great!  Hubby says Natalie was a quick learner — our best yet — but that may be partially due to the fact none of our other children made it to 8.5 years old without hitting the slopes! 










 

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