St. George this Spring

Over Spring Break we went camping in St. George, which was a bust, but while we were there we went to the Wildlife Museum, the St. George Temple grounds, and climbed some red rock.

Daddy and the boys. "Look Out! Don't let the bears get you!"

 

Austin and Mom by the Polar Bear

Austin and Jacey in the safari with the giraffe.

Grandma, Jacey, Austin and Spencer

The boys playing in the canopy in the children's play area

Yucky Big Bugs!

Spencer in the play area.

 

Austin doing puzzles.

Grandma and the boys on the temple steps.

Austin in front of his favorite purple flowers.

The flowers were beautiful.

The boys smelling the flowers (and Spencer accidentally picking one, OOPS!)

Austin climbing on the rocks with Jacey

Jacey climbed up into the little hole.

The boys liked finding "caves" and playing in the sand.

Austin and Daddy climbed to the top of the rock.

To get to the very top they had to cross a bridge.

 Austin was a little scared and had to hold on with every step.

The view of St. George from the top of Dixie Rock.

Aquarium and Barnyard

It's been awhile (again) We finally uploaded the 280 pictures from our camera. We will highlight what we have been up to.

Austin found Nemo and Dory at the Aquarium

Spencer really liked looking at the penguins

They both liked sitting in the boat by the river otter display.

The Farm at Thanksgiving Point.

Spencer riding a horse for the first time. He loved it!

A shot of both on the horses.

On the horse pulled wagon ride

Playing in the exploration room.

Brad Paisley Concert

As part of our Christmas to each other Ben and I decided to set money aside for "date night" throughout the year. First big thing was the Brad Paisley Concert.

Scotty McCreery opened the show and sang a few songs from his new album and his "Idol" song.

Then The Band Perry came out and sang for a little while. They sounded good too.

The reason for the show name being changed from the Cowabunga tour to the Virtual Reality tour was Brad's clever use of laser lighting and strobe lights. He puts on an excellent show.

The pictures really don't give it justice with all the special effects. But it was amazing.

He liked coming out into the crowd and we were pretty close so we could see him well.

He brought The Band Perry out to sing with him for a song.

He even had Carrie Underwood there for their well known duet. Just kidding-- She was an optical illusion with a recording but you had to look really close to tell.

All of these graphics were laser light shows. Cool!

It was a great concert and a really fun date night!

An Austin Funny

About a month ago I was feeding Spencer on the couch and Austin asked if he could have a snack. I told him that was fine and when I came back into the kitchen this is what I saw. He had gotten out the pistachios we got for Christmas from Aunt Shir and was cracking and eating them all by himself. When I asked if it was a good snack he said, "Yes, these are good peanuts."

Chocolate Donuts

This picture was taken a few months ago, but we think it is cute. It was the first time Spencer was given a chocolate donut. He loved it but made a mess all over.

Austin had to have his picture taken too. Although he is not as messy.