Utah!

we went up to utah this past weekend for a couple of reasons. my uncle [dads brother] ngatai and his wife tweetie came from new zealand to slc for conference so we came to see them. also, garrick and rachel are up in provo so we went to see them. we left thursday afternoon when the last daycare kid left and drove to vegas and then we stopped at whiskey petes[cheap, trashy hotel/casino outside of vegas] to sleep for a bit. then we did the rest of the drive in the morning. we took rachel and garrick out for breakfast[at the creamery--hamburgers for b-fast? lol] then rachel had class and i went with her which was interesting. dad and garrick golfed. the gurls went to cafe rio and sallys beauty supply. then me and rach hung out with stacie for the night which was interesting also:] we went to the afternoon session of conference on saturday and we sat as far away as possible, but it was good cuz all 7 of us were togther[me, rachel, stacie, mom, dad, garrick, brittni]. we were gonna go shopping with my aunt but got separated on the tram. bought some new shoes that didnt match. saw gina petersen kinda randomly and then we went to a new zealand gathering where there was grrreat food[of course] and entertainment and lots of old friends. we watched morning conference at our good friends house then started back for bako and got home at 11 ish. tiring weekend but it was worth it! it totally rained the whole time, btw. my camera died and stoopid me didnt bring the charger, but heres some pics from the bookstore, cafe rio, our view in the conference center, the smith kids[minus zach], me and mom with our shoes and the temple: