We spent Saturday afternoon visiting with Hanni, Zak, Austin, Mikey and Tatiana. Mikey and Kira get along so well! It's so fun to watch them together. They are only 4 months apart and normally kids that close in age don't get along but these two just click. He showed her around the "farm" as I like to call it, showing her his chickens, and picking strawberries right off the strawberry plant. We stayed for dinner and partook of freshly picked corn picked by Zak himself just minutes before it went on the stove.
The party was on Sunday, August 30th, which as it happens was Kira's 2nd birthday! We started the day off by opening presents. We didn't get her much as her bigger present is still to come (I'm working on it), but I wanted her to be able to open something for her birthday.
We got her two puzzles and an Elmo book, she LOVES "puzzlets" and she loves to read, so these were all a big hit!
After present time we had a homemade breakfast and went off to church. Kira did reasonably well considering that the ward (nearly dead) had no nursery. She hung for a while but was tired by the end. We came home and Kira and I took a little nap while Jacob helped Grandpa get things ready for the party.
Grandpa getting the scalloped potatoes ready to go.
The great-grand children. Although there were a lot missing.
The Grandchildren. Lots of those missing too.
Kira usually HATES swings, so this was a big deal
We sang Happy Birthday to Grandma, Grandpa, Kira, Katrina's husband Aaron and James. By the end, the candles were totally melted!
On Monday we left at around 10. Jacob decided he wanted to take a little detour and visit a place his has read about. Mountain Meadows is a place that has been talked about in the last year or so. They (meaning Hollywood) did a movie about it and there have been countless books written about it, if you are not sure of the history click here. Anyway, it's on the way from Cedar City to St. George. It was a beautiful drive, more interesting than the freeway and was very peaceful. It was nice to get out of the car and walk around some... Kira had a lot of fun racing herself down the hill...
After the stop in Mountain Meadows, we followed the road into St. George. Jacob asked if we wanted to stop at the temple, I said yes, as I had never been there before. It is beautiful. I had only ever seen from the freeway and never got to admire the beautiful building that it is... We walked around the building and took a tour of the visitors center. We are hoping to go back to do a session for Jacob's birthday.
It was a great trip and it was wonderful to see so many people that we love. We hope to go again next year and hopefully we will be able to stay a little longer!
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