St. George

Last Saturday Ty and I decided to take the kids to St. George for 2 nights.  He missed his day off during the week so miraculously got 2 days off in a row! We left Saturday afternoon after Ty got off work.  We got to St. George and checked into our not so fabulous hotel.  We went and ate and then surprised the kids by taking them to the hotel pool.  Well it sucked! It wasn't even heated.  Macie got right in and swam.  Ty got in with the other kids.  They swam for a little bit but were soon freezing.  I couldn't even get the baby in.  I stuck her feet in for a second but that was it.  Then we went back to our room and settled in for the night.

Saturday we got up and went to breakfast.  Then we went to the St. George temple grounds.  The temple looked so beautiful.  The kids were super excited to check it out.  We went into the visitors center and looked around.  We watched a movie.  We saw a ton of Book of Mormons in all different languages.  It was really interesting.  The kids also saw the statue of Christ.  Beautiful.

Next we went to the Jacob Hamblin home.  It was fun and interesting.  We went to the Johnson Dinosaur museum.  It was fun to see all of the different tracks and interesting things they have found right in St. George. (I have no idea why we have no pics of either of these oops!)

We had a fun picnic in the park.  Then we decided to do a little bit of shopping.  We went back to the room to rest and feed the baby.  Then we told the kids to put on there swimsuits.  They were confused because we don't let them swim on Sundays.  But we decided to take them to the Splash pad.  They LOVED it!  I wish we had one closer to us.  It was so much fun and they had a ball.  After we had dinner and just relaxed in the room.

Monday we got up and did a little more shopping.  Then we headed home.  We stopped in Cedar City and went to the Iron Mission State Park.  It has a new name now but I can't remember it!  There were alot of neat old things to see, including a wagon the kids got to sit in.  We also stopped in Beaver for ice cream cones and a picture in the giant rocking chair!

We had such a great trip together as a family.  It was so nice to get away and spend some quality time together.  Too bad it always ends way to fast!

Giant Cookie Time!!!!

In the grand tradition of things at our house, Callie finally got her big cookie!  I think this was the biggest one yet!  It was so big it cracked in half.  She was a little overwhelmed by it and it took some coaxing to get it into her mouth.  But once she got the hang of it she loved it!

 Mckenna

 Macie

Connor

My oldest is famous!!

Besides being in the local county newspaper, Macie's Intermountain Healthcare ad is on the internet!!  Here is the link where we first spotted the ad http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=13.  I am so excited to finally see it someplace other than the paper!!!

7 Months.....

7 whole months....wow!  I LOVE this little girl!  She is so much fun.  Her personality is showing more and more every day.  I just adore her.  The past month she:

*Says mama but only when she cries

*Loves baby food and anything we will share with her

*Loves playing with her feet

*Sits on her own for a millisecond.....still need lots of work on that one!

6 Month pics and stats

A week ago Callie had her 6 month pics taken.  A local girl just getting her photography business going did them for us.  I was very pleased with the way they turned out.  She did a great job!  It was hard to choose which ones to put on here but here are just a snippet!

Yesterday she had her 6 month well baby checkup.  She weighs 14lbs 14oz and is 26inches tall.  She is growing and cooing at me as I type this!  I love her so much!!!