Spontaneous Utah Trip

For my birthday present, Jeremy quickly arranged for Julie and me to fly along with my parents to Utah for the week. We bought my tickets Tuesday afternoon and I flew out at 5:30am Wednesday morning! We had originally planned on driving out as a family this same week but with all that will happen after the baby is born, we felt Jeremy needed to save his vacation days and can canceled the trip. Jeremy saw how bummed I was about not going and covertly arranged for me to go anyway. Spontaneous trips are not easy to pull off alone when you have two kids, so I have a few people to thank:

• My parents: Thanks for all your help on the plane, babysitting so I could go to the temple, putting up with Julie's screams and just overall help with Julie while we were out there!
• LaDawn: Thanks for watching Jake on Monday for my doctor's appointment and again that same week while Jeremy went to work. It's definitely our turn now.
• Anna: You called to see why I missed play group and somehow got roped in to babysitting Jake while Calvin was sleeping. Thanks for letting Jer go to the Elder's quorum activity. Hopefully we can babysit Calvin sometime soon too.
• Josh and Shauna: I'm not sure if I spelled your names right, but we still appreciate you taking on kid #3 for the day while Jeremy was in Bend!
  
• Tammi: We keep trying unsuccessfully to arrange a play date lately and when we finally do, it's really just you taking on another kid while you host a bunch of people at your house! Thanks and next time you need a baby sitter, you know who to call!
• Saundra and Sam: Thank you for so graciously agreeing to let Julie and I stay at your house on such short notice. I'll be thinking of you guys when I watch American Idol tonight.
• Uncle Tom, Aunt Beth, and Jeffrey: Thank you so much for letting me use your Jeep while I was in town. Being able to get around on my own was invaluable!
  
• Family in Utah: It was so great to see all of you, thanks for rearranging your schedules at the last minute just so you could see us!
• Jer: Thanks for putting this all together and helping celebrate my birthday with Grandma Brown - I couldn't have asked for a better birthday present.
• I know there's more I'm forgetting - if so, I apologize and thank you too! haha ;)