Merry May Day!

This was Taysia's first year dancing around the May pole and she did a great job! Especially with "My Aunt Sally", she stayed right on beat! :)

Way to go Toot-a-louie!



You'd never guess that these two little ladies are just 14 months apart... Just so happens that Taysia is extra tall and my Avery, well, she's extra short.


Yes, Quinn's short too...


After the program we got a burger from the stand. A must at Mendon May Day!

Then up to Mom and Dad's we went so Dad could build me a cute little picnic table for the kids. It turned out so cute, thanks Dad! As soon as I get it stained I'll post it!

Then down to Carrie's house for a birthday party for Taysia with the cutest Sponge Bob cake that she made. :)


We had a great day, another successful May Day!

Copy Cat

I LOVE when Hayzen does this!

His dark eyelashes peeking through squeezed tight eyes, his cute little button nose all scrunched up and his two bottom pearly whites beaming through his happy smile.

THIS makes me HAPPY!

LOVE MY BABY BOY!

Our last day in St. George

Hayzen went without his regular routine naps the entire trip and instead managed to catch a few cat naps here and there while we were on the go.

But alas, the no napping non-sense {thanks to his parents} finally caught up with the little chap and on our final day, he just couldn't take it anymore. Seconds after we put him in his pack-n-play he just collapsed, folded in half like a book.

Poor thing, what a trooper! He should really win some kind of "Baby Of The Year" award for putting up with his very non-routine schedule for 4 days and still coming out as happy as ever. And did I mention he was/is teething too. Yes, all four front teeth on top are making their grand debut.

Trooper I tell ya!


After we said our final and-sad-to-be-going-home good-byes to the condo we stopped off at the big red rocks to explore one more time.

In our explorations we found:

a beautiful cactus flower with bugs in it

a quaint little hut

rocks that looked like sponges

and the famous giant crack.

After realizing we forgot Hayzen's pack of diapers at the condo and going back for them and then stopping 4 times between St. George and Cedar City for Quinn to use the potty, needless to say, our drive home didn't get off to a great start.

And sadly, it didn't get any better in the middle or at the end either. Oh well. There were a few melt downs and moments of weakness {from the kids .....mostly} but we finally made it home safe and sound. Phew!

A big huge giant THANK YOU to Mom and Dad Smith for letting us use the condo! We had a great time and loved every minute of our trip!

Thank you, thank you, thank you! :)

St. George ~ Day 3

We packed a picnic lunch and lots of snacks and spent the whole day at Zion's. Wahoo!

Avery and Quinn thought it was great to ride the shuttle buses, but me on the other hand thought that if they are going to require you to ride the buses through the park, they need to have WAY more running at a time! Just a thought. :)

Court of the Patriarchs Peaks and their names.

Chocolate Oreo cookies are SO GOOD!

Examining a stick he found. So cute!

We hiked to the lower pool waterfall and Justin, Avery and Quinn got all muddy and mystified standing under it for a picture. Uh-oh!

I opted not to get myself and the stroller all muddy and wet so my little Hayzen and I stayed far away from the waterfall!

When we got back to the condo we fired up the grill and had a yummy dinner out on the patio. Oh how I love nice weather! ...and patio's and grills and food from grills and... sigh.

All in all it was a great day!

St. George ~ Day 2

After breakfast we headed over to Snow Canyon to play at the fabulous Sand Dunes. We had so much fun digging, rolling and running all over the place.

"It's like a giant beach!" an excited Avery exclaimed.

After the sun hid behind the clouds for good, it got a little chilly so we left the Dunes and found a picnic area in Snow Canyon to eat our lunch. As luck would have it, it started to sprinkle. That's okay though, we enjoyed our picnic lunch in the comfort of our nice warm van. :)

In between waves of sprinkling we roamed around on a few of the big red rocks and saw some beautiful views from the tippy top.

Later in the afternoon when the sun came back out, we explored more big red rocks in St. George.

After a delicious dinner we went and walked around the St. George Temple and visited the Visitor's Center. I love how bright white the Temple is, so pretty!

Another great day in St. George!