Ryan's brother, Brandon, got home from his mission last week, and so we had the funnest time with his family. Scott and Vivian flew down to pick Brandon up from Guatemala and then came to Salt Lake with him on Feb 13th. We all went to the airport to welcome them home. It was fun to see Brandon again and see how much he changed! We had dinner at our house: Brandon's favorite Chicken Fingers!! Hey, it is what he wanted!! :D We all sat around and looked at Brandon's pictures and just hung out that night. The next day, we had a really good breakfast with everyone and then everyone went home.
On Friday after work Ryan, Emry, and I headed down to St. George to hear Brandon's "homecoming talk" and hang out with the whole family. All the brothers came down and it was really fun to have the whole family together again.
On Saturday morning, we played hiked up this hill by Ryan's parent's house. It was a good exercise, especially for someone who hasn't exercised in a long time! After that, we played kubb outside in the wonderful sun and then the girls went to Parade of Homes in St George which was amazing! There were some really awesome homes that made me want to tear down my house and start over! It was pretty fun! (Sidenote: it was amazingly warm in St George!! It was only like 60 degrees but in the sun, it felt like 80! I wore sandals and I think I even got a little tan! It was wonderful and we may have a new address for you in a couple of months! jk) The boys stayed home and watched the babies so we could go, which was way nice of them! That night we had a bunch of people over for a BBQ and heard more mission stories, and saw more pictures. A lot of Ryan's family was there, so that was fun!
Sunday, we went to Scott and Vivian's ward to hear Brandon speak. He did a really awesome job and told some really good stories from his mission. We went to the rest of church and I put Emry to sleep in the mother's lounge. It was pretty funny because in our mother's lounge in SLC, there are always like 2 or 3 moms in there, but in St George I had an hour completely uninterrupted! It was great!! Anyway, after church we had a fun lunch with all of Ryan's family before all the extended family had to go home. We played games the rest of the day and then took family pictures (which sadly, I don't have any copies of... hopefully soon!).
On Monday, we spent most of the day just enjoying the sun! It was wonderful!! We went on the same hike again, which was slightly easier this time, and then we just hung around the house for the rest of the morning, getting ready and such. We went and dipped our feet in the Gardner's friend's hot tub, which felt wonderful! Then that afternoon, the boys (Ryan, Nate, and Scott) went golfing while the rest of us went and got frozen custard at Nielsen's. We ate it sitting in the sun and seriously, I was sweating! It was amazing! (Can you tell I'm totally done with being frozen solid!!!) We rushed home and went and saw one more house in the Parade of Homes and it was the BEST one!! Seriously, my dream house! It was so beautiful. Now I want to redo my whole house and make it look just like the one we saw!! :D The boys got home from golfing and we got home from looking at houses so the only thing left to do was to pack up and head home. We left St. George around 6 PM and made it home with no problems. It was a really fun weekend and I just love having Ryan's parents living so much closer and in such a warmer place where I can go defrost during these long winter months!
Cael and Emry at Grandma and Grandpa Gardner's house!
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