St. George

Darin's parents are serving a mission in Japan, and they sold their St. George home, so we spent the weekend packing up.  It's wonderful being part of a hard working family!  We worked hard, but we also played hard.  We got to watch the fireworks on the bluff, go to the children's museum, visit our neighbors, the Cleverlys, at the temple visitor center, and we ran into our cute friends, the Evans, at the splash pad.  It was a great weekend!

Here is a picture of Noah being silly, but really he was such a hard worker!

The extra trailer when it was nearly full.

Not only did Noah help with packing, but he also kept babysitting our kids.

The neighbors we sweet and invited the kids over for treats and fireworks.

Watching the sunset on a bluff.

Lindsay has a HUGE crush on Tim.

Visiting with Elder and Sister Cleverly.

Milking the cow at the children's museum.

We got the right when it opened, and we had the whole place to ourselves for about a half hour.

Lindsay and Jane sure hit it off.

We need to play again soon!!

Eating the last of Grandpa and Grandma's Popsicles.  

Almost done!

While the men did the final finishes, I took the kids to the carousel.

Noah said it was his first time!

Goodbye for now St. George!!

Payson, Parowan, and St. George

This last week I made the error of boiling eggs--then forgetting, then going to the park for 3 hours.  When we came home the house was filled with smoke from floor to ceiling.  We have some AWESOME neighbors that have been helping us with cleaning up the smell (thanks Tressa and Ryan).  We decided to get away from the smell and take a little trip down south to St. George.

On our way down, we had a little car trouble and we spent the night at Payson Quality Inn.  The kids LOVED it!  They loved the breakfast the next morning--especially the "Friday Drinks."  (I try to only give my kids sugar drinks once a week, and we chose Friday, so the kids call them 'Friday Drinks.')

The kids (mainly Andrew) needed another break on the way down and we stopped in Parowan which is the cutest little town, and I'm so glad we stopped! 

Shortly after getting to St. George, it was time for a nap.  I love this picture of these two cuties!

Mom and Dad gave Matt this cool spider-man parachute thing.

And we played some croquet. 

That night we went to the park and enjoyed the beautiful weather!

The kids on the train to bed.

The next morning we saw this cool hot air balloon floating directly over mom and dad's house!

Our neighbors, the Cleverlys, are on a mission serving over the St. George Visitor Center.  We stopped by to visit them and they gave us a wonderful tour and it was really fun to be with them!  We love the Cleverlys!

After the temple we went to Brigham Young's Winter Home.

The kids were a little whiny and we didn't last very long. 

And this is my favorite picture from the trip!

Thanks mom and dad!