Trip to Utah

This year Todd wanted to go to his missionary reunion. He went to Costa Rica which we plan on going back one day. (hopefully before all hell breaks loose) It was quite an experience. Todd saw, count them, ONE person he actually was in the mission with. We met some very nice and very, ahem, unique people. It was one of those things that you can say you did. (and not have to ever do again) We had fun site-seeing the next day at Thanksgiving Point though! It was snowing off and on so we all look wind swept and freezing but we had fun. Here are some pictures of our once in a lifetime trip! (wink, wink)

Carder played in this little cave FOREVER. And I didn't want to crawl in there to get him out so I had to wait until he ran out so I could snag him. He thought that was hilarious.

This was the dinosaur skeleton room, RAWR! There were some pretty creepy dinosaurs.
Like this guy! Yikes!

The seconds before this picture made me almost pee my panties. I don't know if you can see the horror written on Carders face but Todd held him up so he was right next to the T-Rex's mouth. Carder flipped. A. Wig. The horrified look on Carder's face was priceless.
(we are mean parents and frequently find our son's horror hilarious)

The biggest turtle you have ever seen. Would you just die if you were scubba diving and saw this thing swim by? Goodness they don't make them like they use to. (notice the ant sized guy in the lower left corner. This thing took up almost the whole room!)

Again, something you would just die if you saw scubba diving. At least this one was just the head. Carder would not stand in front of this. I even have proof of him running away in terror!

There was an awesome petting zoo but it was so cold and windy we were the only ones out there. Carder got his pick of horses to ride on and touched every animal possible.

Look at this crazy guy!

I was this close *holding fingers a millimeter apart* to buying one of these little Easter chicks. Aren't they the cutest thing you have ever seen???? I wanted the little pink one. AND they were only $5! Good thing Todd was there to talk some sense into me. I probably would have bought one for me and one for Carder.

All in all we had fun. The ride up was traumatizing (we crashed into a Bud Light truck because of the snow storm (not our fault, the truck slid on the ice and ended up across the entire road. It's kinda hard to stop on ice, on a hill, with no 4 wheel drive) while Carder was car sick and throwing up. UGH! ) But the ride home was perfectly uneventful and surprisingly fast. Not much to say about the missionary reunion unfortunately. Todd got to hang out with one of his favorite companions which was worth it I guess. Now we can keep in touch with him. Todd always comes alive with old friends. It's always fun to see how he acts with friends from when he was young and carefree.