Utah, We're Here!



It all started with a 4:50 AM wake up call for the girls, (and an even earlier one for me!) and then the trip to the airport. 

It's always stressful to travel with all three on an airplane, but it's the fastest way to get there.  I had high (naive) hopes that they would fall asleep or at least be a little subdued.  And actually, Mimi, while super squirmy as per the usual, did okay.  She was not about to sleep, but I was able to contain her without going crazy.  Leiden, of course, is old enough to do fine regardless.  Mac?  She was tired from late to bed and early to rise, and she cried for literally an hour on the plane.  An hour.  I was holding Mimi and she was actually getting a little tired so she was resting on me.  And Mac is crying and making a ruckus.  Mac tired is just as difficult as Mac sick.  But, here we are, taxi-ing to our gate in Salt Lake City!!



It's darn hot here, in the high nineties, so out came the pool this afternoon.  Miriam LOVES the water.  She loves to get splashed, dribbled on, poured on, and she loves to stick her face in the water.  Does she hold her breath while she does it?  Nope. 

There is much craziness in the pool.  Mimi has bad balance to begin with, and everyone is trying to do their own thing.  

Mac falls in the middle of the spectrum.  She loves the water, and only complains a little when she gets splashed.  Grandmere is a master splasher.

And then Leiden.  She is still the most water shy of them all, and she squeals in half real protest, half pretend whenever she gets a splash.

The girls finally got the picture and started splashing Grandmere back, even though she was not in the pool at the time.  She hates being hot, so she was fine with that!

Mimi after a bucket of water over her head...just a little temporary confusion, and then she was fine.  She even started to pour water on her own head.  Awesome.

We're so excited to be here.  Today was fun, but while we were playing, Grandpa was having open heart surgery to repair some problems with his heart.  We participated in a family fast last Sunday, Leiden included (for one meal), and he came through the surgery with no problems.  We will continue to pray and hope for a swift recovery on his part.