The Denver Burts: Utah Trip 2010

Friday, September 10, 2010

Utah Trip 2010

So we did it again. We made the trek out to Utah in our sweet van. We drove up through Wyoming to get to Roy first and made sure to stop at the historic Lincoln Monument... the one in Wyoming. After 9 hours in the van we landed in Roy to stay with my parents, Nana and Pops. Taylor made a beline to the toy box and then out to the garden to pick the ripe and not-so-ripe tomatoes.
We had to leave in the early afternoon the next day, but not before Taylor gave his trike a good wash and a nice stroll at the park. On the road again, we beat the BYU football fan traffic and arrived early at Aunt Susan's house for some extra play-time before the big Burt reunion. At the reunion, the kids (Taylor, Porter, Nora and a few others) were able to run out their endless energy at the park playground and sneak as many cookies as possible while mom and dad weren't looking. This made for an interesting drive to Cedar City. Thank goodness for the DVD player. We woke up bright and early on Sunday and spent the day in Cedar lounging around and letting the kids play together. That night we headed down to St. George for the 90th birthday bash of Ralph Erskine, Chris' Grandpa. It was hot in St. George, but it was fun to see everyone again and catch up. The kids ran around and swiped peanut M&M's and ate ice cream from any person willing to share. Taylor was in heaven with the endless sugar, the cute new girls, and the freedom from mom's watchful eye. Needless to say, our little ladies man ended up with a group of girls coloring in the dining room and was less than happy to have to say goodbye.
On Monday we had a relaxing day with Jen, Andy, Porter and Nora and a visit from Grandma and Grandpa Burt. We hit up Brad's Food Hut in Cedar just to reminisce and ended the day with a delicious dinner of homemade pizza.
The next morning we got up really early and headed off for our 11 hour trek home. We stopped at some pretty rest areas and of course my favorite... Green River, UT. We had a great time with family and can't wait to do it again.

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Taylor Talk

Taylor: "That's one fine frog and I'm gonna catch him!"

Taylor: "Dad, can you make me invisible and tiny so that I can jump into the TV and live in Ponyville?"

Taylor: "Umm, I forgot what I was doing, hmm. OH WAIT! I unforgot, nevermind."

Taylor: "My name isn't Taylor anymore. Just call me Ninja, only Ninja."

Taylor: "Isabelle, I'm pretty sure you're ruining my life."

After hearing some loud thunder Tay runs upstairs and says:
"Hey guys! That was some thunder. The bad news is there's a tornado coming. The good news is everything is going to be a huge mess."

After being "asleep" for an hour, Tay comes downstairs and says:
"Mom, Dad, I kindof accidentally played with some toys in my bed and dropped one behind it. Could you come find it for me so I can put it away."

"Mom, who glued my bones together?"

Dad: "Hey Tay, I think I saw some dinosaur tracks outside this morning..."
Tay: "Next time we see the dinosaur I think we should shoot it and eat it."

"Hey Tay, who do you think ruined all your Lego Transformers?"
"Isabelle did, because I call her Isabelle the Destroyer."

"What do you want to get daddy for Christmas, Tay?"
"Lets get him a purse so he can keep all his stuff in it and some cords that he can plug some other stuff into."

"My shirt says Wild to be Born, Bells." Actually it says Born to be Wild. I thought it more entertaining not to correct him the whole day.

"Mommy, can we get another baby from the pet shop?"

"Daddy, I need a cell phone."
"Why do you need a cell phone, Tay?"
"So I can pretend to make a call."

I hear Taylor talking at the top of the stairs after I put him to bed about 15 minutes earlier, talking in his doorway.
"Tay, what are you doing? Get back into bed."
"Its o.k. mom, I'm just telling myself a story."

"Really Mom, really. We're picking up Transformers and you put a blue block in with them? Really, mom?" (All this said with an extremely patronizing look in his eye that I can only guess comes from his father.)

Taylor: "What are we doing today mommy?"
Mom: "We're going swimming with Jake and Jamie."
Taylor: "Oh, um, actually I meant to tell you, I already have some other plan, mom. Sorry."

Hearing Tay calling for me after bed I head up to his room where he promptly tells me his tummy hurts. I say, "How come it hurts, honey?" Tay's response is, "Because I hit myself in the tummy. Can you kiss it better?"

Trying to summarize one of the 15 transformer stories we have I say, "Megatron needed the map to get the spark." Taylor interrupts with, "Mommy, don't you mean Megatron needed the ancient code?"

#48) "Mommy, my bum hurts because I ate too many jelly beans." Totally random, right?

#47) "Don't say I'm your bestfriend mom."
"Why not, Tay?"
"Because I'm dangerous. I'm dangerous because I have a snake on my shirt."

#46) "Oh, mom, if you're going to Target can you pick me up a lightsaber. thanks."

#45) Taylor: "Daddy, can you put my Transformer's leg back on?"
Chris: "Sure. What happened to his leg, anyway?"
Taylor: "Megatron broke it off."

#44) "Isabelle, you are the prettiest girl in the whole world."

#43) "That was one gorgeous poop I made."

#42) As Taylor woke up from his nap and headed downstairs, Isabelle and myself were watching him. To this he said, "Don't look at me, I'm too special."

#41) "What are you drawing there, Tay?"
" A Masterpiece."

#40) "Mom, can I go live on the moon?"

#39) "Mom, can I have a warm dog and a hot dog for lunch?"

#38) I had asked Taylor to wait for me upstairs while I finished some things in the kitchen before nap. He waited for a bit and then yelled down the stairs, "HEY LADY! come read me a story!"

#37) "This aspargagas is bad. Send it back to the kitchen!"