Our Little Adventure

Last week Jeff was off work for a few days, so we drove down to St. George to visit my brother's family. Makele and Jack were so excited to see their cousins. It was 110 degrees most days, so we spent a lot of time in the water.

We went to Sand Hollow Aquatic Center one afternoon.

Aiden loved splashing in the water as usual.
On Monday we went to the 4th of July parade. If the kids look a little sleepy in the picture below, it's because the parade was at 8:00 am in order to beat the heat.

Later in the afternoon we went to ride the new Town Square carousel.
Aiden rode with Tanner and didn't want to get off when the ride was over.

After the carousel, we stopped to get snow cones and saw this cute little matching couple with their kids at the snow shack. ;)
That evening, Landon and Tia threw a neighborhood barbecue complete with dutch oven potatoes and cherry and peach cobbler. It was so good! They were quite the hosts all weekend. They even went all out one night and made us steaks and grilled potato slices.

When it started to get dark, we broke out the considerable stash of fireworks.




We were able to watch the St. George fireworks from their front yard and let off a few aerial fireworks of our own.

The kids were sad to leave their cousins the next day, but the fun wasn't over yet. We drove to Flowell and spent a couple of days with my parents. The kids loved playing in the backyard and holding the new kittens (which my dad kept trying - unsuccessfully - to get us to take home).
Aiden loved the kittens, but kept grabbing them around the neck to pick them up. He's definitely not ready for a kitten of his own yet. ;)
Aiden just HAD to climb up the ladder to the tree house, so my dad went behind him and made sure he didn't fall. Thankfully, he also carried him down - I never would have been able to do that. That ladder scares the heck out of me.
There is a little nest outside the tree house with baby birds inside. Jack asked me if he could go get some worms to feed them. I told him that their mommy chewed up the worms before she fed them. He said, "I'll chew them up for them too!" Yuck!
Jack couldn't get enough of playing baseball in the backyard with grandpa. Grandpa was a good sport even when he got hit a couple of times (good thing it was only a wiffle ball)!
Aiden loved the horse swing. He'd pat it and say, "howse."

We had so much fun on our little get-away. It was great to spend time with family and friends! A big thank you to Landon and Tia and my mom and dad for putting up with us!