like a million reasons we loved our trip to utah in august

 We took a trip to Utah in August to visit with my family.  Here are some of the many, many reasons we loved our amazing trip:

 Playing at the park

Swimming in the neighbors' pool

 Playing with grandma's homemade puppets

Making snow cones with grandma

 Bart and Ashli's weekend getaway in the mountains

 These views!

 Lots of shaved ice!

 One last night at the racetrack before it closes forever :(

 Lots of birds at the Bean Museum

 The obligatory picture with Po while visiting grandpa's office

 Visiting BYU campus

 Taking pictures in front of the Y on the mountain so we can compare them to the pictures they'll take in the same spot when they someday go to BYU!

 Seeing our old BYU married student apartment moments before it was demolished!

 Hanging with Cosmo

Pink donuts and sprinkles

Visiting "our" temple

 Holding puppies!

 More puppies

 Relaxing with grandpa

 Canyon dinners with family

 Lagoon with grandma!

 Picnics in the canyon

 Nieces!

 Holding cousins

 Hiking

 Walking in a waterfall

 Pickleball with friends

Reptiles!

 A day at the lake with friends

 Rollercoasters

 Pretending to be the queen while waiting for dinner

 Besties!

 Meeting this amazing bird!

And, believe it or not with all of these pictures, we had more fun than what is pictured here.  It was a great trip and though it kills me to have to live so far from my family, and friends, and so far from the mountains, it's nice to be able to have a great time when we get to visit.