On Tuesday night, I got a call from my dad that began with, "So we thought it might be fun to take a trip to Utah tonight just for fun..." Ha! So 20 hours later Dad and Lydia rolled into town on their spontaneous road trip to come see us Utah folk. Aside from saving my life by helping me finish cleaning the apartment Ryan & I had just moved out of, the plans for the two days they were here also included driving the Alpine Loop to see the leaves. One of my favorite traditions here in Utah!
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| Oliver couldn't resist the curves of the canyon roads and was out like a light. :) |
When Oliver woke up about 40 minutes into the drive, the first word he said when he laid eyes on his surroundings was "Ohlaah!!" Of all the colors he knows (red, orange, yellow, green, blue), his word for yellow is my absolute favorite. It's definitely his favorite color these days, so I'm pretty sure he thought he had died and gone to ohlah heaven.
We hiked a little bit of the Horse Flat trail (and when I say "hiked" I mean that Oliver stopped every three steps to dig in the dirt or pick up a stick while the rest of the group tried to keep a consistent pace).
Is there anything happier than a toddler playing outside in the dirt?
I love the love my siblings have for their nephew! And how much he loves them back!
His reaction when I told him it was time to go back toward the car ^^ No way, José!
Riding on "Bampa," stick in hand = happy Oliver
It was a good, good afternoon.
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