Utah Adventures

We decided to go to Utah for 4th of July for the last time before moving to Dallas. It was a packed weekend! Nate says that he didn't even have time to relax from the long hours of school work, but we still enjoyed ourselves. We got to Utah on Thursday evening, and immediately went to the mountains for the boys to go mountain biking. Mackay enjoyed cheering on the boys, eating dirt, picking flowers, and sitting on a big rock.
Mackay LOVES Chad. When I say love, I mean it. If Chad is in the room, she wants to be with him. When he walks out of the room, Mackay cries. They sure have fun together, and Mackay can really wear Chad out. You will see more pictures of them throughout the post.
I thought this was a cute smile of Mackay looking at Chad.
This is a picture of Nate and Chad after their first bike ride of the weekend (there were three). This picture was taken before the "incident".

The incident: Nate did really well mountain biking, and is really a natural dare devil--until he got to the parking lot. Chad jumped his bike over a ledge in the parking lot after the bike ride, and so Nate thought he would give it a try. My mom and I were attending to Mackay's photo shoot, but story goes that he didn't get up enough speed, his front wheel just went down, and his body went over the top. Even with these hands he went biking two more times and golfing.
This is after the second bike ride. For 4th of July, we went up to Park City to spend the day and the boys went to Deer Valley Resort to go biking down the ski trails.
Chad, Dad, Nate, and Matt after the ride.

While the boys had their adventure, Mackay, my mom and I had one of our own. We drove around for a really long time getting lost and trying to find a place to eat. Once we did, and realized it was a 45 minute wait and $15 for a hamburger, we drove all the way back down the mountain and found Quizznos. My mom asked for a warm cookie, and the picture below is what we got. They tried to just act all nonchalant, to see if they could get by with not doing more work than they had to, and my mom let them. It didn't taste too bad, but Mackay refused to eat it.

Mackay after meeting the boys.

Mackay and Chad.
Grandma Linda and Mackay
Mackay has recently learned how to walk on grass. (I had no idea how uneven the ground could be, and how difficult it would be to walk on). So she had a great time wandering around.
Chad and Mackay.
Chad was trying to get Mackay to come to him, but she had other plans.

Grandpa and Mackay.

Uncle Matt and Mackay.

I love this one because they have the same hair style.
This is at the restaurant in Park City. Mackay drank all of Chad's pop, and enjoyed eating the crayons. In Park City we also went on the Alpine slide (but not the slide one...) Anyway, it is pretty much like a personal roller coaster down the mountain and was really fun. It was pretty intense because Chad and Matt told me that I would be going on a loop upside down, and if I slowed down at all I would get stuck. There was no loop.

This is the third bike ride of the weekend, and my first. I pretty much forgot how to ride a bike in the beginning because I was so nervous. Chad was afraid that we wouldn't make it out before dark, but we survived. I still can't decide if I liked it or not. It supposedly was a very easy trail, but I cannot see myself doing anything more technical.

Thanks for a good time in Utah Fillmore family!