love of local in Utah
Utah Trip 2019 Part 1
After a year of being away we made it back to Utah to love on our friends and family. It was a lot of pressure to make sure that we saw everyone enough, that I didn’t offend anyone, and that each of my girls felt happy and reunited with people. I also tried to plan a mini Willden family reunion in those busy days as well. I did my best and it was a blast of a week!
The first four days we stayed at my parent’s home and spent some time visiting family. Our first morning Grandpa & Grandma Willden with Sarah took Abby & Cameron to do temple baptisms. I watched all the kiddos and took them to a religious art gallery nearby.
Afterwards we went to visit Great Aunt Ellen…or to my girls GREAT GREAT Aunt Ellen. My grandfather’s sister who taught us a Rencher card game that has been passed on through the decades. Then we visited my Grandmother Willden to say hello and see how she was doing.
The girls spend the night with their grandparents while I met up with some Daybreak friends. I set up a night of Axe throwing and eating at my favorite restaurant Copper Onion.
Speaking of food Cameron & Abby made a LOOOOoooooOooong list of everything they had to eat white in Utah. So in between seeing people we made sure to stop at all their favorite spots.
The next day before the mini Willden Family Reunion started we hosted a “Donuts at the Park” and invited Daybreak friends, old YW, book club kiddos, dance friends, school friends, cousins, extended family and everyone inbetween. We wanted to see everyone and love on them. The amount of donuts we bought was extreme and we made it to the park we reserved right in time.
There were a few friends that couldn’t make it that day so we met up with the Starks to go bowling, the Atkinsons to go shopping, Ivy at the Farmer’s Market, Jodi for lunch, and Chelsea or Cressida tagging along with some other groups where there wasn’t someone Abby’s age. I also made Emily come with me to beautiful Emily’s wedding. The amount of people we got to see and all the fun things we got to fit in was incredible!
Before the Willden family reunion got started we also spent a lot of time with the Brown cousins. My girls missed Rebecca & Ryan’s kids SO MUCH and were in heaven together again.
