Part 4- SLC Wrap-Up

The kids and I spent Monday-Friday back in SLC wrapping things up there. I was working on preparing things for Kai and Andrew's friend birthday party and getting the house ready for the renters. We were camped out a bit with out air mattress for me, foam pads for Kai, pack n' play for Rori, and paper products for eating. The days were so full of constant motion that we barely even noticed though.

Kai went to his last week of school which involved lots of water activities and culminated in an Olympics themed day. Rori spent most of the mornings with Grandma Utah playing and picking up Kai from school. it was such a huge help!









On Tuesday night Kai and Drew had their joint birthday party. The boys had their first friend party when they were 2 years old so it was pretty neat to see them so grown up. As usual Rochelle made the most amazing space themed birthday cake and they made an amazing spaceship pinata also. Look closely at the pinata pictures and you will see that they blew up a picture of the boys taken at the Planetarium awhile back that worked perfect. The kids played in the water toys, had cake, whacked at the pinata, and opened presents. Kai had a blast and it was fun way to say goodbye with these kids he has grown up with over the last 5 years. I was a bit teary pulling away from Andrew's house. So many sweet memories there of 1st play dates, Rochelle watching Kai while I did some work at the U, co-op preschool days, carpools to bigger kid preschool, and on and on.




















In addition to all of the inside and outside house projects we also tried to get in as much time as possible with family and friends. We did a cousin photo shoot, did a Toy Story 3 Movie Night, celebrated Uncle Dave's Birthday, had lunch with Amy, Amanda, and Matthew, and on and on.

On Friday we went boating in the morning at Jordanelle. The kids had a blast being on the boat for the first time this summer. They especially loved helping grandpa drive the boat and playing in the tube and the water with all of their cousins.











Rori and I left a little early to put the final touches on things back at the house. Kai returned a little later and we said our final goodbyes to the Wilkinsons over some popsicles. Then a few more tears and a quick sweep through to say our goodbyes to our house on Commonwealth. The pure exhaustion combined with tender emotion had set in that point making it all the much harder for me to keep it together. We are so excited and grateful for this new adventure, but it is still hard to leave a place we loved so much.

We drove over to Grandma and Grandpa's for some dinner and birthday present opening for Emme, Kate, Kai, and Rori. Then Grandma and Grandpa took us to the airport for our flight back to Las Vegas.

We were SOOO happy to be reunited with Lance. Rori fell asleep in the car on the way back from the airport, but Kai ran around the new house checking things out. After a good sleep we spent Saturday putting more stuff away, exploring the house, taking naps, and finding old toy treasures all over again.

But we were still weren't done yet.........