our quick trip to wyoming

we were recently able to enjoy a wonderful weekend with some of our our wonderful family. april (amber's sister) and her husband dean were blessed with a brand new baby boy so we made the trip over to wyoming for our newest nephew's baby blessing. since it was a three hour drive, and since church was nice and early, we decided to make the drive up on saturday and stay in a hotel, which is always an adventure with our family. it's always fun, but it rarely means a good night sleep since our two little ones are usually too excited and just want to play all night. :) we checked into our hotel and then headed over to april's house for some food and fun. that evening i took the kids back to the hotel early for baths, which ended up being a challenge when we realized our room only had a shower. but with the help of a wash rag, we clogged the drain and made a fun little splash pad to clean up in, which the kids loved. amber meanwhile stayed and played games with her sisters for a little bit before joining us back at the hotel. the next morning we all gathered at the church for baby isaac's blessing. afterwards, we headed over to dean's mom's house for a wonderful lunch that she had prepared for us. that's when amber got to take these wonderful pictures of isaac and his family.

unfortunately, some bad weather moved in as we started our drive home that afternoon. that combined with a little girl who is still mastering the idea of "use the restroom before we get in the car" made for a very long trip home. thanks to claire though, our road trips always seem to include places we'd never see otherwise. this time it was one of those utah visitor's center. it was... pleasant. because of the bad weather, we decided to skip driving through provo canyon and headed up through salt lake, which gave us the opportunity to visit my sister becca for the evening. we had some fun there before we headed back home that evening. i am so blessed to have such a fun and wonderful family that i enjoy being with - the family i was born into, the family i married into, and the family amber and i are making ourselves. we are so thankful for the role of families in our Heavenly Father's plan. :)