stage 1: Utah

Our trip started out with a long day's drive from California to Utah, but we had the time to stop out in the middle of the salt flats west of Salt Lake and write our initials with rocks:




The first overnight stop on our two-week road trip across the country was Utah, where all of my family and some of Justin's family live. There, Juma had a great time playing with cousins, such as the day we went rock climbing (except for the whole part when Juma has a complete melt-down five-minutes in):




and the day Juma "flew" a helicopter at a children's museum, with cousin Mariah:




We also did a little fishing in Provo Canyon (no luck actually catching anything):




and, along with a bunch of cousins, rode ponies at the petting zoo:




There was also the party for my sister, Jody's, recent marriage, where Juma got to play with all of his Wilson cousins--especially the two boys his age, Ammon and Ethan:




And, of course, he got to act his age with his closest cousin, Ammon: