Trip to Utah

Phew! we are finally back from our trip out to Utah! We had a LOT of fun visiting family and meeting some new family members for the first time. We started our trip leaving Iowa at around 5 pm and arriving in Utah around 10 am. We were quite nervous about attempting the drive all in one shot, but it ended up working out quite well...for the most part. We would definitely recommend doing it this way to anyone-unless your kids won't sleep in the car. We encountered this problem on the way TO Utah, but on the way back we made sure they were properly medicated so they would have a sweet restful night in the car seats.
Anyway, i could talk talk talk about this trip, but that would take forever so I'll just share my favorite pictures. Sorry to all of the family that we didn't get pictures of!
Jaden and Mason, the oldest set of twins

Ethan, displaying his inner petersen-going after the kitty with a bat, naked.

2 out of 3 sets of twins after a long day of swimming.

And little chunker Conner, this was our first time meeting him.

For the first part of our trip we spent our time with the Petersen side of the family. We were lucky enough to have the generosity of my SUPER AWESOME Aunt Sheila who let us sleep in her brand new monster RV. It was incredible, and quite the lifesaver for us. Thanks again Buchei family!

We spent a LOT of time in the water to keep ethan and noah happy since they were understandably grumpy from all of the traveling and dry heat. Hence all of the naked baby pictures you saw. We even lucked out that they had a little kiddie pool at my cousin's baby shower. The boys just hopped right in, fully clothed, but they couldn't have been happier. I gave up trying to stop them and figured that they had their blankets in the car and plenty of extra diapers, so i let them have at it. It was very funny. And I know funny (that's for you Dad).

We got to visit aunts and uncles grandparents and cousins from both sides of my family and Joe's maternal side of his family.

We then spent a day in Logan, a day at Starvation Reservoir, and a few days at my cabin with Joe's side of the family. The whole trip was a blast (despite getting overwhelmed with my boys' tantrums) and i can't say enough about how lucky we are to have such wonderful friends and family. We love all of you and wish we could have gotten to see more of you. Special hello to Joe and Britt, Addie and Hayden, and the twins. Get better Austin, we are thinking of you and love you all!