March 2011

March was a busy month with Gracie's first birthday, finishing up Joy School, a trip to St. George, the babies' birthday party & some flooding we had here in Garden City...

I finished my turn of teaching Joy School at the beginning of the month so we were able to sneak away for a little trip to St George! It was SO nice to get out of the snow and be in the sunshine for a few days! Our original plan was to head down to Arizona from there and stay with some family, but unfortunately plans changed and we had to come back home early. But it was still a nice getaway! The good news is we had to get back for a job interview process Brent was going through and he ended up getting the job! Yay!

My awesome friend Ashlee used to live in St. George so she told us of some fun parks to visit. We found this one and it was really great. The kids loved it!

Happy swinging kiddos

Love these faces!

Gavin making a tunnel inside a tunnel & Gracie climbing through

Cute little monkey

After we played at the park for a while we noticed a trail so we decided to hike it and see where it led. It came to a cool look out with this great view...

Here we are at the St. George Temple. Beautiful!

We got to go to Zion's with our friends Matt & Heather & their adorable kids. We packed a lunch and hiked up to a look out where we ate and took some pictures. Then we met up with them later for dinner and hanging out at their cute house. Thanks Matt & Heather, it was so great to see you guys and visit with you!

Gavin checking out the awesome view

Getting up the nerve to jump!

Brent and Gracie at beautiful Zions

Gavin chillin' with the ladies!

So fun to go hiking together as a family
Group photo!

Cool waterfall on the river walk trail

Gavin and the balancing rocks

We also got to hang out with our friends Alan & Kanani and their cute family! They took us to lunch and then a rock climbing park. I wish I would have remembered to get a group photo, but I was too busy trying to get Gracie to take a nap in her stroller. Thanks for showing us a good time guys!

She has her blanket & her pacifier... she looks ready for a nap, right!?!

Cute climbing Gavin!

Dad & Gracie

In March we had a combined 1st birthday party for James, Gracie & Zaxton - the three cousins that were born within a month of each other.

Ginger's mom made an awesome car cake so we stripped the babies down to their diapers, put them on a tarp with the cake and let them go to town! It was so funny. James and Zaxton weren't too interested & Gracie kept acting like she was just going to dive into it! Poor Gavin had an allergic reaction so he was asleep during most of the party.

The spring run-off caused some flooding by our house. Luckily we don't have a basement, just a crawl space with nothing in it so we were okay. Some of our neighbors haven't been so lucky though. These were taken at the end of March when it started and recently we've had more flooding around here. And it's been snowing this morning so there's still more to come.