UEA vacation part 2- Zions

We spent the last 2 days at Zion's National Park. Can you believe the view from the pool at our hotel?

The hotel also had an awesome beach.

Did some hiking and wading in the freezing water.

Don't let this picture fool you, they never get along.  Ever.

Riding the shuttle.

The view of the red rock cliffs in the park never gets old!

We took a break from hiking and got ice cream cones.

Caydence wanted the fruit cup instead :)

This was the view from our hotel balcony.  Seriously, stay at the Cliff Rose Lodge if you are ever in Zions.  And get the River view!  It will not disappoint!!

UEA Vacation part 1- St. George

It's prett strange to have to follow the school calendar in planning our vacations now!  We took our first UEA trip this year and we had such a great time.  We spent our first 2 days in St George swimming at the pool:

Seeing the Lottle Mermaid at Tuachaun: (Will fell dead asleep for the whole second half and they both plugged their ears most of the show :)

Spent hours at the Childrens's museum:

We heard the splash pad was closed for the season so we didn't bring swimsuits...

Cupcakes from 25 Main:

And lots of hiking at Snow Canyon:

Black Island Farms

Every year the girls in our neighborhood get together and take our kids to Black Island Farms.  It is so fun!  If you get a big group it's only $4 and endless activities!

He enjoyed the train ride, bounce house, slides, pig races, corn box, corn maze, and tractor ride to pick out a pumpkin.

Grandma

My Blog has stalled for a while because I didn't want to go on until I wrote about my grandma, but I wasn't exactly sure what to say.  So I just want to keep it short and simple.

On September 21 my dad's mom passed away; 6 days after her 96th birthday.  It wasn't unexpected, her health had been steadily declining for a while.

I have only been to 2 funerals in my family: my mom's dad died of cancer when he was only 76 and we were just devastated.  He suffered for YEARS and so it was comforting to see him not in pain anymore, but it was really hard.  And it was all happening literally the week we got married so that made things even more difficult.

This funeral was SO different.  It was really a celebration for a wonderful life.  My grandma had been a widow for 33 years (I never met my grandpa).  It was so comforting to think of the amazing reunion she was having with her sweetheart!  And with our knowledge of the plan of salvation and the amazing life she lead, it was really a joyous time.  My dad spoke at her funeral and did such a great job paying tribute to this amazing lady.  Seeing my dad get emotional was the one thing that made me emotional.  I can't imaging having to bury both of your parents by the age of 54.  But he did an amazing job.  And it was nice to see all of our family.  Just a nice day all together.

Donut Falls