Bennallack Utah Visit - October 2014

In between and after our California, Southern Utah and Vegas trips we had some good old Utah fall fun. Its so fun to show family around our stomping grounds and enjoy time together. 

Jayne loved having Grandad, Grandma and Rachael around to wake up to every morning. They were so helpful too!

We spent time cleaning up the garden for the year and enjoying the last fruits and veggies it gave us.

Pizza with our garden fresh veggies!

 Church

Phil showing us around the lab where he works

Jayne loves riding the chairs around the lab

It was perfect fall weather so one day we took a beautiful walk up the south of BYU Campus to visit Phil's work and enjoy being outdoors

And of course no trip to campus is complete without a "kids" meal at the creamery. YUM!

 One day while Phil and Dad B worked the girls went up and visited Gardner Village. Its so fun and festively decorated during the fall.

There were a couple trips up to Salt Lake City for two sessions of General Conference and a temple session

We ate at Tucanos Brazilian Grill in the Riverwoods to celebrate Phil's birthday.

After dinner we explored Blickenstaff's, a fun, old-fashioned kind of toy store.

Kid at heart :)

We had a lot of fun going to Chantel's marching band competition at BYU's football stadium. I love the view the stadium gives of the temple on up to our majestic mountains. So beautiful!

Chantel's band took first place! They did an encore of their show in the parking lot. We loved watching her play up close!

Phil's mission companion, Brad, had a show in Provo one weekend so we decided to go join the festivities. They had free pizza and Coldstone ice cream-plus face painting and bounce houses. We had a lot of fun!

We had a good laugh at our faces after they were painted. Especially when we went to the gas station afterwards...Dad B definitely got some great looks! :)

No Utah fall season is complete without Cornbellys! We spent a couple days there and visited the haunted attractions a few times too. We love Cornbellys!

Beanbag Toss

It was fun to have a little munchkin to show around this year. Jayne loved taking it all in.

Playing in the giant corn kernel pit. Jayne LOVED this area and would've played there forever if we'd let her.

Corn cob shooting

Airsoft battle! 

The "mouse" relay. It was fun to watch the big kids run back and forth in these pipes!

Haunted time!

Video of Cornbellys - We were proud of Phil's parents for getting on the bull! Never too old ;)

We enjoyed a few Sunday family dinners at the Perucca household. I love how well our two families get along. 

 Playing Koob!

Playing on the Koob sidelines

And Koda peeking at us over the fence

We celebrated Phil's birthday after dinner one Sunday night. Donuts, chocolate ripple cake and cookies...perfect for my sweet tooth husband :)

 Of course we visited many good restaurants while they were in town. I'm sure we all gained a couple holiday pounds during their visit...good old america! We visitied Golden Corral (all-you-can-eat). We're fans of  the cotton candy!

Brick Oven...sorry for the dark photo!

Sammy's-famous for their pie shakes

Costa Vida! 

And of course Kneaders for their amazing all-you-can-eat cinnamon french toast breakfast. Very American!

We took a drive up Big Cottonwood Canyon to look at the amazing fall foliage. I LOVE the mountains during the fall. Green to reds and oranges to yellows. Its beautiful!

While we were up there we surprised Phil's parents with a Mothers/Fathers Day and Anniversary present. We dropped them off at a fancy restaurant and told them to enjoy themselves! We totally surprised them :)

Finally we showed them a true American fall experience by carving pumpkins. We had a lot of pumpkins to choose from! 

 

We had some fun patterns and those Aussies had some crafty skills. The pumpkins turned out great! 

Thanks for coming to visit us Dad, Mum and Rach! You're welcome anytime!