St. George Trip

I've been so excited about our trip to St. George to see family!  James's grandparents and brother Chris live there, and his other 2 brothers live within driving distance, so it's a great place to go see a lot of the family.  Unfortunately, we went when school had already started, so we didn't get to see Dave and his family, but Tod came down and we got to see some cousins as well.  There's just something about St. George that I love - I always feel so relaxed there, especially at Grandma and Grandpa Brown's house.  I think it's because that's where James and I made some great memories while dating, engaged, and married.  We would stay there occasionally with friends to go hike at Zion National Park, and it was always such a fun trip away from Provo.
This time we stayed with Chris and Christina in their house, and it was a lot of fun to be with cousins.  Hazel loved it, and Grayson didn't mind all the attention either!

It was a long day of travel to get there, but the kids did pretty well!  I was the exhausted one.  Here's Gray's pouty face in the car when he was hungry.  I can't EVER say No to that!

 Here are the cousins playing out on the golf course behind Grandpa's house.

 
We just relaxed on the porch since it was beautiful weather!

 We had lots of fun with the cousins!

 Cohlee LOOOOVED Baby Grayson!!

 This was at a park right by Christina's house.  We were so lucky to have such nice weather!

 We went on a little hike (emphasis on little).  I missed the all the red rock and mountains.

 Grayson got his first haircut by Aunt Christina to make it all even.  So cute!  I love that little head!

 

 Grayson just beamed at Great Grandma Brown.

 St. George has a cute carousel in the middle of town, so we had to go take a ride!

 Again, Grayson just loves his boy cousins!  He fits right in!

(Weston, Cade, Tanner, and their cousin Tayton)

Of course, we had Cafe Rio a few times, sandwiches and treats at Kneaders, a raspberry concrete at Nielsen's, delicious sugar cookies at Swig, and breadsticks at an old store called Jud's.  We have to get our food fixes while in Utah!  Christina also offered to do some family photos for us, so we fit that in as well.  She spoiled us rotten while there.  We just loved our relaxing vacation with family!  I hate living so far away, but at least we've been able to see them at least once a year.  Can't wait until the next reunion!