Making Friends!

Recently Jason had a long weekend, and we took full advantage by going to SLC to visit friends and family. It was a perfect opportunity for Harrison to meet new people and make some friends (or at least be photographed with other babies).

We were so lucky on this trip. Usually we have some event that we are attending, which eats up the bulk of our time. Not on this trip. We were able to spend as much time doing whatever we wanted to do.

The beginning of our trip was spent meeting babies. A couple of Elisha's mission companions recently had children that we haven't met yet, and, of course, they haven't met Harrison. So we spent our first day comparing parenting stories and babies.

Harrison and Nathan

Nathan is the son of Mandy and Junior, both of whom served in Elisha's mission, Mandy was Elisha's trainer. Nathan is about six months old in this picture. Harrison was too sleepy to care about posing for the camera.

Stacy holding her baby Libby, and Elisha holding Harrison

Stacy was another of Elisha's mission companions. She was married less than a month before us, and Libby was born only three days after Harrison, but this is their second child and only our first.

On day two we were able to meet up with some of Jason's old friends. Jason also bought a new game called Bang! so we had the opportunity to play that as well.

April and Jason

April is one of Jason's friends from his days at Marriott. They have been lucky enough to maintain their friendship even though they live in different parts of the state. April and Elisha have become good friends as well. This picture wasn't taken during this weekend's trip, it was actually during the weekend of the north baby shower. We always forget to take pictures when we are with April and her family so this is the best we could do.

We also forgot to take pictures with Jason's friend Stacy and her family. We had a great time at their home. We ate good food, played fun games, and really enjoyed spending time with them.

Even though we spent so much time with friends, we were still able to spend a ton of time with Jason's family. Jason desperately wanted to go to a drive in movie, but we decided that it would be more fun to let Harrison spend time with his Namaw, and Uncle Jeremy, as well as to meet his Great Grandma Kendall, Aunt Carol, and Cousin John. (He already met other members of the family that morning, but of course his dad forgot to take pictures.) Jeremy cooked an awesome dinner with hardly any time to prepare; we ate well, and we played more of Jason's new game.

Harrison with his Great Grandma Kendall

Harrison with his Cousin John

After the Salt Lake part of our trip, we went further north to spend time with the McCullough family. Sunday was very well spent with an amazing Father's Day bar-b-que. And even more gaming.

Aunt Zjani and Harrison

This wasn't the first time Harrison met his favorite Aunt Zjani, but we forgot to take pictures when she came down to meet him a couple of weeks ago. Harrison really seems to enjoy being held by his aunt.

By Monday, we were done showing off our amazing child, so we decided to take a little Mommy and Daddy time. We went to the open house of the Oqquirh Mountain Temple, and followed it with lunch in a bar. Well an Irish pub. What trip to Salt Lake would be complete without visiting the Bangerter Crossing Harmon's for some fresh made gelato?

Oqquirh Mountain Temple

We had a wonderful day together, but we were definitely ready to get back to our baby. That night we played even more Bang!. Poor Elisha, she's always up for a game, but three days in a row of the same game is a bit much.

We had so much fun this trip, and it was so nice to see friends that we don't get to see very often. By the time it was over, we were both exhausted, but it was well worth it.

By the way, Harrison did an awesome job on the travel. We think it put his schedule out of whack for a day or two when we returned, but he was perfect the whole way there and back!