Utah Trip April 2009

We went to Utah for 3 weeks during April.

We happened to stay in Salt Lake at a hotel just a block away from the hotel where Aaron's best friend Eric Chock and his family were staying (we didn't even know they were in Utah until we got there). Our Eric was named after him. Here they are together for the first time:



Eric's son Clayton and Jordan had a blast swimming together at the hotel:





Eric's in-laws (who hosted our wedding reception in Chicago) were also at the hotel so we got to see them as well. Here is Cris with Sierra and Alexis, hanging out with Maya in the hot tub:



Ryan LOVED to play with his cousin Isaac, who is only 10 days older than him. They got along very well!



Jordan and Maya had the greatest time playing with their cousins Jesse, Josh, and Samuel.



We were able to enjoy watching my brother Dave coach his son Enzo's soccer team:



Here is Enzo running for the ball. His team won their division championship.



Zaley is Dave's youngest child and Maya's only girl cousin her age in Utah. They had fun when they got together:



Here are Eric and cousin Benson saying hi to each other (they're 6 months apart):



The kids LOVED playing with Aunt Tori...



....and her good friend Maggie:



The reason we stayed in Utah for an extra week was so that we could be there for Benson's baby blessing and also see Aaron's parents. There was quite the turnout for the blessing:



We loved seeing so much family and we wish we lived closer to them!