Utah Trip

Well Its official all the Schmitt kids are married.This year was Shari's turn so we all went out to Utah to see her get married. Tom and I along with his parents drove out to Utah. We took a longer route but we were able to see alot of cool places across the country. The drive at times was not so much fun but overall it was a really good trip. It was really good to see the family and see Shari get married, it was a beautiful wedding and Shari looked amazing. I just hate the fact that everyone lives so far away from each other.

So with that here's our Utah trip....

And so it begins.. Day 1 of 5.....
We Made it to Mamathon caves!!!! This was our first stop. I haven't been here since I was really little, I didn't remember much and forgot just how big this cave system is. This is the entry point to go into the cave. We had to walk down 160 stairs to get into the cave. Poor Ralph hit his head a few times on the way down and I had to bite my lip not to laugh at him.
We found out once we got into the caves that this was the best pictures we could take with out any light so Ralph has more of us in the caves since he has the better camera.
I remember this part of the caves from when Mom and Dad took us.
Us in the cave... I realized that on this trip we took alot of "Shari and Bryce" style of pictures. hehehe
This is stop number 3. Stop number 2 was Branson Missouri. We saw some shows there but didn't take any pictures.. Tom and I got into a magic show and I had to try and guess where the million dollars was hidden.. but of course I couldn't find it so we won 2 boxes of popcorn. And it wasn't even good popcorn.

This is the Salt mines In Kansas. We went down 650 feet into the earth where there was just miles and miles of salt. Mike Rowe from Dirty Jobs came here and did a show on these mines so if you find that episode you will see where we were.

I kinda have pig face going on here but oh well..
The mines have a perfect temperature to store anything that needs to be kept pristine. They had rows and rows of movies films, Props from movies etc. But the coolest thing was the news paper form the day after President Lincoln was shot.
Everybody freeze!!!! Lamest batman ever but cool to see the freeze down in the mine.
The last stop before going to Utah was Pikes peak. We took a Cog Railroad train up 14,214 feet to the top of Pikes peak. It was really pretty up there and you could see for miles. But it was also very cold.
The tour guide said that you can see 4 different states from up here..
On the way down.
Once we got to Utah we stayed with Doug, He took us on a night hike which was really cool and kinda scary. We saw some kind of eyes that we think was something that could of ate us. lol
So now the Wedding. Shari and Bryce got married in the Manti Temple. It was really pretty inside and of course the wedding was beautiful.
So just like last year I listened to Andrea Gigliotti and wore bad shoes.. so every chance that I found I was sitting down. :) Note to self wear flats at the next wedding.
Pretty temple.................................................................................. Cute couple. lol
I love the look on their faces. And Shari's dress is to die for! She looked so pretty!!!
The whole Schmitt clan. I think the one in the suit with the red tie is pretty handsome. :)
Shari's roommate made her cake. I think its awesome!!!
The reception......

This is sweet little Evelyn, I'm so glad Nancy lives so close to me for a couple reasons. One her kids are so dang cute and also because Shes a good sister in law and reminds me of my sisters and is just a good friend..

All I wanted was one picture of the brothers together just normal and smiling. Nope this is what I got over and over and over again. They would look down, to the left, up right....
Even with Doug. Oh well I guess this is what brothers do and really it perfectly describes all 3 of them together.
All 13 grand kids. Shari had all the girls wear these cute little dresses and the boys were in pink ties. Jack was not to happy in these pictures so you can see Chris trying to hold him in place and duck in the picture at the same time.
Us with the bride.
Tom with pretty Little Ashley. Jen you have beautiful kids.
Playing on the teeter totter.
Me and Jen.. If you were to mix both Amber and Andi into one person you would get Jen. So really she just rocks. :)
Dancing at the reception. I think its funny.

Trying to take a picture of all the grand kids. It went pretty well overall.

Well that's it, our trip out west. I know I say it all the time but I just really wish we all lived by each other. I miss my sisters and my schmitt side family all the time. But I guess that's why vacations are so nice.