Visiting Janna

My sisters and I were lucky girls to have an amazing babysitter growing up. After my parents got married and moved to California, Janna was in their ward and my mom was Janna's young women's leader. Janna babysat us ALL the time. She told us that instead of hanging out with her friends on a Friday nights, she would call my mom to see if she needed a babysitter for the night so she could come hang out with us. She came on trips with us and everything. It was awesome. So many of my memories as a child include Janna.

My family moved up to Utah when I was 8 and Janna was at BYU, so she would still come up to visit and babysit and we went down there to stay with her in Provo a few times. When my parents would go out of town for long trips she would stay with us. I remember her telling my mom before they left that she should just sign a paper saying if anything happened to my parents while they were gone, she could just have us as her own kids. :) She married her hubby Justin, moved down to California, and had 6 kids. Even with so many kids, Janna has come up to visit us in Utah a lot over the years, coming up for big events like our high school graduations, college graduations, and then for my wedding last year. She is such an amazing friend.

Janna has always talked to us about coming down to visit her over the years, so Kellyn and I finally decided to go down and take her up on it. We road tripped it down, stopping in Vegas to drop Eric off for his guys weekend, and had such a fun time! I never knew 11 hours in a car could be so fun, but that's probably because I've never spent 11 hours in a car with Kellyn. She is a hoot! We had so much fun talking and laughing about life and love and marriage. She is an amazing girl and I had a blast being with her for the weekend.

Janna's kids are so awesome. We had so much fun hanging out with them all weekend. I've never spent much time with little boys because I had all younger sisters, so it was fun getting a glimpse into that world of video games, Star Wars and rocket ship pajamas. Kellyn left with a new 4 year old boyfriend, Connor, and I fell in love with little 6 year old Davin. Janna is an amazing mom- I was definitely taking mental notes while we were there for future reference.

Janna in her amazing big kitchen!

Conner, Davin and me

Kel's new boyfriend

All piled in on our way to the zoo!

The goat was trying to escape

Kellyn with cute McKenzie

We had such a fun trip. Thanks, Janna, for taking such good care of us while we were there and making the trip so much fun! We love you so much and can't wait to see you again soon!