Memorial Day Weekend in St George

We decided to spend Memorial Day weekend (i.e. Ryan's Birthday weekend) in St. George this year and we had such a fun time! Nate , Brooke, and their kids came as well so it was fun for the kids to play with their cousins all week too. We drove down Thursday night. All the kids did great except Norah screamed almost the entire time. Sorry third child-when everyone else is asleep, you get to keep screaming till we get to Grandma's house. Eeek! Poor girl!

Friday morning the boys went golfing while the girls went swimming. Emry and Wesley love playing in the water so much! I can't wait for this summer when we get to swim so much! They are going to love it! We spent the afternoon playing on the swing set and jumping on the trampoline with our cousins. We had a BBQ that evening and s'mores out back.

 Saturday we got up early and drove out to Kanaraville to hike Kanaraville Falls which is a hike up a freezing cold river. Our feet were FROZEN by the end but the kids had fun and so did we! We got home and after a little rest we went swimming again. We had a delicious shrimp boil for dinner that night (my favorite Gardner meal!), and finished off the night reading with grandma before bed.

Sunday was a Ryan's Birthday! He got bacon and waffles for breakfast (after a morning of sleeping in-best present ever!). We headed to church and then came home for a roast dinner. Ryan wanted Sundaes for his birthday dessert so that's what we had. Grandma made "Spaghetti ice cream" for the kids which is ice cream in the shape of spaghetti noodles with a berry sauce on top to look like sauce and shaved white chocolate to look like cheese. Wesley was not too happy about trying that and threw a fit until Ryan actually got him to eat some. Funny kids! Then we spent the rest of the evening playing games and talking.

Monday morning Nate and Brooke had to leave early so Ryan and Scott went golfing AGAIN! Vivian and I packed up the car and took the kids swimming in the morning. We met the boys in Hurricane to have lunch at Sonney Boys, a really good BBQ place before heading back to Riverton. The drive home went much smoother. We had 4 sleeping people in the car with one driver (me) for about 2 hours of the trip. Norah was much more calm and happy. It was such a fun weekend! We really love visiting St George and playing with our family!