Granpa Marsh's Wedding

Day 2 of our St. George trip started out with some swimming in the condos pool.  The kids all loved it, and Ben still does great swimming on his own.  We went back to the condo to get ready for the wedding, and found out that someone was coming to see the condo, because Lee is trying to sell it.  So, the year of selling our Riverton house set in, and we cleaned like crazy.  The house looked good by the time the people came to look at it 10 minutes later.  Luckily, we didn't have any negative impact, and the people ended up buying it. 

About this time I was not feeling good, but Eliza got a nap and we all got ready for the wedding.  The church was decorated beautifully and the wedding service was really nice.  My grandpa met Virginia off an online dating service, which I think it great.  My grandma died about a year ago, but was very sick for a long time before that.  My Grandpa Marsh is so full of energy and still works part time.  I think it will be great for him to get remarried and be able to do great things with Virginia. 

My girls and Mailie were some of the flower girls for the wedding.  They were so adorable as they all held hands and walked down the aisle, my little angels.  Ben and Nathan looked awesomely dapper in their outfits.  they had a lot of fun playing around after the marriage.  It was a fabulous weekend with family! 

Unfortunately I either got the stomach flu or was very dehydrated.  I was sick the rest of Saturday and into Sunday.  Mike and the kids had a fun time Saturday night, having a pizza picnic, and going to church.  We headed back Sunday, and I was so glad the kids all did great in the car going to and from St. George.  It was a good car trial run for Disneyland in a month.

St. George

Our St. George trip was planned because my Grandpas was getting married, but we decided to all go down early to enjoy some fun together.  We drove down and met my family at a park in St. George and had a picnic lunch and then had an easter egg hunt.  The kids did great, but there was also fun for the big kids.  My family got these great eggs filled when confetti.  We had a grand time breaking the eggs on each other, I even got my dad right on the top of the head!  We also figured out they would break great when hit with the boys baseball bats.   

Our next stop was a great hike just outside of St. George off the Leeds exit, called Red Cliffs.  The hike was about a mile, and so beautiful with multiple waterfalls and amazing little canyon.  It was perfect for the kids and they loved every minute of it.  Eliza was the one who suprised me, she walked almost the entire way.  She had her walking stick and just kept going, not wanting to be held by anyone.  On the way back down, when she was getting tired, she would just sit and play with dirt or rocks until she was ready to go again.  Nicole was amazing and hiked the whole way with Isabelle on her back, who was really happy the whole time. 

We headed back into St. George and let the kids play at the river water park.  Eliza has no fear of anything and was running around having a great time, but keeping Mike and I busy trying to keep track of her.  We then went and had a yummy mexican dinner, where all the kids were going wild, so I'm sure that restaurant was glad when we left.  My boss let us use his condo to stay in St. George, which was so wonderful.  It was a huge place and the kids got their own bedrooms, and actually slept really well!

St. Patrick's Day

St. Patrick's Day is so exciting! Especially at our house where Larry the Leprachaun like to play tricks on us.   The day started with Hailey's milk turning green.  Then Ben's water magically turned green.  At this point my kids decided to make a leprachaun trap so that they could catch the leprachaun and get all his gold.  They made an awesome leprachaun house and put food and furniture inside.  But, Larry was faster and stole the food but didn't get trapped.  Larry left a note for a hunt that took the kids all over the house, and even included them having to clean their rooms.  At the end were fabulous games for each of them and a 2 dollar bill.

It is also my Uncle Troy's birthday, so we got to celebrate his 50th birthday that night.  It was a great party with great food and lots of family and friends.

We'll have to see what Larry the Leprachaun does next year. 

Aquarium

We are big aquarium fans!  We have had a membership almost since they opened.  It is such a fun place to go and so nice because it's close.  We even are donating a brick with our kids names on it to the new aquarium being built next year.  I like it as much as my kids do, maybe because I love the ocean.  Our chances of going scuba diving are far and few between, so it's fun to see all the ocean animals.  This aquarium visit was for cute little Simon Bower's first birthday.  He had no idea what was going on, but seemed to like it.  My kids had a great time going around with their friends.  After the aquarium we went over to the Bower's family house and had a fun barbecue. 

Snowshoeing

Mike went on a snowshoeing adventure with his scouts after I got home from work.  They had made their own snowshoes at an activity and wanted to try them out.  Most of their snowshoes fell apart within the first 10 steps, but a few of the ones made of tennis rackets survived.  They had a fun time, but even more importantly this is when Mike first used his new camera.  I'm looking forward to some fabulous pictures in the future.