Visiting Utah

After our Robertson reunion in Yellowstone, we drove down to Utah. On the way we stopped in Rexburg, ID, where I had attended Ricks College. It had only been 12 years since I left, but since then it's changed from a 2-year college to the 4-year Brigham Young University-Idaho. They built a temple next to campus, my old dorms have been remodeled, and the Manwaring building (bookstore, eatery) where we ate lunch, had been completed rebuilt from the 60's structure familiar to me, and my father and sister, who both served on student council from that building.

Early June in Utah means the spring flowers were absolutely gorgeous, like this snowball bush in my parents' backyard in Bountiful.

While we were admiring her flowers, my mom was admiring her first granddaughter. We caught on video this milestone when Jessica learned how to hold and shake a rattle. It's the same rattle we had as babies, and the same bear rug from the baby's room in our house growing up. 

We showed Jessica off to everyone. Dave wanted to take this 4-generation picture with my Grandma Bosen. Dave let me take a photo of him with a wisteria wig, and Grandpa Bosen showed us his new mulching pattern.

We visited my single, available, amazing brothers Jeff and Chris at Chris' townhome in Layton. We played some doubles tennis. I beat them, but they hit well enough to keep me running. Jeff hit one hard enough to bruise my right arm. Chris isn't pictured, but later he taught us how to hit on his punching bag. It was his turn to show me up; I look like punching pansy.

One day we met my dad at the Church office building in Salt Lake City for an office tour and lunch in the cafeteria.

We admired the flowers on Temple Square and wandered over to see the new Deseret Book flagship store. My mom is so cute.

Another day Dave's old BYU college roommate Mike Compton and his wife Alena had us over for lunch. Their son is a little older than Jessica, and by chance their outfits coordinated for this photo. Mike showed us the artwork for the board game "Heavens of Olympus" that he was designing; later we would get an autographed copy.

We met Tommy & Jill in Provo at the BYU Wilkinson Center to learn about Tommy's work with student leadership. We went to Dave's Uncle Alan & Aunt Rochelle's house to see more relatives. She enjoyed being held by her great-grandparents Jay & Jane Robertson, but I love her started look when Aunt Rochelle picked her up.

 

I was terrified of Jessica screaming on the plane or being unable to pop her ears, but she was a perfect baby.