We spent St. Patrick's Day weekend in St. George. Nate's extended family had a big birthday bash for his grandparents, which was the reason for our visit. His grandpa turned 90 this year! We got together for lunch at the church and everybody gave life updates and great grandpa reflected on his life. That morning, Nate, his dad, and a few of the extended family ran a 10K. Not to brag or anything, but my hubby took first in his age group, and he works his blinding green socks that he got for a prize. His dad also placed in his age group! Grandma helped Leah follow her dream of setting up a leprechaun trap the night before St. Patty's Day. She didn't catch one, but there was definitely some evidence left behind that one had been there. We snuck in a face paint. We spent an afternoon playing at the park. We did some exploring in the skinnies. And we did a quick hike at Red Cliffs on the way ou...

You may or may not remember our giant family reunion extravaganza from last year in Beaver. Good times and great memories. This year we did it all again in Brighton, which is up the canyon from Salt Lake City. Linda found some amazing cabins in the mountains and we enjoyed lots of family time there. You must watch this video that Devon put together. Major kudos to him. It makes our family look so idyllic! This year the theme was dragons, and all the kids did dragon art and read dragon books and even got to hunt for their very own dragon puppet scarves. There was food, games, and walking in the woods. We had lots of face painting, we sang some songs, picnicked, and just hung out. Aria and I were totally twins this day. We didn't even plan it. Elaina and Lindsey We found the treasure chest! Ace, Embry and Sky Micah keeping hydrated. We had a teeny tiny bit of rain during this walk in th...