Loving Logan

Oops. I was going through my trip pictures and realized that I had forgotten to post two groups of pictures from our trip.

As you know, we stay in many different places during our marathon visit to Utah. One of the things that determines where we can stay, or how long we can stay, is the "Kid-Happiness Meter." I'm sure that this is something I swore as a young mother would never happen, but the reality is that it is much easier to stay somewhere when my kids are happy to be there.

I've already blogged about two of these places. All of my kids are happy to be at Andra's house in Genola. Andra was thoughtful enough to have a lot of kids, so there are lots of people to play with. And she was foresightful (is that a word?) enough to get all of those cats breeding, so there are lots of kittens to play with. Thank you Andra.

Ben's house, with it's impressive collection of dirt bikes, is also a big hit with the boy children in our family. They'd be happy to hang out with Uncle Ben and his dirt bikes on a regular basis, although it may be a while before Jason gets back on one.

There's another place that my little kids are totally and completely happy, and that's at Sean & Katie's house in Logan. We stayed with them for a couple of days while the boys were at EFY/OYA, and again for a few days while the big boys were enjoying their mom-free days in Genola.

Rachel & Jenna think that Abigail, who turns 12 at the end of August, is the coolest almost-sister ever. (Not to be confused with Cindy Lynn, who is the coolest sister ever.) And Jared thinks that hanging out with Benjamin, who is 10 months older than the triplets, is always fun.

The first day that we were there the kids decided that they were going to make a movie loosely based on High School Musical. They were adorable.

Not much of the movie got made before it was Laura Kate's nap time and quiet time started, but they still had lots of fun.

For family night we went up a nearby canyon to a lovely park and had dinner,

played in the water,

ran around,

pretended to fish,

and had a great time.

Another time when we were visiting the kids put on a show for the adults. They invited the neighbors to watch as well. Although some of the audience members were more interested in looking at Pokemon cards than in watching the show.

Jenna was the announcer.

She also passed out snacks to the audience.

Abigail and Rachel danced in the first show.


Laura Katie carried a flag to advertise the second show, which was a trilling tricks show.


Benjamin had a new bike trick, and Rachel and Jared wowed us with their roller-blading prowess.

All of the kids, including the ones in the audience, took a bow at the end of the show.

Laura Kate was sad that the fun was over.

We sure love our awesome friends!