Seven People, Three States

Robert James McDonough

1917-2010

Ben's grandpa passed away last week and we headed to Utah for the funeral.  I took my camera to the funeral and took NO pictures of all of the family we saw, ah! It was a very quick trip and we wished that we had more time to see everyone.  The kids had their moments but probably did better than they should have since we traveled so much. Nathan is named after Grandpa Bob with his middle name McDonough.  Bailey and Emma still call him Nathan McDonalds, though:)

Kate wouldn't sit on the couch to get a group picture.  The kids always love staying in hotel rooms.  We have now graduated to only being able to stay in suites with our large brood.  This is their "room."

After the funeral we changed and went to a local park for the kids to get their "been in the car forever" energy out.

 We love the mountains here! The weather was not too bad especially when the cloud cover came in.

 Addison would not be more than two feet from me most of the time.  She refused to play and just sat in my lap the entire time.

Kate played so hard she reopened the scab on her knee.  Kept going though!

Then, it was time for some food! 

 These are the best breadsticks!  We ate here many years ago and remembered these.  I now have something to attempt duplicating at home.

This was the first restaurant on the trip everyone ate and was happy.  It's hard to please five little ones (and mom and dad!) I think it's called The Pizza Factory?  They have more than pizza though plus the giant booth allowed them to still move around while eating.

The next day we were going to stop halfway on the way home and stay the night, but the kids were doing so well that we just kept driving.  After a Monday of everyone getting used to being back at home, we are ready to start our week a day late!