Part 2 UTAH: Petersboro Perfection

After spending two glorious weeks in Mapleton, we headed north to Petersboro.  How lucky was I to grow up in this beautiful valley?  These pictures are literally taken out my parents' front door.  Growing up I never knew how lucky I was . . .

(thanks to my sister-in-law Deanna for taking the above shots!)

My whole family celebrated togetherness time with a trip to a Bees game.  Just as we walked in our crew of kids (13 boys and 2 girls) were asked to be part of the games/entertainment in between innings.  The kids gladly accepted the challenge and after liability forms were signed the kids were off and competing.

We also celebrated Independence Day, which at this point Nate had to head home -- somebody's gotta make the money while the rest of us enjoy the summer.

We had lots and LOTS of cousin time, something my kids never tire of.

The boys also did their annual swim lessons with Mark and did a great job.  They're quite the little fish.

Merrill's Bear Lake cabin is always a big highlight of every trip.  This year we ended our time in Utah with a three night stay there.

I was also able to go on runs with my sister Michelle.  This was a beginning and ending point for us during one of our practice runs leading up to the 15k that we ran.  Such a beautiful sight!

Here we are after 4 weeks of being in Utah.  You might not be able to tell from this picture, but our stomachs all feel a little sick knowing that in the morning we have to say our "goodbye's" and face a 36 hour drive back home without dad.

I bet you can hardly wait to see how that went.  Stay tuned to Part 3 UTAH.