Big Surprise Trip - Part 2

I know this is well over due, but my motto in blogging is better late than never. We had so much fun in Utah and I really don't think we had a minute to stop. Thus I took a million pictures (as you will see below), so I will just share a few (a few = 24). I will just narrate them as they appear...

Strawberry and cream breakfast or as Chloe pronounces it
"drawberries and keem"
(other creams are: 'whip keem' whip cream and 'sun keem' sun screen)

The Nichol cousins on Raygen's 7th birthday.
In the chair Raygen holding baby Reece, Kaelyn and JC Thomas.
Sitting on the floor Chloe, Owen and Ali Momberger.

Davis Cousins
Top: Morgan, Brady and Jason
Middle: Devon, Lexi, Chloe, Lauren
Bottom: Maddie

Chloe's new adoptive grandma Nana Nett (Thomas).
She still asks about her :) I guess cousins share grandparents too.

Here Chloe is being officially initiated into one of her parents favorite haunts
---Training Table---
She enjoyed her pee-wee dog and surprisingly wouldn't touch the cheese fries.
What?! Where did she come from? Maryland?! :)

We had to evacuate my parents house for a few days while some noxious fumes aired out (not recommended for pregnant girl and little toddler), so we headed up the canyon to Midway. What fun we had in the mountains. On Saturday morning we even woke up to snow on the mountains. Yikes, it was a cold June while we visited.

Here we are taking a little ride on Papa's golf cart. This little puppy pulled 4 adults and one toddler up a very big hill. Well with Jon's help (Flintstone style) near the top.

On our ride with the wind in our hair.

Pregnant Jenni and 'Fred Flintstone' Jon on the back. That's right the pregnant girl rode on the back. In my defense, I think I offered to trade, didn't I Jen? If not I really should have!

Swingin' at Sugar House park. Oh, how I miss our old Sugar House stompin' grounds.

At one point we were at G-ma and G-pa Davis's house hanging out with the Heninger's. Devon (who shares a special bond with Chloe) came to get me. He said Chloe was playing in the bathroom, so I went to inspect. Here she is playing in the bathtub. I laughed, especially when he told me she got in there herself.

Then I witnessed it for myself. Chloe's comment every time she got in was "do it by m-self" and she did over and over again. I finally gave up getting her out because she was contained and happy.

See, happy in the tub!

And here she is in the shower. A little surprised being naked and all. She loved to tell you when she is naked though "Chloe naked, Chloe naked."

Here she is looking at the web with Grandma Great at this posting.

On a Sunday drive with Ali in the Barbie Escalade. This girl knows how to ride in style. Chloe just wanted to chew on the CB radio, that or she was calling out to her "good budies."

Playin' Picnic. Chloe loves to open the kitchen drawers at my parents house and 'play picnic' with the kids plates, cups, spoon, and tuperware. For this reason, we did not install any hardware on our lower cabinets. It's better than childproof locks, no drilling.

Our play date with friends. I'm sorry I didn't get a picture with all of the kids there. We had a houseful at the Burt's. Gina you are a saint for having us all over due to the cold weather (it was supposed to be a zoo date) and all this with Adam and a brand new baby! But we were so happy to get to see everyone, even Eddie and John!
Pictured: Me, Gina, Adam, Chloe, Emily, Megan, and Keersten.

Here are Chloe and Adam singing some songs, I think Itsy Bitsy Spider or maybe this was 5 Monkey's Swinging in the Trees. Either way they were really cute! Thanks to Keersten's very animated song leading (not pictured).

Saturday morning we went to Uncle Jon's bike race. It was a week into June but you never would have know by the way we were all bundled up. It was like March weather. Crazy!

That is Jon in the white and red jersey. Go Jon! Pedal, Pedal, Pedal!!!

Playin' in the car. Chloe loves to drive, so this little car was constantly tempting her. When we finally had a few minutes to stop and play she was in heaven. We were lucky enough to find a couple of Tot Lots here in the Baltimore County area that have these for anyone to use. Needless to say they are some of our favorite places to play now.

And then we came home to Baltimore, with Nana and Papa in tow. They had meetings in DC so we booked the same flight with them. Chloe seemed happy to be entertained by someone other than her mother.
It was DREAMY for me!

As we walked to the baggage claim, Chloe insisted on pulling Nana's bag. It wasn't light but she pulled it quite a ways. People along the way kept stopping and just laughing at the sight. She really was as happy as a clam to be so independent. Who knows maybe she has a future full of travel.

Here we are all leaving the airport with our loads of luggage, stroller, car seat, and many carry-ons. Chloe and Mike, inseparable. I had to drive home so he could sit in the backseat with her. Do you think he missed her a little bit? He said he missed me a bit too.
We definitely missed HIM!