More Utahr

Chase drove the car to Texas with Ben and sat around for a couple of days until the movers arrived (they were extremely late). Our initial plan was for Chase to move us in (with the movers of course) and have all the beds made up when we arrived two weeks later. Cedric and his gang ended up being a week later than they planned so Chase flew to Utah instead to hang out with us. Chase took full advantage of the last two weeks of freedom before he starts his new job. I have to say it's going to be very hard to not have him around anymore. His last day of work with the IRS was May27. We've been hanging out for 3 months and it's been heavenly having my best friend to hang out with every day. Stressful to not have a job, but fun to be together all the time. I don't think I could ever get sick of hanging out with Chase.
Once he arrived in Utah time went by WAY too fast. We made great use of our time hanging out with friends and family. Jack had his first carousel ride at the Hogel Zoo. He liked it and didn't want to get off, of course.

Utah pretty much consisted of Jack throwing rocks wherever he could find them. He found anything that could be held in his little hand (rock, acorn, dirt ball, whatever), and threw it as far as he could. Sometimes they went as far as the feet below him.
We spent a lot of time finding bodies of water in which to throw rocks. I remember doing the same thing when Sadie was little. I recall times in D.C. driving around and actually pulling over sometimes when we saw a big pile of rocks. We always kept a bucket in the trunk so we could fill it up and take it to a stream near the Prosperity Park. Sadie would just sit on a bridge and throw rock after rock until her bucket was empty. My sweet little Sadie. She is so much bigger now!
I guess Jack is following suit. While Sadie fed the ducks some Cheerios, Jack gathers stones and watched them plop into the water. Such a simple activity that brought my kids (and Chase) so much pleasure!!