a Pollard family weekend

We had a special weekend with our family in Salt Lake City. Jason's dad was asked to speak at a convention in Layton about his transplant procedure, and so all of Jason's family got together and made a weekend of it.

We stayed in the Little America hotel. So neat! Jason and I were given this gigantic room. It was so fancy. We got our beds turned down at night with mints on the bedding. Newspapers were by the doors in the morning. Really. Best hotel stay in a long time. 

Everyone arrived Friday night and we went out to eat, and later we swam in the hotel pool way past Beckham's bedtime. Turns out swimming at night is a good thing for a little boy. Beckham slept so good that night. 

 

The next morning we all relaxed. Beckham loved exploring our huge room and looking out the windows.

We had Dunkin' Donuts for breakfast and these two really enjoyed them. 

Jason's dad told us that there would be a surprise on this trip. Later that morning we all drove across Salt Lake City to this surprise. The cemetery. Jason's ancestors are buried there. I had no idea. Michael told us the story of each of them. It was such a wonderful thing for us to do as a family. We didn't know some of the stories and were happy to learn about our heritage. 

 Above is the grave of Jason's Great Grandfather

 

After a delicious meal at Chuck-a-Rama (Jason was oh-so happy about that), we were taken to the zoo. This is how we started out.

But it was raining too hard for a little stroller. So then we looked like this. 

However this only lasted a few minutes. Beckham kept grabbing Kyler's hair and face.  It was making her mad (rightfully so!), so Jason held him under his umbrella for a bit. 

Beckham particularly enjoyed bears.  He pressed his hands up against the glass and yelled gibberish to them. He was all serious about it too.

 

 

 

Beckham finally fell asleep after the giraffes. He was having a bit of a hard time, and Mom and Dad were so so ready for this boy to shut his eyes. Thank goodness. 

However, he did miss out on the merry-go-round. Shucks! We will just have to go back. The others enjoyed it though.

After finishing up there, we all left and went home our separate ways. As we were in route to our apartment, I looked through our pictures and noticed that we never stopped for a picture of everyone. We were too busy enjoying each others company to stop. I guess that was what it was all about though. Making memories with each other, pictures or not.