Utah Weekend Get-a-Way

This past weekend we celebrated Andrea's 20th birthday. Sean's little sister isn't so little anymore. We teased her boyfriend Brandon about no longer dating a teenager.

We had Chocolate Pudding Pie at our apartment before leaving for Utah.

(Notice we didn't have regular birthday candles)

We got a DQ Ice Cream cake when we were in Utah. We stayed at Sean's sister Michelle's place. Sean's brother Aaron come up from Provo to celebrate. So we had four of the six Christensen kids together. (I forgot to get a group picture though)
Sean's mom used to make all of the kids giant sugar cookies for Valentine's. Michelle made all of us cookies to keep the tradition a live.

(Sean and his brother's are obessed with ranking themselves. Sean's dad is the orginal Alpha male and then it goes down the line by age or order entered into the family. This weekend Justin was the Alpha male because it was his house and Sean was the Beta male because he was second in age)

Lexi got to see her cousin Parker. He is almost exactly a year older. For the most part they did really well together.
(Parker got a little frustrated when Lexi took his toys)

Parker is so adorable. Here he is "reading" to Michelle and Andrea.

Lexi also got to see her cousin Halle who is almost exactly a year younger. Lexi LOVED Halle and she did really well with her. It's wierd to look at Halle and know that she is what Lexi was a year ago. It's crazy how much kids change in one year.

Wearing their Christmas PJs they got from Nana.

Not only did Lexi get to practice being with a baby but I got to get a little taste of what it will be like to have two little girls. I'm so excited for my daughter to be born!

Lexi LOVED having lots of space to run and new toys to play with at Michelle's house. She also loved being around family. Here is a picture of her kissing aunt Michelle good night. She LOVED kissing Michelle because everytime she did Michelle would jump up and down and squeel. Lexi probably kissed her two dozen times.

We went to IKEA. Brandon and Lexi were IKEA virgins before this trip. Brandon said IKEA was just about as exciting as Disney Land. Haha.

We played tons of Wii. Parker LOVED watching everyone play.

(He's obessed with all sports and anything to do with balls)

Justin's wildest dreams came true this weekend... He got a big screen TV! Look at their old TV it was a wedding gift 7 1/2 years ago, oh how technology has advanced.

(For those interested, this is the new carpet, Michelle and Justin had installed downstairs)

We had a huge Family Home Evening while we were together. It was so much fun! We sang lots of songs and wore each other out with the most intense "Do as I'm doing" ever!

For our FHE activity we colored pictures for someone special.

After playing an intense game of Hilarium, we all lost our voices so we sent the boys out to get ice cream.

I can't remember if Sean and Brandon actually wore these hats to the store but I wouldn't be surprised if they did.

On the drive home we stopped in Tremonton to visit Sean's mom's grave. It's been nearly seven years since she passed away. We actually never made it to the head stone. It was barried in snow. It's the head stone in the background that says Christensen.

We also got to see Sean's grandpa Christensen's grave.

It was a great weekend. It was so nice to go see family, especially since we probably won't be going back to Utah until after our baby is born.

P.S. Jared and Val we missed you guys. You too Josh!

P.P.S. This was our second year going to Utah for the President's day weekend. Check out my post from last years trip. It's wierd to compare pictures of Lexi and Halle...

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