The great benefit of Ryan working for a Swiss company is the number of days off he gets. It's pretty much unheard of in the U.S. We took advantage of his time off and scheduled a two-week vacation, with the first week spent in Utah and the second week spent in LA. Nothing too lavish, but definitely much needed family time and we had a blast.
Westin loves planes - Navy planes to be exact - so he enjoyed a little peak into the cockpit.
Avery did pretty well on the flight. Luckily it's a short flight, because we spent most of the time walking up and down the isle saying hi to every passenger. I don't think I could have done that for more than an hour.
We arrived Friday night, and my brother Trevor picked us up from the airport. Our first stop was for dinner at Cafe Rio... oh, how I miss that place.
We then went to Lindsay's house, where we would be crashing for the rest of the week.
On Saturday, we headed to Snowbird, where they have all the fun rides that Park City has but for half the price. We rode the Alpine Coaster, the Alpine Slide, the zip line, the gondola, and Westin did the trampoline and climbed the rock wall.
On Sunday we enjoyed a lazy morning, followed by church, and a visit to my grandparents' home in Draper. It was perfect timing because my Aunt Karen and her kids were there, along with my Uncle Jon, Aunt Debbie and some of my cousins. It was nice to see everyone and catch up for a little bit.
On Monday, we took Westin and Avery to SLC to see Temple Square, the Church History Museum and City Creek. I loved doing this visit as a kid and hope that my kids will also look forward to visiting the Church sites each time we go to Salt Lake.
In the Joseph Smith Building, there is a huge map that shows where all the missionaries are for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. We asked Westin where he was going to go on his mission and he first pointed to Panama, and then decided on Alaska.
This little one really started to walk while we were gone... and now she's cruising all over the place.
(Westin's photography)
On Tuesday, we went down to Provo with Kurt, Erika and Robbie to visit BYU and play at Seven Peaks Water Park - two other activities I loved doing when I was a kid. First stop was the Wilk to grab some chocolate milk and go to the bookstore. Ryan picked out a new hat and W got a new shirt.
It's crazy how time flies... 10 years ago, these two had just gotten home from their missions and were roommates in a house south of campus. Now they're pushing strollers around campus.
Kurt and Ryan took Westin to the athlete center, where Westin got a tour of the trophies, workout room and other BYU sports paraphernalia. He loved it!
After walking around BYU for a couple hours, we grabbed lunch at a new BBQ place called Cubby's, and then headed over to Seven Peaks for the rest of the afternoon.
These two are so funny. I had to capture these pictures and compare them to when we visited back when Avery was just 6 weeks old.
Such a fun day with these guys. It's always sad when our time with the Rebers has to come to an end.
