A Few More Wedding Photos

At the urging of my sister, I am posting some more pictures from Thursday's wedding in Salt Lake. Here's the happy couple:
And here are a few more of my favorites:

A Family Wedding

I love big family events, and weddings are the best! Maybe because you know that it's someone's really big day. Maybe it's because you are reminded just how important your family is to you and how much you enjoy spending time with them. And the time you spend always seems short. I think it's interesting to see how other people's families work too. Yesterday was such a day. My nephew was married in the Salt Lake temple to a really wonderful girl. Those two must be some of the truly nicest people I know. It was great to spend some quality family time together...that was too short, once again. This is a picture of my mom, my sisters and my brother.

Red Rocks- St. George Day 3

My FDIL played tour guide again for our third day in St. George. She took us to the neatest place- Red Rock Recreation Area. It's about 10 miles north of St. George and right off I-15. Such a beautiful place and easy to get to and we never knew it was there! We brought along the climbing gear and rappelled off a cliff that was about 75 feet high. Well, I didn't rappel, I took pictures. That took a big part of the day, but we did have time to have an epic shuffle board tournament back at the condo. We don't know the rules of shuffle board, we made up our own. But we had fun! Dinner that night was at the Pizza Factory with FDIL parents.

Home Again...

Ah, it's good to be home. Soooo good. I love my pillow. Family vacations are the best, but let's face it- is it really a vacation for the mom? I would say...no. We plan the food, we pack the food, we make the food, we do the dishes, then it's time to make more food. And tidy up. Ok, gripes over! We really did have a good time! I drove down on Saturday with Only Daughter and husband, Youngest Son and my Future Daughter in Law. We checked in and hung out. FDIL's parents were also in town, so her Mom came over for a visit that night. Sunday we started the day by going to sacrament meeting. Then FDIL took us on a hike. I didn't know that her grandparents used to live in St. George and she has spent a lot of time there. She took us on a hike down a gorge below a golf course to go golf ball hunting. We found over 200 golf balls!! FDIL's mother caught up with us at the bottom, and we hiked to the river and through the red rocks. What a beautiful place with the sandstone and the mountains still with a bit of snow! It was about 60 degrees and felt like summer! Climbing out of the gorge was not as fun. FDIL is in great shape and practically ran up the mountain like a gazelle. 4 days later and my legs still hurt. Later that night DH and Oldest Son joined us at the condo and we played indoor mini golf with our pickings from the hike. The loser had to plunge the clogged toilet.

Marquee Fame

Ah, to be on the high school marquee. My high school didn't even have a marquee back in the day! This was a tricky picture to take because the names were scrolling, and I had to time it just right. It took a few tries. That and the school police officer was giving me funny looks. Congrats to those DECA winners!

We'll be taking a family trip to St. George for a few days, and I'm sure I'll have new adventures to talk about! Peace out!

A Xena Page

I saw this paper at Heartland Paper Co. and had to have it! My spoiled cat. She has a pretty nice life, when YS isn't torturing her. He actually tries to fit her whole head into his mouth, but just manages half a head. He is also teaching her that it's ok to have her belly rubbed. As I type this, she is rolling around on the carpet, trying to get my attention. With the Spring thaw Xena is back to catching the mice that have been living under the snow, making tunnel paths in my grass. Eat them all, Xena! But stop leaving those mouse guts behind on my back porch.

1st in State!!

Last night, Youngest Son and his partner won first place in the state DECA competition! Their category was Business & Financial Services Marketing Research. They had to come up with a whole presentation for improved advertising and marketing for a local Credit Union. Lots of hours went into preparing, and their hard work paid off! Now they get to compete at Nationals, which are in Anaheim (!), April 28- May 3. They are pretty excited! YS also came in 9th in state in the Food Services Roleplay category. I'm thinking that those Savers Suits might have just put them over the top. I pulled a "Grandpa George" and walked right up to the front to take pictures:).