Harry Potter

I asked Spencer and crew if it was possible to see them while we were in town. They made the drive up. One of the things we planned was the Harry Potter exhibit. 

Jo came along for the fun.  His chosen house. 

Rebekah by her chosen house. 

The beginning of the tour. 

Everyone got to type their names in the computer which were then put on the wall map. 

Then we got to wander on our own. 

My favorite HP character: 

Someone saw my selfie attempt and took a better one. 

Love the floating candles. 

Sword of Gryffindor 

Jo in potions class 

Hagrid's 

His umbrella 

Spencer with Professor Lupin

The Bee repotting mandrakes 

Umbridge's office 

The entrance into Department of Magic

The dragon 

with full family

More family

Clothes from the last movie

Hermione's bag. I seriously want one. 

Perhaps my favorite part of the exhibit. Notice the lack of invisibility cloak, which makes sense.... 

From another movie, but still fun. 

The Quidditch part - the snitch

Brooms 

TriWizard Tournament Cup

Patronus 

Final Battle 

Port Key

I was sad for the lack of Hedwig and more importantly Buckbeak. But they did have this in the gift shop. 

Utah Part 1

Time for our yearly Utah trip. We left Don early in the morning. Very sad. 

But Rebekah found cars to take pictures with so he can remember us fondly. 

We made it to Utah. 

So far away.... 

Trying to work on self autonomy, I had Rebekah pack her own clothes. It wasn't until we were out the door and on the way to the airport that I learned she did not pack a dress. So, after arriving early on Saturday I got to take Rebekah shopping. I'm still trying to decide whether this was in fact her plan... 

We flew in during my brother's work week but we saw him on zoom which we watched on mom's computer. The curser hand print on his forehead was epic. 

We FaceTimed with Don many times. 

There were many Utah Costco runs. 

And ABBY!!! We love her. She spent the day with Rebekah. There was soda shops, thrift shopping, and mini golf. 

Finally, we saw JoJo. Well, maybe we saw his shoes first.... 

A little dish the Bee bought for me. And my favorite candies. 

And then forced pictures with Jo. 

One of the many reasons I love Jo: he smiles for forced pictures, which makes everyone else smile. 

Mom helped Rebekah make a chocolate house. 

We played frisbee with Jo.

The view

Lots of birds. 

Don sent pictures of my flowers. 

Went on walks with Rebekah by my favorite trees. 

They finally started to bloom.