So... it was the 4th of July recently, and you know what that means! Time to make our annual trek to Utah to visit the Aises! We always miss Heather, Jason and Jack, so we cherish our annual extravaganza!
So we got into Utah late on a Thursday night, hung out and went to sleep. The next day after getting all ready for the swimming pool 100 yards from the Acosta's unit, we found that the pool was closed. Apparently it needs a new pump and the homeowners association is too broke to fix it the right way, so it's closed every couple days for maintenance. Yeah, like that is saving money in the long run... notsomuch... So we hightailed it to a local pool. Now this place was awesome and their were a quadrillion kids everywhere. There was a pirate ship to play on, slides and a lazy river that we floated around and around in. That was hella cool btw!
Jack enjoyed the slides and the lazy river....that is until he ate a gallon of water and promptly said...."Mom, I barfed." Fortunately the lazy river had a strong current and the barf was gone before we could do anything about it.
We didn't take advantage of this cool feature, but check this out. It is like a Learn to surf machine. Maybe next time.
On the way back to the condo, we tried to tell Jack to smile. He sometimes did and sometimes scrunched up his face a ton like the above shot. That's his cheesy "CHEESE" face.
The Acostas had a small TV from their bedroom in the living room since their bigger normal TV broke.
Always nice having a friend who knows a guy who gets sweet deals on TV's. Check out the new flat screen and Blue Ray player. Woo Hoo! This helped us knock out 5 movies!
That same night, a babysitter came over to watch Jack and the 4 adults went to Sundance where we first enjoyed a great meal.
All the usual suspects..........
Anthony wanted Sarsaparilla and Amy didn't mind sharing, so we got 2 different kinds. It sure was yummy. Amy hearts sarsaparilla and takes every chance she can get to have some! YUM! Why is that ish so hard to find btw?
This was the special of the day, a Bass dish. The waiter described it in such a way that we wanted to hear it again because it sounded so delicous. The sauce was a mango butter and it was superb.
After dinner, we boarded a tractor carrying a trailer with benches and it hauled us up a big hill. Here is Jason holding on tight.
There it goes down the hill to fetch more people.
We noticed some cabins up in the hills, Robert Redford probably owns at least 1 of those. This picture doesn't do them justice, of course. They were gigantic!
We sat on blankets in the grass and got comfy for some live symphony music.
We got unique flavored lollipops. This one was Rootbeer I think.....
It got dark in a hurry and was very relaxing and pretty.
The next day we played more with Jack and learned and heard everything possible that characters say from Toy Story 3......Buzz Light Year dominated the conversation....."Not today Zurg." And now, of course, that's Amy's new favorite thing to say... all the time. To Anthony, to the cats, to strangers, it's awesome. Probably just for her tho...
For the 4th of July, the Acostas made a cake and Amy helped dress it up to look like an American flag.
We watched the neighbors set off some fireworks and went back to watching DVD's.
We tried to teach Jack how to kick a soccer ball with his left foot. Here he is scrunching his face again. He was really getting the hang of that left foot kick, nice job Jackers!
On the way to the airport, we stopped to get some JJ's for the ride. Nothing like an old friend to help you in your time of need! Mad props to Jimmy John's Totally Tuna Sandwich!
So we got into Utah late on a Thursday night, hung out and went to sleep. The next day after getting all ready for the swimming pool 100 yards from the Acosta's unit, we found that the pool was closed. Apparently it needs a new pump and the homeowners association is too broke to fix it the right way, so it's closed every couple days for maintenance. Yeah, like that is saving money in the long run... notsomuch... So we hightailed it to a local pool. Now this place was awesome and their were a quadrillion kids everywhere. There was a pirate ship to play on, slides and a lazy river that we floated around and around in. That was hella cool btw! 
Jack enjoyed the slides and the lazy river....that is until he ate a gallon of water and promptly said...."Mom, I barfed." Fortunately the lazy river had a strong current and the barf was gone before we could do anything about it.
We didn't take advantage of this cool feature, but check this out. It is like a Learn to surf machine. Maybe next time.
On the way back to the condo, we tried to tell Jack to smile. He sometimes did and sometimes scrunched up his face a ton like the above shot. That's his cheesy "CHEESE" face.
The Acostas had a small TV from their bedroom in the living room since their bigger normal TV broke.
Always nice having a friend who knows a guy who gets sweet deals on TV's. Check out the new flat screen and Blue Ray player. Woo Hoo! This helped us knock out 5 movies!
That same night, a babysitter came over to watch Jack and the 4 adults went to Sundance where we first enjoyed a great meal.
All the usual suspects..........
Anthony wanted Sarsaparilla and Amy didn't mind sharing, so we got 2 different kinds. It sure was yummy. Amy hearts sarsaparilla and takes every chance she can get to have some! YUM! Why is that ish so hard to find btw?
This was the special of the day, a Bass dish. The waiter described it in such a way that we wanted to hear it again because it sounded so delicous. The sauce was a mango butter and it was superb.
After dinner, we boarded a tractor carrying a trailer with benches and it hauled us up a big hill. Here is Jason holding on tight.
There it goes down the hill to fetch more people.
We noticed some cabins up in the hills, Robert Redford probably owns at least 1 of those. This picture doesn't do them justice, of course. They were gigantic! 
We sat on blankets in the grass and got comfy for some live symphony music.
We got unique flavored lollipops. This one was Rootbeer I think.....
It got dark in a hurry and was very relaxing and pretty.
The next day we played more with Jack and learned and heard everything possible that characters say from Toy Story 3......Buzz Light Year dominated the conversation....."Not today Zurg." And now, of course, that's Amy's new favorite thing to say... all the time. To Anthony, to the cats, to strangers, it's awesome. Probably just for her tho...
For the 4th of July, the Acostas made a cake and Amy helped dress it up to look like an American flag.
We watched the neighbors set off some fireworks and went back to watching DVD's.
We tried to teach Jack how to kick a soccer ball with his left foot. Here he is scrunching his face again. He was really getting the hang of that left foot kick, nice job Jackers!We had a great time together on our 5th annual trip to Utah (our 4th Annual 4th). Not depicted here is all the OTHER fun stuff we did and fun times we had. We also made it to the local pool a couple times, watched all those movies we mentioned, read a bunch, slept, had a TON of good food and feasts together. Amy and Heather also took a little girl time to hit the mall and a chocolate outlet together. Girl time is a good time!
Sadly, all good things must come to an end and on Monday we had to say our goodbyes. Jack seems to have learned how to fake being upset and fake cry, which he pulled out as we said farewell... and apparently he missed us the next morning when he got up and we weren't there, he's such a cutie!
Parting is such sweet sorrow... but this helped take the sting out a tiny bit...
Miss you Aises! Can't wait till August for the big trip with the Stewarts! YAY!!
'not today zurg"-love it! we can't wait for august either.
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