Memorial Day!

We got to go to Utah for Memorial Day and spend time with my family! It was a blast! our whole trip was planned around the food we were going to eat. Enough said!

Saturday:

We woke up at 3:00 AM to head over to the airport to make it on time to our 6:00 AM flight.

We look pretty good (and cheery!) for getting only 4 hours of sleep!

We arrived in Salt Lake City at about 8:30 AM where we were promptly picked up and swept away to Kneaders to eat breakfast. We ordered their DELICIOUS chunky cinnamon french toast!

We also met my brother J's girlfriend A (and we LOVE her!) at Kneaders which was a fun time! We all went back to the house and chatted and caught up with each other. Later I went with my Dad to take B to get a haircut. This was one of my favorite parts of the trip because I was able to talk to my Dad just him and me and we don't get to do that very much, but we got a few minutes to ourselves and it was great! After B's haircut we met up with everyone at Hokulia (Hokulia of the snow cone as Brandon calls it) and got snow cones. This is a picture of me last year when we got a snow cone:

So big. So delicious. So perfect! Afterwards we just hung out at the house and played games until we had BE (my college roommate) ad her new husband AE and our other friend BB (Jake's college roommate) over for a BBQ and s'mores. I am mad that we didn't get a picture, but it was awesome. It was so nice to see BE and meet her husband, and Jake loved seeing BB. It is always nice to see friends and to catch up.

Can't forget Soda and Harlee! Such cute and fun dogs! Love them :)

B and I on Saturday! He was so cute and would call out "Kinny" or "Jake" just to make sure we were still there! It is so nice to be loved and to be missed!

Sunday:

Sunday was glorious because we got to sleep in and mom and T made a tasty breakfast of orange rolls, coconut lime blossoms, and breakfast casserole. So delicious. We stuffed ourselves to the brim! Then we went to church and were spiritually fed in many ways! It was awesome to go to my parent's ward and see the people they work with and serve with. After church Grandma and Grandpa W came up to the house to see us and eat dinner. It was good to see them and chat. Mom made my favorite dinner, chalupas, so I was in heaven. Grandma and Grandpa brought gifts for everyone:

I got a BYU hat and a travel make up hanging bag, and Jake got a car wash kit.

After dinner our friends E and J with their cute daughters C and M came over. It had been a year since we had seen them last and it was so wonderful to get together again. We miss them so much and wish we could see them more often. They are hopefully planning a trip to come see us in August! Fingers crossed!

This is J holding C (M stayed in the car), E, Jake and I

The rest of the night we just hung around and played games together. It is always a fun time playing games and laughing our heads off. We'll leave it at mom attempting to dance the "stanky leg" :) Love you mommy!

T and I and A and J hanging out Sunday night

Monday:

Monday was Memorial Day. We went to the graves of Grandma and Grandpa C and Uncle M. It was nice to go to the graves and see them. I hadn't been in over a year since we had last visited. We shared stories and looked at pictures. Mom "introduced" her parents and brother to A and it was really sweet!

This is the hat the B got from Grandma and Grandpa W and he was loving it. He put it on crooked and KNEW he looked good! So precious!

After we visited the graves we stopped at Cafe Rio for lunch because we don't have those here in California and I had been CRAVING their tomatillo dressing. I got a pork quesadilla and Jake got a pork burrito (enchilada style, which is the only way to get it) and we shared an horchata. Delicious! After you eat something savory you definitely need a treat so we stopped at a bakery close by and tried all sorts of goodies. Jake and I had a black and white cookie with coconut frosting. YUMMY!! Dad and I shared a carmel cheesecake thing that was unbelievably delicious. I couldn't stop eating it. After we finished eating everything we could see we drove through mom's old neighborhood and reminisced on visiting Grandma and Grandpa C's house when we were kids.

.............Then we had to go to the airport............ :(

It is always sad to go. I usually cry for about 2 minutes and Jake always chuckles at me! Then we were off. Our flight home was delayed about 2 hours due to a broken brake accumulator, but we were grateful that the flight crew was taking every precaution to keep us safe! We made it home and went to J and K's to see them, M, and S, and J made some yummy pasta for dinner!

We had a great trip and we are so blessed to have the family that we have! We are hoping to come back to Utah soon so we can visit all our friends and family that we were not able to see during our quick, quick trip!