Friday, April 26, 2013

Brooklyn's Trip to Conference

Brooklyn recently had an experience of a lifetime.
Her grandparents acquired sweet tickets to general conference.
And (because they are awesome) they decided that since Brooklyn is now old enough to go into the Conference Center, that it would be a wonderful experience for her.
Lucky for us, she had her own camera, so we get to see her experience through her eyes.
Brace yourself.
There were many "selfies" to choose from.
I thought this one was particularly charming.
You'll have to excuse her, she was a teeny weeny bit excited.
Also understand that I only had about 5 zillion pictures from this trip to choose from.
Sheesh, I really wish she would have given me a bit more selection.
 In my in-laws true fashion, they nearly saw the entire state of Utah in 2 days.
This Is The Place Monument
 Pioneer Village
(And further proof that she was there with her grandparents...pony rides?  Yep, definitely with her grandparents.)
 She was super pleased with her stilt-walking abilities.
There never was a happier girl than the one petting stinky goats.
 Do you think they would have let me stay for free?
One of Brooklyn's favorite things is to have her Grammy tell her all about the day she was born.
About how we were all waiting, (and waiting and waiting) for her to come out.
She (along with who knows how many concourses of children) was born in
As part of this trip, her grandparents took her on a little personal history tour.
This is the  hospital where she was born.
The stadium where I may or may not have roasted a few times.
And here was our humble abode.
Apartment #6
She was probably frightening some poor young mother.
Like there was some private investigator taking pictures of her apartment or something.
 And of course, no trip to Provo would be complete without a trip to the Creamery.
The little punk called me while she was eating this...just to rub it in.
I told her to eat some extra for me, but I never quite got the satisfaction I was looking for.
 She also got to visit her Great-Grandfather & Grandmother's grave.
She was sad that she didn't have any flowers to leave so she found a feather to lay by their grave. 
 After all of this activity, it was time for General Conference!
She loved being able to go inside the Conference Center.  
Aaaannnddd...she loved the cake that she said was as big as her head.
Wait!  Was she with her grandparents?
Oh yes, yes she was.
Spoiled rotten, she is.
That looks like what I would like to eat for lunch everyday.
I am so grateful that Brooklyn got to have this experience.
I truly believe that it was life changing for her.
When I picked her up, she was telling me all about the trip (for the whole 1.5 hours home.)
At one point she started tearing up and told me that she had no idea that Conference would be so amazing.

 (That giant dude is totally photo bombing my picture)
And it looks like Brooklyn is floating...
I was happy to have my girly back, 
but I am very thankful for these two for making that experience possible.
It takes an entire village to raise a child - 
and I'm really, really happy to be in the same village as these two.  :)



8 comments:

Unknown said...

That looks like it was a lot of fun!!!

Sarah said...

What an awesome trip. I can not tell you how much I love that girl. She so deserves to be spoiled. She is such a good kid.

Sarah said...

I showed these to Lilly and her one comment was, how cool she got to play with goats. Lol!

Kim said...

That looks like an amazing trip! I really love that they took her to all her own sights in Provo. This is going to be a trip she'll remember forever. :)

Angela said...

So awesome! Can the Bowens take me next time?

Tringali Family said...

Nice! Looks like fun. Can I send my kids with your in laws next time?

Chelsea Ellingson said...

Ah man!!! How long until I can be a grandparent and have fun life changing trips with my grandkids instead of being monster mommy all the time? I think grandparenting is like parenting only without all the drawbacks. :-) I can't believe how big that girl is getting!! She was so little when y'all were back in CO- what a fun experience!

Jani said...

What a fun trip for her! You can tell she had a complete blast, love all her selfies.