The rest of the Utah trip....finally

We spent practically all of Saturday at the pool. We took them both out this time so it was Jordyn's first time. She didn't like it at first but once she got used to the temperature of the water, she loved it. We went back to the condo to take naps and then back by the pool with the whole extended family for a yummy dinner catered by Famous Dave's barbecue!! Yummy!! It took great effort to keep Makenna out of the pool to eat. She was back in as soon as we were done but now she had all of her cousins to join her. And then we got smart and went in to the indoor pool when the sun went down. It was so nice and warm!!

I kept telling Makenna to turn around so I could take her picture. She kept telling me no so I said that I would just take a picture of her bum. She said, "Noooo!! Don't take a picture of my bum!!" This is the pic that I got;)

The next morning, the whole family came to our condo before they left to go home (we were staying an extra night) and we had brunch. Then Nancy and Aunt Cathy organized an ancestor treasure hunt where we learned about the family that came before us. And then they shared Gordon's poems (I shared one in a previous post) which were awesome!

After everyone else left, we relaxed and just hung out with Travis' parents. The playground and pool were right out back from the condo so we let Kenna play and run around.

All I have to say is Little Einsteins. Jordyn just sat there staring at it. It was so cute.

Snuggling with grandpa.

Relaxing in the hammock on our porch. We also found a snail that fascinated Kenna. She's looking at it in the bottom pic. It's in front of that wet streak on the ground.

Ready to go home!! Jordyn was ready to sleep before we even got in the car. I asked Makenna to take the pic of her when she fell asleep. I think she did a pretty good job.

This is what I saw when I looked back when we were almost home. Is that just precious or what???

Utah Trip....day 1

Since we were already going to be in St. George, we took advantage and left early Friday morning so we could go up into Pine Valley to hike and have a picnic lunch. We met my parents up there and had some yummy chicken before we started hiking. We decided to take a different route to the lake and it ended up being the very long way there!!!! My dad turned back to get the truck while we kept hiking and we got to see a whole family of deer. If you look closely to the bottom pic above, there is a deer in the middle looking right at us!! We saw the baby first and then saw the whole family just hanging out. They didn't care that we were even watching them until we got a little too close (and Makenna got a little too loud;) and they hopped away like rabbits. It was so neat to have Makenna see that. When Papa picked us up, she kept saying that she wanted to go back and see HER deer!!

We also stopped off at my sister in law Julie's, to see the house that they are building, to visit for a few and so I could get my hair cut (thanks, Julie;) We left there, got some dinner and met all of Travis' family at this nice, new park. Makenna was still in her pants from hiking but we let her run through the water things they had and she had a blast. She was a little timid at first but there was no stopping her once she started. It was cute to watch. She also ran wild on all the playground equipment. She is definitely our little monkey. She loves the monkey bars and will just hang on them forever!!

Travis' parents rented a condo for the weekend (which was super nice...it was as big as our first house) and so we got settled in and then took Makenna to one of the many pools that they had. It was her first real time in a swimming pool and she loved it. She didn't want to get out but she was freezing since it was nighttime. I finally convinced her to get out by telling her we would come back the next day. It was a busy day but it was fun!!