St. George & Easter

Our family took a little road trip to St. George to see Matt's parents and my grandparents over Easter weekend. Both kids did pretty well on the drive and we had a great time; it just went by too fast! The weather was very nice and we were able to do a lot of fun things. The first day I went with my mom, grandma, and aunt to get pedicures and out to lunch, while Matt and the boys played with Grandma & Grandpa. Later that night we took the boys to see my grandparents. The next day I tried to squeeze in quite a bit, and luckily we were able to do it all. First we drove to Snow Canyon and played in the sand with Grandma. Deacon had a lot of fun digging around and being buried in a hole. In the afternoon, we went to the City Center where they have a splash pad and carousel and played around. They had an arts festival going on at the same time, so it was very busy, but we still had a fun time. The water was a little cold, but felt fine once you were in it for a bit. Later that night we drove to the new All Abilities park and let Deacon play there. We thought he would be able to ride on the train that is at the park, but it had stopped running for the night by the time we got there. There was still plenty for Deacon to do and he even got to see the volcano "erupt." On Sunday, we saw what the Easter Bunny brought, had a small Easter egg hunt, and went on a golf cart ride to the dog park. All in all, it was a great trip and went pretty smoothly with two kids this time.

April 14

 

April 15
Sand Dunes:

City Center:

 

Playing at the park & watching the volcano erupt:

April 16
Easter Sunday:

Egg Hunt:

Emer's first Golf Cart Ride:

One funny story I want to remember is on the drive to St. George, Deacon saw a satellite up in the sky (we left late and it was dark). He asked us what satellites do, and among other things, Matt said they take pictures of space for us. Deacon started to talk to the satellite and said "send me a picture." He then waited a second and said "it's not talking," meaning that the satellite wasn't talking back to him or sending him a picture from space. We told Deacon that the satellite is very far away and can't hear him. He then said "open my window." He wanted to yell up to the satellite so it could hear him. It was too funny and so sweet and innocent.