The Feuz Fam Visits

The last week of August, my whole family came to visit and drop Tyler (my little brother) off at BYU (Hooray!). It was quite the busy week and I must admit, when they all left I felt pretty lonely and didn't know what to do with myself! I wasn't ready to go back to my old routine of housework and errands. Here is what we did that week:

Sunday-We had Chris and Kallee (brother and sister in law) come down from SL so we could have dinner with the entire family then played games

Monday-We went up to Salt Lake to meet up with my dad's twin brother, Uncle Peter, and some of his kids. We watched the Joseph Smith movie at the memorial building (which was really hard to focus on when you are sitting next to a talkative 21 month old and holding a wiggly 9 month old). Then we went to the Gateway and had Tucano's for lunch. I had to make a stop at Ben's Cookies of course while I was up there so we could enjoy some sweets that evening.

Tuesday-Took advantage of the $2 Tuesdays at Thanksgiving Point and went to the Farm/petting zoo. Then we all enjoyed Happy Hour at Sonic. That night we threw a surprise baby shower for Kallee and sweet 16 party for Brittany with the family and also enjoyed the company of Bob (uncle), Trixie (aunt), Doris (aunt) and Natalie (cousin).

Wednesday-Got up early so we could all be ready to drop Ty off at BYU. We got him settled into the dorm then left him to his freshmen orientation. Did some shopping around Provo.

Thursday-We drove up to Salt Lake to meet up with my dad and sisters at the Pioneer Village at This is The Place monument, only to have my dad decide not to go in! So Chase and I drove all the way back home so he could have a normal nap in his crib. He screamed the whole entire way home. I feel lucky I didn't crash my car!

Friday-Went to Swiss days in Midway, ate at one of the top rated Mexican restaurants in the state (Tarahumara) and enjoyed gelato and eclairs from the Zermatt resort. That night we met up with a bunch of our extended family that were also in town for my cousin's wedding and had a barbecue.

Saturday-Drove all the way down to Provo to pick up Ty from the BYU game, then all the way up to Salt Lake for our cousin's wedding reception.

It was a very fun week and I am so glad my little brother is out here for a year before his mission. I finally have a babysitter once a month and already have dates planned for this month and October.

Here are a few pictures from our week (and by few, I mean very few. Once again, I didn't get very many pictures and am angry at myself for it!)
Chase with Grandpa. We were playing an intense game of Apples to Apples
Then someone started to get a little sleepy and laid his head on the table
The petting zoo. Grandma with Chase, Tyler with Emma (my niece) and Brittany. Chase loved Emma so much. They had lots of play time together in his tent. She was a very good influence on him. After she left, I noticed Chase finally babbling all sorts of consonants rather than his usual happy shrieks and screaming. Chase is now saying dad (of course, he doesn't know the meaning yet), dada (pretty much all the time), ma, nana.