Where In the World Are James, Maija, Elin and Anikka?: Summer Travels-Part 2, SLC UT & Boise ID - July 25

For part 2 of our summer trip, I rented a car for the day and the girls and I drove from Colorado to SLC Utah to meet up with James, who had driven to SLC from Seattle. Along the way, we stopped for a quick picture at church rock

and for a tour of Hole N the Rock just outside of Moab. Hole in the Rock is a home built into the side of the rock. The girls were fascinated by the fact that it was a house and people actually used to live in it.

It's an 8 hour drive to SLC and during the drive my girls taught themselves to blow bubbles. They were quite proud of themselves.

On Wed (July 26th) we went to Lagoon and spent the entire day in the park.

The girls loved all the rides.

I even got the chance to go on the "white rollercoaster" of my youth. Although its no longer painted white. I forgot how jerky old wooden roller coasters can be. (side note: When I was growing up we went to Lagoon almost every summer while visiting my cousins.)

We went to Lagoona Beach for a few hours in the middle of the day when it was the hottest. But I forgot my GoPro.... so no pics. The girls had "the best" time at Lagoon and asked to go back the next day.

On Friday we hung out and spent the night with Aunt Leina and her family.

We introduced the girls to In and Out Burgers (two thumbs up from both)

and played lots of games with Ella and Noah.

The next day, Saturday July 29, was Elin's 7th birthday. We started the day with donuts, singing and flowers from Daddy

presents

then pizza lunch.

After lunch we headed back to Aunt Julie's house for a few more presents and ice cream cake.

Saturday evening, our prior nannie, Katie Mitchell (who Elin calls her big girls best friend and we call our 3rd daughter) got married and we were lucky to be able to attend her wedding. We got all dressed up to go.

Two little girls fell asleep on the way there.

It was a beautiful ceremony and reception. It was the first wedding our girls had attended and they were wide eyed the whole time.

On Sunday we started our trek back to Seattle. We stayed a few nights in Boise ID to break up the long drive. I was able to see my friend Molly and meet her cute boys. In fact, Finn loved James so much he wanted to come home with us.