Our trip back to the good ole US of A

Towards the end of May, we were fortunate enough to be able to fly home to Utah and New Mexico and visit both sides of our families for a month. We flew into Utah for a few days and then were driven down to New Mexico for 3 weeks to attend a few festivities, Scott's 10 year high school reunion, the annual Wells family reunion(just the other siblings, their families and Scott's parents) and just some good ole quality time with Mama and Papa Wells.

First on the agenda was Scott's 10yr class reunion. There is much to be written about Scott's class reunion, but I'll leave that to Scott to post the exciting details on his blog. Thanks to Scott's parents who watched Shelby, we had a lovely night on the town in Durango, Colorado where part of his reunion was held. Durango is Colorado's "Park City" for those of you who don't know anything about it. It was really nice to walk around historic downtown and window shop completely childless, although half the stores we ended up going into were children's stores. I guess I just couldn't get her completely out of my mind. Even so, it was so great to go somewhere new and just enjoy spending time together.

Thanks again Mama and Papa Wells!

Scott thought this hotel was pretty cool, its over 100years old

This was on the side of the hotel

The rest of the days prior to the family reunion were spent at Scott's parents house. Shelby just had a ball with her grandparents getting to know them and enjoying all the animals in and around the house, including the 50 stuffed bears and bunnies. She absolutely adored the kittys, cows, roosters, horses, and even the obnoxious donkey. She had a lot of "firsts" while we were there. She had her first time...

• eating a popsicle, marshmellow, hotdog, and sucker



• jumping on a tramp



• riding on a tire swing



• feeding a cow, horse, donkey



• holding a kitten



• gardening



• cooking(little tykes kitchen)



• running in the sprinkler



• riding in a go-kart



• seeing a HUGE toad(almost the size of a softball, not kidding!)

I think that is most of them, although I'm sure there are some that I'm forgetting. Needless to say we all had a wonderful time with Mama and Papa Wells. It was really nice to get away from the hussle and bussle of life and just relax in the country. There is definitely something calming about that place. We are so grateful to them for taking care of us for so long! (Thank you for everything!!) The next item on the agenda was the family reunion, which I'll have to save for another post.

Until next time...enjoy these photos from just hanging out around the house. (Remember to click on it for a closer look)