Fun in Utah

My parents are downsizing from a 3 story house that they have lived in for over 25 years to a beautiful house up on the hill with a beautiful view. They needed to get their current house on the market but there was a lot of work to do to get it ready. I knew that this was going to be a stressful time for them and that they needed a lot of help. So I offered to come up for a month and help them. Eric drove us up to SLC and then he flew back to Bakersfield to work.
It was really hard to work on my parents house while taking care of 2 kids but it was better than not getting anything done. After being there for about a week I was getting burnt out and then my sister, Kim, flew out with her son Alex who is Aaron's age. She got us all working again. Aaron loved having a little buddy around for him to play with.
It also helped that my sisters Cindy and Rebecca came up for the weekends to help as well. Then a couple of weeks later my other sister Melissa came out with her family from Japan to help and to vacation. With my brother, Craig, coming out twice from Texas for his sister in laws wedding and house hunting I had the opportunity to see all my siblings. It was fun hanging out with my family.
We sure did miss Eric a lot but I think the kids had fun playing at grandma's house.
Here is Aaron with his cousin Alex who is 16 days younger than Aaron. It was so fun to see Aaron interacting with Alex. They were chasing each other around the house and playing outside together. They loved each other. I just wish that Alex didn't live so far away.

Here I am with Melissa and Kim before Kim left to go back to Houston. Melissa and Kim only got to see each other for 24 hours. You can tell that we are all so tired. :) I love all my sisters and it is so hard being so far away from all them because I think we would have a lot of fun hanging out if we lived near each other.