Day 1: We headed right from our plane ride (which Kennedy behaved surprisingly well for) to meet all the Clawson gang. I can't believe how grown up all the kids are. Kennedy enjoyed meeting all the aunts and cousins and even spent some quality time with Tootsie.
After that we headed to Ryan's amazing cross-country race in which he placed 4th (that's right 4th) at State! I have such a cool brother. Kennedy was very impressed as well and hopes to follow in his speedy steps. (I guess she will have to learn to crawl first, sigh...)
After State, Kennedy disappeared for the night passed from Aunt to Uncle, then to Grandpa and then back to Aunt, then kidnapped by Grandma, etc. I finally got her back in time for bed. What a fun day!
Day 2: After sleeping in, Kennedy, her grandma and I headed to Provo to go wedding dress shopping with Aunty Marissa. Kennedy loved to see Marissa come out in all the white shiny dresses. I only hope Enoch's face will be as in awed as Kennedy's was. We also stopped by Tim's old haunt, the TLSC (which I think has a different name now) to see Aunt Cindy and Uncle Kevin. I can't believe that Cindy is in college, but she sure looked like she knew what she was doing.
That night we dropped by great-grandma and grandpa Bradshaw's house to say hello. Kennedy loved sitting on great-grandpa's lap chewing on her hands and dropping all over everything. Sorry Grandma.
Day 3: Girl's Night at Debbie's house. It was so good to see all the Clawson ladies. Everyone is looking so good and they always amaze me with what they are up to. I feel so at home chatting with everyone. Also, Debbie thanks for the hair cut!
Day 4: Breakfast at the Kimballs and dress ups with crazy cousins Corah, Addie, and Carson. What a fun family!
Then it was time to rise and shout for the Cougars at Kennedy's first ever BYU football game! We made the rounds to see everyone we knew and then camped out in the shade with Dave, Katie, Andrew and Cindy. BYU won and Kennedy seemed to be on her way to becoming a loyal and devoted BYU fan!
After the game, we stopped at Marissa's house to avoid the traffic and eat some yummy soup.
We also stopped by Tyson and Kristy's house to say hi and spit up all over their carpet (Kennedy, not me of course) Good luck with you little girl Kristy!Day 5: Church with the old 19th ward. It was good to see all the old ward members and see all the kids I used to babysit wearing makeup and acting so grown up. Crazy!
After church grandpa let Kennedy ride old Hoss bareback. Katie and Dave stopped by and Andrew got in on the fun as well.
Day 6-9: It all blurs together at this point, but I know that whatever we did these days was really fun. Thanks grandpa for watching Li'l K while I went to Thriller. Thanks to Jared, Ryan, and Marissa for the hot dates. (Jared- I really wish we would have taken some pictures playing bumper boats. I can't believe we did that in October)Day 10: Happy 1st Halloween Kennedy! Because I wanted to get in on the dressing up action, Kennedy and I had a couple costume. We went as Little Bo Peep and her little lost sheep. I stayed up the night before to sew her sheep costume and I must say that it turned out very cute (of course it did help that it was worn by an adorable baby).
We headed over to the Clawson's for a Halloween party with the cousins. Yea for Janet and Aaron who drove up from Las Vegas to party!
At night, Tim had required that Kennedy go trick-or-treating for him and bring some loot back to Michigan. So despite the sprinkling rain, Little Bo Peep and her sheep headed down the street in search of some candy. Then we helped out at my family's scone and cocoa station until all the trick-or-treaters were done.
After that my family headed to Grandpa and Grandma Bradshaw's house for homemade donuts. Yum! It has been so long since I have seen all my cousins, so it was good to be there. Grandma and Grandpa were hilarious in their costumes.
Day 11: I went on a horse ride with my dad while Kayla watched Kennedy. They go some pretty funny pictures of her playing in the leaves and helping with the laundry. 
Kennedy also learned to play the violin, but I don't think she should quit her day job just yet.
That night we went to another girls night at Kristy's house and Kennedy met another great-grandma Winward.
Day 12: Relaxing day hanging out with the family. Kennedy is such a lucky kids to have such a fun family. She especially liked hanging out with cowboy grandpa. Yee-haw! 
Day 13: Kennedy went in for a professional photo shoot. She was such a cutie and smiled the whole time. After that we stopped by Brianna's house to visit Kennedy's first cousin once removed Ella (I think that is the correct term, but who really cares). It was so cute to see the two of them together. I'm sure they will be friends as the years go on.
Last, but not least, we stopped by my old stomping ground The Urology Clinic to say hello to all my old co-workers and the doctors. It seems like just yesterday I was working there full-time going crazy trying to get everything done. My life now is a whole different type of crazy, but I wouldn't trade it for the world.Well that about sums up our wild Utah adventure. And in the immortal words of Arnold Schwarzenegger... "I'll be back!"
P.S. I am missing pictures from a few of our adventures. If you have pics would you please e-mail them to me.
Looks like a lot of fun! Sorry again that we missed you while you were here. We're excited to see you in December!
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Rachel thanks for coming. I didn't know you guys still exsisted until you came. I thought i was imagening things. At first it felt like it seemed you had barrowed Kennedy. But no worries i'm oretty sure she's real now!
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