Tuesday, April 7, 2026

St. George for Spring Break

Mckinley made this most adorable Resurrection garden at a Young Women activity.

Another dance in the works for Mckinley. Morp. She actually got asked to Prom super last minute by a guy she thinks is pretty weird and we ended up telling her she couldn't go because we heard some not great things about him. So she didn't go to Prom.

We headed down to St. George after school on Friday to kick off Spring Break. The first night we were there it was cold and windy but the weather got better and better and was honestly so perfect. We had the best time!

Our first day we took the kids to the Red Hills Desert Garden to show it to them. We brought a pizza picnic and ate there and walked around the garden. The weather was so perfect for this.


Then we headed to go hike the slot canyon. Always an adventure! Kallie's phone case and Brandon's shorts took a hit this time around.



It's always a little crazy hiking it but somehow we make it out and feel very accomplished!

Tried to recreate a picture from the past. Kids were not happy with how many pictures I wanted to take.

The Easter Bunny found us in St. George! 


After our Easter morning and watching the first session of conference, we headed out on our favorite red reef hike. The weather was so good!

 







We went to Texas Roadhouse for Easter dinner and ran into our neighbors, the Paxman's!




Went night swimming and all the sudden, there was Jack! He was there for a birthday party. So random that we ran in to him but so fun!

The next day I begged to go to Thunder Junction and ride the train. The kids are definitely growing out of this. Might be our last visit. Kinda sad.





We stopped real quick at the temple visitor center. Would have been even quicker if the missionaries would leave us alone ha ha, but it was okay.


Went and did mini golf at the fun center.

And always back to the pool!


Mckinley running at Grandpa's Pond Park.

Girls went and had pedicures!


Then went to the new Mario movie.

One last afternoon in the pool before we headed home.

Mckinley is less than a month away from getting her license now! 

Something to remember, we brought our March madness brackets down and watched the final games. Jackson picked the winning team, Michigan, and won our bracket!

This was a pretty great trip, but getting a little hard with the kids at their different ages and interests, and way too much screen time and fighting like always.

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Track Season

Track season has begun! So fun watching our kids run!

I found the stone to my ring!!! It was in the hallway bathroom and I noticed it when I was vacuuming. Now I need to decide if I want to get it fixed or buy a new ring. Maybe both!

Camile came in to town for a visit with her baby. So fun to catch up with her!

Amy came into town for her spring break. We went swimming at an indoor pool of my mom's neighbor.

St. Patrick's Day!

More sugar cookies of course.




Brandon and I made a last minute decision to go down to St. George to watch Mckinley run in the Pine View track meet. It was insane! There were so many schools there and they had the most random weekend of crazy heat. It was like 95 degrees!

We went and hiked the slot canyon at Dixie Rock.


Explored the Red Hills Desert Garden for the first time.

Went to the visitors center and took a picture by the temple.

Mckinley didn't PR on her mile the first day and was a little disappointed but she did PR in the 800 on day two so then she was all smiles! We randomly ended up booking the same hotel as her and that was fun.

Ava was going to have to miss the lip sync because of our Cancun trip but it ended up getting moved so she was able to be there. Always so fun watching this performance!


We are so lucky to be starting Mountain View the year they got a new track. It's super nice!

Tyler and Kallie have started track at Lakeridge as well. So fun!