Utah Part Three - Jody gets Married!

On Saturday, Jody and Roland "walked the plank" as he likes to call it. The wedding was held in Salt Lake at a cute little restaurant/wedding reception place called Tuscany.

 

Pre-wedding shots around the place.

 

Missy made the wedding cake. She did such a great job! We were all glad we didn't have that pressure.

Quincy got to meet this little guy for the first time before the wedding. He didn't waste anytime seeing if he was ready for 'the trick' and he was!

Jody being walked down the aisle by my dad. She looked so happy and pretty. She had planned this whole wedding on her own in just a month or less. She had found this cute idea for a broach bouquet on Pinterest. She collected broaches from my two grandmas and Roland's mom. It turned out really cute.

Remy was in charge of the rings. Remy is my new nephew.

Mrs. and Mrs. Thenot

Family pictures. I hope someone got a better one than this one!

 

 The three almost four year olds.

 

 

 The six and five year olds.

 

My friend Amy let me borrow these clothes. Her kids had attended a wedding and I saw the picture on Facebook. I asked where she had gotten them and she said at target at Easter time. She was so nice and let us borrow them. They were the perfect color for the wedding. Thanks Amy!

 

The two girls went and got their mom's purses. I think they weighed more than they did.

All the cousins.

After the ceremony lunch was served. Lucy kept us entertained with her tricks.

The kids selected pizza and they each got their own large pizza. They nicely shared with their parents as we were served afterwards.

The kids were so excited to cut the cake. I really thought it was going to get tipped over before the official cutting of the cake but it survived.

Jody had real cute favors for everyone. They were sunglasses. She had the saying "Don't be blinded by our love" on a sign. The kids really got into them.  

We took it easy on them and just put vinyl on their rear window when it was time for them to escape.

 After the wedding we headed home through Park City and made a pit stop or two. The first one was to the Alpine Slide. I decided to be the designated picture taker and stay behind with my parents. Lucy almost chickened out but rode down with Bryawna.

When it was time to get off the lift Lucy didn't get the memo and stayed on. Quincy didn't realize until it had made the turn and started to head back. They had to stop the lift and had to grab her off.

While we were there we had a celebrity sighting,  Deron Williams that played for the Utah Jazz. He was with his family and wasn't up for autographs or anything.

After the slide we headed down to Heber to hit Granny's, a famous malt shop. We used to take rides to this place all the time with Grandma and Grandpa Knudsen. It has been years since we have been there. Was just as good as I remembered.

After returning back to Provo we all played a game of 'pig'. Even Cindy Sue got into it.

The little girls had other important things to do.

Quincy finally got Matt out with a shot on his knees. I feel a rematch next visit. After basketball we ordered pizza and watched Despicable Me. It was a great way to finish our trip to Utah. We headed  back to the heat the following morning. Such a great week as always!

 



Utah Part Two

After hitting the Old Navy sale in the morning on Wednesday the cousins came to see if we wanted to head to Trafalga in Lehi. They have the passes of all passes which got my kids in for free. However we were not the only ones there. It was super busy. We let the kids ride three rides and then we were done. Lucy ran away when it came to riding this ride. It worked out because there wasn't a seat for her anyway.  Jensen had his huge smile the whole time on this ride.

 

 

The second ride was the pirate ship.

 

 

 

The last ride was bumper boats which took over half an hour to wait for. Hunter said Jensen could ride with him. Jensen didn't realize that he wasn't supposed to be the driver. He totally took over the steering wheel. 

 

 

 

 

The soaking wet kids after the bumper boats. They were all happy with themselves. After we hit Sonic and then took the cousins to the Old Navy sale so they wouldn't miss out.

 

 

Jensen had asked Matt if he could go on a ride in the Mustang. Matt said he would take him for a ride to get ice cream. They were going around dinner time so we all headed to Spanish Fork to get a hamburger but Jensen got to ride with the boys in the Mustang. We all ate our meals at a park and then headed back home. Matt kept his word and bought Jensen a Frosty on the way home in the Mustang. Needless to say Jensen loved his ride.

 

 

Thursday was a busy shopping day. I told Quincy we were going to IKEA and he totally supported this idea since he didn't have to be dragged there. Dad was a good sport and drove us up there and loaded all of our goods for us.

 

On Friday, before picking Quincy up from the airport we went to the zoo. It was raining in the morning but once we got to the zoo the sun came out.

 

 

 

We went to the bird show soon after getting to the zoo. It was a pretty good show with lots of different types of birds. The kids loved the birds flying right over our heads and the talking parrot the most.

 

 

Before the show started they asked if the kids wanted to come dance with the parrot. I turned and asked Lucy if she wanted to go down. While I was asking her, Jensen just ran down to the stage by himself. He totally got into it. Can you spot him?

 

 

 

 

While we were at the show someone took Mom's stroller. She had put a bag of jackets on the seat and parked it next to mine. When we went to claim our strollers all that was left was the bag on the ground. There was another stroller that kind of looked like moms but was all beat up. Someone decided to upgrade and take hers.

 

 

Jensen and Lucy both took a dollar down to the stage afterwards. The parrot would take the dollar and put it in the box. Lucy just kept leaving hers on the top. She wasn't too sure if she wanted to get that close to the bird.

 

Alligator- the kids thought he was dead because he didn't move at all.
 

 

 

Grandma surprised the kids with stuffed polar bears after seeing the polar bears. She had even got Lego candy to go with. The zoo was having a Lego exhibit all around the zoo with animals all made out of Legos.  We came to a tree with monkeys on it and I totally thought they were real. There is a picture below of one of them.

 

 

Jensen was attached to this polar bear. It came up missing at bed time and Lucy was a nice sister and let him sleep with hers. We found it the next day in the playhouse so all is good now.

 

 

These penguins are made of Legos. They looked so real.

 

 

On the carousel ride Jensen wanted the polar bear but settled for the black bear.
 

 

 

 

 

Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for such a fun trip to the zoo! You both know how to make it such a special day. Jensen kept saying it was the best day ever after going to the zoo and we agree!

 

 

Lucy fell asleep on our way out to the car. She just doesn't now how well she has it right now. Jensen was a big help and pushed her throughout the zoo.

 

 

We picked up Quincy at the airport and then headed back to Provo. He decided we needed to hit JCW's while we were in town. We had already been there earlier in the week but not too many complained about going back.

 

Ella and Lucy = nothing but trouble.