provo, ut

i had some major technical difficulties with 

photos and using other computers while

we were away this weekend including losing a day's worth of photos.  grrrrr!

nevermind, let's just catch up.....

margo, gabi, paul and i headed off to provo, utah last friday morning.

we were headed there to pick up ben and sab 

as well as visit with our families.

i spent a lovely friday night with my mom in salt lake city

and then headed back to provo to see my boys and 

everyone else......

i found all the boys, dads, friends and cousins hard at work in tessa's (paul's sister) garden.

tessa and kevin have created the most gorgeous and enormous landscaped garden.

most of which they have done all by themselves.

bulbs, flowers, fruit trees, waterfalls, creeks, swimming pool........

a playhouse under a shade tree,

and even a chicken coop!

hello ladies!

we took these hard working boys out to lunch to 

a provo institution......

j dawgs

i am not usually a hot dog fan, but dang!

i'll have to admit, these were good.

the rest of the day was spent lazing around the pool with these 

gorgeous girls.

cousin julia, margo and her bff catherine. 

paul's sister alex and her darling boys charlie and angus 

played with us all day as well.

surprise!

as if life could get any better........

paul and brother in law kevin,

surprised us girls with divine cupcakes from.......

the sweet tooth fairy

ok, these are the most divine cupcakes i have ever had!

my favorite:

raspberry lemonade with real raspberries 

(second from the right, bottom row)

little charlie

big brother angus.

sunday morning and time to go.

thanks grandpa for making us such a lovely breakfast before we hit the road.

beautiful grandma.

thank you for a quick but fun weekend with you.

boulder or bust

6 hours and counting.........