Mckinley turns 13 in Hurricane!

We had a trip planned to Hurricane in between mine and Mckinley's birthday but when that New Orleans trip came up over my birthday, we pushed the Hurricane trip back a week and ended up being there right on Mckinley's 13th birthday. 

This was our first trip with Jackson sitting just in a booster. Kid still falls asleep in the car even without a comfy car seat to sit in.

Got there in the evening just in time for a night swim.

The next day we headed into town to try to hit up Dixie Rock. We had no idea, but it was the St. George Ironman that weekend and everything was shut down and we couldn't get anywhere!

I wanted to introduce the family to Judd's, the candy store. But of course it was closed too. We watched the runners for a few minutes and just headed back to Hurricane.

Costa Vida for lunch. Jackson and Tyler love their plain tortillas. Geez, these picky eater boys.

This was a trip full of swimming!

I can't believe how many fun sleeping pictures of Jackson we have. We went to Walmart to get some things for a fun BBQ for Mckinley's birthday the next day on Sunday, and Jackson fell asleep in the cart right on the watermelon! This one is probably my top favorite of all of his sleeping pictures.

Pizza for dinner.

Sunday morning we made pancakes for Mckinley for breakfast. This might be the first time she didn't get breakfast in bed. Or at least a make up breakfast in bed after we got home. I know we did that one year.

She got an apple watch for her birthday.

We grilled some hot dogs by the pool on Sunday. It is always so fun using the BBQs at the pool.

We bought a little birthday cake at Walmart and it was perfect and so yummy!

We tried again for Dixie Rock on Monday.

Mckinley, Tyler and I made it through the slot canyon although Mckinley regretted it after and wished she didn't go.

Ava and Kallie got brave enough to walk up just a little way before turning around and heading back.

These two were such cute helpers taking the cooler out to the car to leave. We did make it to Judd's and got some candy and breadsticks. This was a pretty low key trip though, mostly just swimming and hanging out. Always a good time in Hurricane!

 

The rest of April

Jackson screamed bloody murder at his first dental check up six months ago. And then this time he was magically perfect! He was seriously so good and just acted like one of the big kids. What a relief!

It was the same way for his pediatrician check up. He was so adorable and just did everything they asked him to do and would even whisper stuff to me like "Can I tell him I'm 4?" And then he would say to Dr. Bailey, I'm 4! It was awesome. He has been so bad at every doctor appointment his whole life up until now. I wonder if doing joy school this year made a huge difference. I think it did.

Beautiful sunset. I will always love our view.

Spring soccer season was good. Ava and Tyler both played.

We had a really fun evening at Nielsen's Grove Park one night. Winter lasted forever this year so we really appreciated any warm days we had in April.

No more baby swings for our family! This guy loves under dogs on the big swings.

A rare moment when these two were getting along.

Tyler and Brandon love throwing a football with each other.

Took the joy school boys for an outing to the library. We just started doing fun stuff towards the end of the school year. These boys were so great and I absolutely loved this year of joy school so much!

We took every chance we could to play with the kitties at Caleb's house. They were so much fun! I was a little allergic.

Scooter rides by the lake are still my favorite thing ever.

We were able to go tour the MTC with our youth and it was awesome! The have some of the most beautiful artwork there!!