The Happiest Place On Earth...

I know that you where all thinking "Disneyland", but honestly my very favorite place to be is in St. George. We had another great weekend visiting my sisters. We are so lucky that we have family that lives in St. George so we can visit often. As always we had a great time.

We drove down late Thursday night. Friday we went to Judd's for lunch - soup and bread sticks. If you haven't been to Judd's you really are missing out. Their food is amazing. Then we took the girls and did some shopping while Jared and Kole and Lucas got parts to fix Mary's car.

Kole, Paige, Tabi, & MaKady

Lucas & Jared

Me, Lucas & Jared

Me & Lucas

Friday night we met up with Mary, Hannah and Bryce and we all went to eat at Pirate Island Pizza - which is becoming a normal thing for us when we go to St. George. It was so yummy, and we even saved room for dessert afterwards.

Mary, MaKady & Hannah

Kole & Tabi

Hannah & Me

"The Kracken" and Jared

After dinner Jared and I had to run some errand so Tabi and Kole took the girls to a little pond by their house just before sunset.

Paige & Tabi

Kole

Lucas, Hannah, Mary & Tabi

On Saturday Tabi and Kole had to go to Tropic for a baptism so Hannah and Mary met us at the splash pad on Main street and the kids played in the water. Paige and Trinity where the only ones who even thought about bringing their swimsuits. We thought we could just let Lucas put his feet in, but once he got his feet in, he wanted to just sit in it and play. We ended up stripping him down to his onesie and letting him get sopping wet.

Lucas and Jared playing in the water when we first got there.

Paige

There were so many people there, but Lucas didn't care, he just wanted to be down playing in the water.

Mary & Lucas

Paige

Hannah & MaKady

Trinity

MaKady, Lucas, Paige, & Trinity

After we went to the splash pad we stopped by a little park by Hannah's house before dinner. It was such a cute park, and it was covered so that is going to be really nice in the middle of the summer.

These little things were almost like the teacups at Disneyland. You sat in them and they spun around. I got really dizzy. Lucas laughed his head off, he thought it was so funny.

This park even had a teeter - totter , you never see those anymore, it was a blast.

Notice the scrape on his chin? He fell earlier in the day and scraped his chin, and bit almost all the way through his lip. I thought he might have to have stitches, but we just held a wet washcloth on his mouth and finally after about 20 minutes it quit bleeding.

We had dinner Saturday night at Hannah's house. Then Sunday we went out and took family pictures. I will post those soon.

Benefit Concert

On Tuesday my boss came into the office and gave everyone who wanted to go, tickets to a concert for Tuesday night at the McKay Events Center. I thought it would be a fun night out and so I took enough tickets for my family.

The concert was a fundraiser to benefit 2 Utah teens who where recently paralyzed in (separate) accidents.

When we got there we parked the car and started walking up the side walk to go into the building. Suddenly there was a green hummer driving up the sidewalk where we were walking. He seemed like he was in a hurry so we quickly moved out of his way and he pulled up next to the building. We waved at him as he got out of his car.

We got into the building and gave the lady at the door our tickets (general admission). We walked around for a minute but couldn't figure out where we were supposed to be sitting so I stopped and asked a group of people that looked like they knew what they were doing. The same guy that was driving the hummer came forward and asked if we wanted better seats. I told him we did and he gave us new tickets for floor seating and said it was the least he could do for almost running us over, so we sat on the floor only 8 rows back from the stage.

The night was full of entertainment. Doug and David Osmond where the emcees. They did a great job. Then the following performed:

• Center Stage Dancers (they were amazing)
• Katie Riggs
• David Osmond
• V Factory
• Due West
• Billy Dean

Since we sat down on the floor and it was a small crowd they let whoever wanted to go up to the front of the stage. MaKady didn't want to , but Paige was right up front and center dancing and screaming and having a great time.

It was really a great night, lots of great entertainment and so much fun for the kids.

Billy Dean

A Big Milestone

He's finally starting to walk!!!!

Favorite Treat

Lucas loves cereal. It's his favorite snack. He is still learning how to eat from a bowl, so he does pretty good for a little while, then he dumps it on the floor. I guess it's a good thing I mop everyday.

Good Babysitting..

Last week was spring break for our kids. It gave MaKady the perfect opportunity to babysit a couple of days. She did a great job. She took the kids to the park for a picnic one day, then the next day she made a creative treasure hunt. What sweet kids I have.

Enjoying lunch

flying