Utah: Father's Day & Family Outings

The second day we were in Utah was Father's Day.  I had Jami sneak around town for me before we arrived so Jake had some surprises waiting for him.  Donuts and specialty treats from our friend Michelle's bakery in Orem, The Vanilla Bean.  Kandy put together an awesome dinner for our Dad (we just rode on her coattails).  Skye was not a huge fan of the famous banana creamies.  I think this trip was the first time Skye really got to crawl on grass.  She's not a fan of that either!  haha!  But she really likes her newfound freedom - crawling everywhere!  And no holiday would be complete without Jake and Grumple having a front yard rainbow ribbon dance party!  (Also I kinda miss the Party Bus!  It was a pain to park, but I loved having all those extra seats!)

Jake and I had headaches for the first few days we were in Utah.  That dang elevation!  So what did we decide to do?  Get higher up in the mountain, of course!  My mom watched baby Skye while we we took the older girls up Rock Canyon.  It wasn't til we were unloading from the car that I realized the girls were dressed perfectly for a nature hike: skirts, jewelry, and sweet looking shades!  They were pretty cute on our hike.  They kept getting excited at all the "mountain babies" (aka boulders!  haha).  But the best part was there were butterflies everywhere!!  I don't know what was going on, but they were flying down the canyon towards us.  We probably saw over 100 butterflies!!!!!  It was a fun morning.

Another day we took the girls to Liberty Park in Provo.  (It was during Skye's nap again, so she was home with Grammy).  We started with feeding the ducks.  The ducks are crazy!  They are so used the humans that they come right up to you.  But we were really amazed with the tiny birds.  They would look at Jake and watch his hands, knowing what he was doing, then they would leap into the air just in time to catch the piece of bread before it arced towards the ground!

Check out this video of the bird bread catching skills!

They have awesome giant swings and a cool maze field.  We hit up Krispy Kreme on the way home.  We got there just in time to see a new batch hit the cooking oil.  Jake and I were discussing the machinery (of course).  There was one other lady sitting at a table, she came up to us and said something like "I'm sorry I was eavesdropping.  I heard you guys asking questions about the machines.  I am actually from the Krispy Kreme Corporate Office.  I can answer your questions if you'd like."  Then she did!  She knew so much about the machinery!  It was an awesome conversation - we learned so much!  Then we got to taste the final product!  You can't say that after you tour a car factory!  

A fun outing for all.  Well.... all but Skye.  Poor baby Skye.  She got to have a lot of fun on this trip - so don't feel too bad for her.