Goodbye to the Family, Sibling Lunch + Hayden's Birthday! 11/5/22

We said goodbye to our home in southern Utah, and traveled up to Provo on Saturday morning (November 5). We had a siblings lunch with Brian's sibs around noon. It's always super fun to get together with them! We went to Jane and Spencer's this time, and they had a great meal for us. We will miss everyone over the next year! It is really special to have family that's also our BFFs. 

After lunch, we headed down to Provo to stay a few nights at a local hotel (very close to Hayden's BYU apartment!). We brought all of our luggage inside our hotel room, as we didn't want to make it too easy for anyone to be tempted to break into our car whilst staying there. (We packed a bit heavy...but what's a girl to do? We'll be gone for an entire year!!). Brian was embarrassed to pack in all our stuff, but we did it anyway. 

That night we had a special 24th birthday dinner for Hayden planned up in Riverton, at J and C House for sushi. It's one of our favorite sushi places! We'd called in reservations in advance for a large group, and we had about 16 friends and family attend! Who doesn't love *free* sushi and birthdays...and Hayden; am I right? :) It was really fun to see the kids and grandkids, and also some of Hayd's very good friends. We loved it. (Also, we got to Skype with the kids, including our out-of-towners on Sunday, and had a fun lunchtime visit with Lukas, Hanna, and Roman in Ivins on Friday, before we drove up north). 

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