Monday, April 28, 2008

Utah Trip post #2

Shane's brother Tyler is married to darling Emily. We are so glad that we got to be in Utah for Emily's graduation from BYU on Friday (4/25) and wish her all the best as she starts her full-time work with the United Way. Hooray! One of the main reasons we took the Utah trip was for Grandma's 90th birthday. Here is the beautiful birthday girl! We enjoyed a luncheon at Magleby's for Grandma's birthday party Saturday afternoon (4/26). Great food and good conversation, too. After Grandma's party, we were blessed to have the opportunity to meet up with Carter's birth family and spend time playing at the park together. Here are a few pictures of the get-together. First, Carter and J* (his biological brother) going through the tunnel together. J* was such a great helper with Carter.
Carter was really sweet with his birth mother. He was glad to swing with her for quite a while on the swings and got excited to see her, and then was sad when we had to leave. Here is Carter with his biological brother and sister:
In addition to all that has already been mentioned, we enjoyed a BBQ with Shane's family Saturday night and a dinner with Megan's family on Sunday. We also loved spending time with our wonderful friend Melanie. How did we not get any pictures??
Anyway, it was a very fun trip!

5 comments:

Jen said...

Wow, you guys were really busy! I guess that's to be expected when you have so much family in the area. :) One of these times we'll have to figure out how to get together while you are here. So glad you had a fun trip and huge bonus you didn't even have to drive that LOOOONG drive! :)

Emily said...

I love all the new updates! I'm so sad that we couldn't make it to Utah to see you too. But it sounds like you were really busy and had lots of fun. I really love Carter's "my parents are exhausted" t-shirt!

Alycia said...

Carter really looks like his brothers! Looks like you had a good trip.

TheKeilShpeel said...

What a special trip that was. I love reading your update. Can't believe we didn't see you through all the thousands of people at graduation..haha..

Carter really does look so much like his brothers.

Shane, Meg, CJ, RJ, and AL said...

Thanks for your comments everyone! Just wanted to let you know that Carter has a biological brother and biological sister. You just can't see his biological sister's longer hair under her sweatshirt hood. :)