South Again

The work on Grandma Lundberg's family history continues. This was my third of four weekends this last month, down here in St. George. Nate and Ethan were gone to Section Conclave for the Order of the Arrow in Delta, Utah, so it was just me and the 3 younger kids. It wasn't all family history work, we played around a bit too.  

 After arriving fairly late Friday night, we woke up fairly early and headed to the park before it got too hot. The kids absolutely love this park. We have to come here at least once a trip.

 After lunch on Saturday, we weeded and put new Petunias in Grandma's flower bed and then headed to the pool.

The kids enjoyed some time with their cousin Elaina, while sitting on the back wall enjoying the sunset over the desert. It is so peaceful there, it truly is difficult to leave.

Earlier in the day we had stopped at Costco and Evie had talked me into this cute outfit for her. Of course she begged to put it on after swimming. She ran around the house saying, "Cha-cha-chachacha!" She told me that when she is older she is going to wear this outfit when she is on Dancing with the Stars. Love her!

Sunday afternoon, just a few minutes out of the Washington area, I just had to snap a photo of this. I just thought the desert looked so pretty. I really enjoy running the desert trails back behind Grandma's house.

During our dinner stop at Costa Vida in Fillmore I was lucky to snap a photo of this moment. Can you say Group Hug? I love that for the most part our kids are friends and have close relationships with each other.

And of course, there was a little bit of this happening along the way. Sometimes boys are just easier.

St. George Siesta

Because I didn't get everything done with Grandma Lundberg's family history stuff that I wanted to I decided to head back down this last weekend. So I didn't have to go alone I invited Heidi along. When my Mom caught wind of our little trip she made arrangements for her Temple job and joined us. We had a GREAT time! Super relaxing and super fun. We visited, shopped, sat in the hot tub, went for walks/runs and I got a ton more done. I ended up bringing home a lot of stuff to work on. It is so fun to learn more about your family (or your husbands family) history.

We ended up getting matching sandals while we were at the outlets. So cute! Cannot wait til we can do this again!

Easter In St. George 2013

I was so grateful when we pulled into St. George that we had finally found Spring! While it has been warming up some up north, there hasn't been any color. It has been very blah still. I just had to take our Easter pictures outside by Grandma's Oklahoma Redbud. It was so beautiful, it smelled amazing and boy was that thing hopping with GIANT bees. Luckily, no stings!

Of course, once we were getting ready for church is when Ryland realized that he forgot his tie, church shoes and church socks. Sigh. Oh well. What are you gonna do?

Because Grandma's church was at 9 am we were left with only the option of taking pictures right after. It was a bright and beautiful day and that made it difficult to not squint and it cast some shadows but I knew I wouldn't get the family back in their church clothes later.

Once we had lunch over I sent Nate and the kids out for a walk. It gave me the opportunity to prepare The Hunt. Upon their return they could hardly contain their excitement.

They each received a little basket with some little things just for them. They also received a new bicycle helmet. It was a great Easter Sunday.

Life Story in St. George

It is Spring Break and we headed down to sunny St. George, Utah. Headed down to soak in the sun and spend time with Grandma Lundberg. I am prepared with my laptop, scanner, external hard drive and digital recorder to record her life story amongst other things. Super excited.

It is also Easter weekend so of course we had to bring an angry bunny along. Haha!

At one of our pit stops along the way we stopped for dinner. The kids soon found something to occupy their time with. It was one of the best $2 education you could ever get. They learned the lesson of the Rip-off.

Once Grandma and I got started on recording her life story the kids had to find something to do. So they made a Lemonade stand with their cousin Elaina who also lives in Grandma's neighborhood. Nate also took the kids to the park, swimming, the Natural History Museum, the Dinosaur tracks and the movies. All over the course of the weekend of course.

Grandma and I ended up recording over 9 hours of her Life Story. I was also able to scan a bunch of family photos, etc. We also dug out her Genealogy work and are preparing it to be copied for me. So it was a very productive weekend. I greatly appreciated Nate and his willingness to entertain the kids while Grandma and I got to work.

I love how in this photo I took of her while she was recording that there was a book in the bottom corner that is titled The Gift of a Memory. How fitting. Grandma has an excellent memory, even at the age of 88 years old. Like an Elephant, I tell ya.

On Saturday evening Nate's sister M'Lissa had us over for an Easter dinner. It was great to spend some time with their family as well. Matt and Jen and their family were also down for the weekend a bit. 

(Kendree, Savannah, Wesley. Anya and Evelyn)

Cousin love!

(Ethan, Savannah, Wesley, Anya, Evelyn, and Harrison)

We had a great, fun filled, relaxing weekend. Can't wait to go back down!

St. George: Zions

On our way home from St. George we took a slight detour over to Zions National Park. We only had a couple of hours so we chose a short little hike, the Temple of Sinawava was perfect. We had a great time and cannot wait to go back and explore some more.

Photo Shoot Sunday: St. George Edition

 We came down for a long weekend to have a break from our usual grind. After church we decided to have a little photo shoot with Nate's sister and her kids and Grandma Lundberg.

Savannah, M'Lissa, Harrison and Elaina

Little Mills Kingdom with Grandma Lundberg

St. George: Swimming

We are having so much fun on our trip to St. George. It was a totally needed break from the daily grind. We have been swimming a ton this weekend. It has been awesome!

 We had a great time hanging out with some cousins, Savannah, Harrison and Elaina.