Catching Up...

The last couple of months have been crazy! I lost our summer vacation pictures (we went to Northern UT to visit our families) and just found them so there are waaay more pictures coming.

Anyways, school started for Dan in August. The same week that school started Dan quit his job and I started a new one. I work at a gas station as the cashier. I work Wednesday and Thursday in the evenings and Friday, Saturday and Sundays for 10 hours each. So basically our life is chaotic all of the time.

Also Lily started preschool (she is growing up so fast) twice a week so we always have places to go! You can see what she's been up to at brightbusybees.blogspot.com.

So we are still alive...watch for more pictures!

Happy Birthday to Dan!

Dan turned 34...wow! Almost mid-thirties!!

For his birthday Dan got an ipad (a necessity for school), a door hanger made with love by Lily, and a really cool candy bar poster. For those of you who don't know, Dan is addicted to candy. Earlier I had taken the girls shopping for all the candy bars. I got them a little treat. When we got home Dan complained that I never got him treats anymore. Ha! That made the present even better.

Thanks for all the hard you are doing in school! We are proud of you! Happy Birthday!

Grandma and Grandpa Mecham come to Visit

One thing that is cool about living in St. George is that my dad has conferences here three times a year. This time round my mom hitched a ride with him so she could hang with the kidlets for a bit (oh and Dan and I too).

This visit was pretty relaxed. We didn't do a lot but veg. It was heavenly! This picture is cute for two reasons: Grandma and Grandpa enjoying Kara. Kara's adorable little pig tails. This was the first attempt. Glad her hair is finally getting long enough!

Grandma and Grandpa got to stay in an awesome hotel. We got to enjoy their pool. Afterwards Grandpa raided the junk food section in the hotel pantry and we all got sick on ice cream. It was AWESOME!

Thanks for coming to visit Grandma and Grandpa!

Marathon at Sand Hollow

Daniel, Kait, and Bentley came to our neck of the woods to run in a triathalon (how is this spelled?).

I have to admit that I was completely impressed that my little bro would run in something like that! It was a pretty exciting day.

After the race we went out to eat. Bentley was so stinkin' cute! She loved Lily who loved her back. Bentley kept hugging her. Best buds already!

Jenny's Canyon

We went with some awesome pals to Snow Canyon on a mini hike. It was gorgeous inside Jenny's Canyon!

Kara loved playing in the sandy dirt.

There were little caves everywhere to climb in. It freaked Lily out a bit. Her friend not so much. She is an absolute monkey!

Lily and her friend at the sand dunes.

Finger Painting

We have such cute kids!

Not So Ghostly Ghost Town

Dan had to study all day and the library was closed so we kicked ourselves out of the house and headed on an adventure. Right outside of Zion's National Park is a "ghost town" that is perfect for little kids!


Notice how Lily has Kara around the neck. That is the only way she could make her hold still.

Lily getting water the hard way.

Lily enjoying herself in jail. (Notice the saloon in the background. Ha ha)

There were roosters and llamas and donkeys and mini horses. The gift shop had carrots for sale to feed the animals. Lily loved feeding the donkey even though she was worried about her hand being eaten off. The most hilarious thing was that Kara freaked out every time Lily fed a carrot. I've never seen her get scared like that.

Lily's new boyfriend. He was a bit freaky. Kara thought so too.