Utah Trip part 2

Grandma Curtis always kept this full for this little girl.  She would take a couple and then go read books or watch tv with Grandma.

While we were in Sandy, I got to meet up with one of my besties at Red Butte Gardens.  The kids liked being able to run and check things out, and I liked hanging out with Katy.

Cute kiddos.

It's hard to tell from this picture, but Cora had a pretty severe allergic reaction while we were in Utah.  Her body was covered in hives, some places she had welts and her lips and eyes were swollen.  For several days we gave her Benadryl while trying to figure out what she was allergic to.  After going through everything, it was the diapers I bought her.  Apparently 2 weeks was enough time that the rash went from regional to a systemic reaction.  Poor girl.  Once we changed brands, it only took a couple days for it to really clear up.  My mom was so worried (I was too!) that the Benadryl wasn't doing much that she paid for Cora (no one in Utah took our insurance) to see a pediatrician that I had gone to when I was little.  He told us how much other antihistamines to give her and said she'd be fine.  

Our last Sunday we went up to my sister Alyse's house.  Will is playing in Nevin's man cave with some of his childhood toys.  Man cave, guys and toys?  Yeah, Will had fun.

But then he got to help walk the dogs, and that made him even happier.

We'd walked quite a ways along the Ogden river and then stopped at a playground for a bit.  The kids played and laughed when Alyse's dog went down the slide.  But in the hustle and bustle of getting everyone to head back, we forgot Cora's special cat named Cat.  Brent ran back and rescued the cat and this was their reunion.

Our last full day we went to City Creek and Temple Square with Auntie Em.  

At the end, we let the kids cool off.

Then we had to say goodbye.

This is a pic of the kids about an hour into the drive.  Honestly, I think they slept about 15 hours of the 24 that it took us to get back.  They were really good kids in the car.

I was so grateful to Stef who helped me drive back.  Otherwise it would have taken us several days.  We had so much fun in Utah and it was wonderful to see family and friends.  I'm not sure when we'll be back since I'm not sure where we'll be next year as this is Jeremy's last year of med school.  I hope it's not too long though!