St. George

We had a good time in Northern Utah and then we made our way down to St. George to see Kevy's family. We surprised Grammie which was really fun because everyone else was in on it and she had no idea we were coming. It was fun to get to see cousins and have fun with them. We were there for almost a week, so that was nice, but after spending the same amount of time in northern Utah we were very ready to go home by the end. One of the days we spent almost the whole day swimming at Lance's parents house. The kids have really learned to love swimming this year, especially Lizzy. She is officially my little fish!

Nellie spent a good amount of time in the pool for her. She is really doing much better this year and even getting her face in the water sometimes.

Jane is still content to stay on the sidelines. She just walks around the pool without really getting in. But she is good with that so I am not going to push her. She will get it one day.

Lizzy really is a fish! She has gotten so good at swimming! Now she can finally keep up with all of her cousins who are fish!

One of the nights Sandy had a good idea to take the kids ice blocking. We thought it would be a fun, different activity. The kids had a lot of fun even though we were a little short on time and so we didn't have the time to find a park that had a big hill so we had to settle with the close one that only had a little hill.

Lizzy figured out a better way to ride down then on her bum, but it did mean that she could wreck easier too.

Even Russy had a good time riding down with me even though he preferred to just lick the block of ice to riding it.

 

Nellie got really good at it too.

I didn't get a good picture of Jane because my camera was really struggling with the light.

Russ did really well sleeping while we were in St. George because Sandy had this cute little Cars couch that folded out into a little bed and Russ was so dang thrilled that he got to sleep on it, in addition to her having a Cars pillowcase also. He loved his little bed, and the best part of all was that Sandy let us take it home. He loves to watch shows now on his little cars couch! He loves Annie so much and loves sharing with her.

THere is a carousel in St. george so we took the kids and they had a good time riding it.

Lizzy loves to be with Brinlee, they always have a good time together. I love how cousins can just pick up right where they left offf without missing a beat. Thats what so great about cousins!

 

Nellie did really good this trip all things considered. She does feel a bit left out at times because Brinlee and Lizzy are so close.

Russ has been so silly lately and scared of things so Kevy figured it was better to just let him sit. Good idea since the last time we took him on a carousel was a tiny one at Chuck E. Cheese and he freaked out. So ridiculous!

There were quite a few thunderstorms while we were down there and the kids had a good time playing out in the pouring rain. That was one of my favorite things to do as a kid as well!

One of the great things about having girls is that they think things are so special and magical, like stories about kevy and I dating and getting married. So they love seeing the temple we were married in when we go to St. George. So we thought it would be fun to take them to the Visitors center there. Sure enough they loved it!

All in all we had a great summer trip to Utah this year. Especially because we didn't think we were going to go at all. But then Kevy got his new job and we decided that we better go, so we did. We were apprehensive about taking this crazy crew on a long trip, but after a rocky start where we almost turned around, they did pretty good. We took the drive through Nevada on our way back and have found a new way to go to St. George. It was a great trip!