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Our weekend in Utah was insane, to say the least, but such a party!

Thursday:
a full day of traveling
meeting my family at the airport
Cafe Rio (a must have for us)

Friday:
wedding dinner preparations
Thai food for lunch (another must have)
an Eagle Scout picture
wedding dinner

Saturday:
sourdough waffles for breakfast (the final must have)
wedding!!!
an evening with my fam

Sunday:
Jaden's baby blessing
another almost full day of travel
and home at 2 a.m. Monday morning


Get ready for an overload of pictures... :)

Jaden's first time in an airport!
SO much to look at.
We had to run through POURING rain at long term parking, hence the frizzy hair...

On the airplane!
Although this was technically Jaden's first airplane ride,
he had been on more than 20 planes, two countries and 21 (22?) states before he was even born. So the kid's a natural.

All the Howell boys are Eagle Scouts!
So while they were all in the same state, Steve's parents wanted to get a picture.
The first pic shows how excited they were about it.
But the second one was how it turned out. :)
Jaden received a new friend from Aunt Jan!
He's spent a good amount of time trying to figure out Mr. Monkey.

The wedding dinner!
Yep, even Jaden got a matching white shirt and tie!
(Somehow he managed spit up on the tie 30 seconds after it got put on and have TWO blowouts in the shirt that night. How is it that babies know when they're wearing more expensive clothes?)

The first dance as (almost) husband and wife!
Shawn and Brittany Howell!
They're married!!
Four generation picture with my dad and grandma.

One long (but quick), exhausting weekend.
It was SO great to see so many family members and friends while we were out there.
We wish we could have seen more, but there just wasn't enough time.
I guess we'll just have to go back!

We're so excited for Shawn and Brittany.
It was awesome to see them so happy and to have them get married in the temple.
We love Brittany and she's perfect for Shawn.
It's interesting to see how the Howell family dynamic is changing.
Our families are still new to the whole in-law/grandchildren thing,
so it's fun to see how adding new people to the family changes things for the better!
We wished we lived closer to family,
but it was great to see them while we could!

Oh and here are two last pictures:

We miss our mountains!
Saying goodbye on the drive to the airport.

And to end our fabulous trip...
Kind of hard to tell here, but the poor kid is just wailing.
This was on the bus back to long term parking from the airport.
It was about midnight and he had had enough. :(