Our Journey

We don't get the chance to blog often, only when we're out of China, so I will take this opportunity to post some pictures of our trip this time and last time in October. This trip I came to resolve some kidney stones, get some dental work taken care of for Will, get June some immunizations, and have my hip checked out. It seemed as though every day was packed with at least one appointment, sometimes more. If I didn't have a dr. appointment, I scheduled a foot zone. My zoner, Jen, was so awesome and totally helped me work out the kidney stone. I swear by foot zoning, and loads of lemon water to detoxify. 

One day while I had an appointment Kristen took the kids to the zoo. She helped me out with my kids with every appointment I had. Words cannot express my thanks to her for helping me out. 

I just love Utah. I hold it dear to my heart. Last time we came to Utah Taylor and I were able to explore on foot while running the beautiful mountain trails in Cache Valley. When we were newlyweds living in Logan we would run together nearly every day in those beautiful mountains, so it was so fun to go do that again. H's house sits 400 meters from the best running trail in the state of Utah. You can run for hours and hours on dirt trails, and that's only one way. We also had a wonderful opportunity to stay in a friends cabin near Ogden Canyon and we were able to run and explore more trails. I ran in Deer Country right behind and below the cabin where deer were roaming so close by. We would look out the window every morning to deer sleeping right below 10 ft. away. 

Gotta love this smile.

June bug.

The B. fam.

Gotta love this smile too.

hiking in the majestic mountains of CV. 

Love this man of mine.

Will studying the Hogle Zoo map. When he got home from the zoo he ran up to me so excited, "Mom! I went to the zoo!" And he opened his pamphlet up and showed me all the animals he saw. His favorite was the giraffes. 

Will being eaten by a lion

Love this family of mine

June and Papa P.

This trip has been successful. I didn't take many photos I was so busy, but I was able to pass the kidney stone, get Will's teeth taken care of, get June's immunizations taken care of, had an MRI on my hip and one round of physical therapy, watched breathless sunrises and sunsets from a beautiful panoramic window view, played with  my kids outside in open, clean air, laughed with my family, baked some
biscottis with my mom (she did all the work, really. I just kept her company), spent 2 wonderful days with my sister (Red Barn is always a must, and cooking yummy food (she cooked, I just watched), visited my Grandma B, and my Villafane grandparents, ate Kristen's yummy chocolate chip cookies, went shopping with my mom, played cars with Will, and Will will say he enjoyed the cartoon network channels, and playing with his cousins for sure. He didn't want to leave the C's, he didn't want to leave my sisters, and when we left Lexie yesterday he said, "Where'd Lexi go?" "she went home, to go to bed, like we are", I said, and he replied, "but MOM! I need her!"
 and of course, I was able to go to the Logan Temple, and the Jordan River Temple. These were very special visits to me, like they always are.

And something funny-- one day Will was on the piano plunking out random keys, and singing, "All the single ladies, All the single ladies".

And June sure likes to dance. She's got rhythm like her dad. She can mimic Gangam Style really well, and also does her own version of break dancing. It's almost like a Jane Fonda leg lift, and she likes Beyonce.

The best part though, is that we get to return home to Taylor tomorrow. The kids are so excited to see him, and so am I. The first week we were here he was putting the heat on while road racing in Chengdu, and Taiwan. Both races went well for him. Him and his team ended up on the podium in Chengdu, despite a minor crash he had while coming into the final turn. He landed a few scrapes, and road rash on his left side, but is fine. I'm impressed he still was able to get up and pull off a 12th place finish. He just got his new black bike, looks pretty stealthy to me, so he's excited about that. Can't wait to return home and celebrate his birthday with him on Monday!