There was more on my memory card then I thought when I went to post....so this is a long one. We have been nothing but busy this summer, so here is a short re-cap 1st off: FIESTA DAYS!! We did the parade, rodeo, and a quick trip to the cabin we rarely see anymore. I was even lucky enough to meet up with a few old friends and their kids...Thank goodness for air-conditioned fastfood playlands!
You gotta love Utah parades. Complete with missionaries, tractors & rock crawling jeeps. This was pretty cool.
Chase totally loved the rodeo. He can tell you if you are a cowboy, or a cowboy-girl. He has to get bucked off (and me included when he makes me ride on back) of his rocking horse.
Next on our summer trip was our youth temple trip to Twin Falls, Idaho. Unfortunately I was released from Young Womens a few weeks before, but begged to go. Here is a group shot of our youth group. They started the trip out spiritually, as we all should.
Since Chase & I weren't able to go inside to help with baptisms for the dead, we went shopping and hung outside the temple (which Chase called Chad's temple) since we dropped him off. He loved Moroni's horn. He also picked 1/2 dozen flowers, which I tried to re-plant unsuccessfully.
Chad will probably kill me for posting this picture, but the next place we stopped after the temple was a service project to the cannery. They got a tour of the Bishop's Warehouse and how that all works, and then fulfilled a bunch of orders. The youth were surprised they actually had fun doing it!
We camped that night on the snake river. This is a place called 1000 Springs because on the opposite side of the canyon was probably 1000 little waterfalls. It was gorgeous!! Despite the mosquitoes we swam and had some great BBQ.
Saturday morning came the fun!! River Rafting. This must have been at the beginning of the runs because everyone is still dry!! As usual the water fighting & pulling people off the boats were the highlights!
Most recently was our trip to St. George and a trip to St. George is never complete without seeing my girlies: Julie & Dayna. But this time I was extra excited to see Julie's new baby Marcus! He is so so so adorable! I even got to hold him for a minute until he realized I wasn't mommy.
Besides Chase trying to feed & share his goldfish crackers with Marcus he loved to tickle & kiss his toes. He really liked being around the baby....he even got a hold of the pacifier, I held my breath that he wouldn't want his own back!
Besides swimming several times we also hit the county fair. I lived in St. George for 5+ years and never went to the county fair once. But it wouldn't have been as fun without kids. Chase had fun, especially with his good buddy Damian....we call "D". 1st stop was the Bear Show. Pretty cool they can train these big animals!!
I don't know why I thought he'd be scared of the big slide, but he kept going on it, and I was relieved he could walk up on his own!
What you can barely see is Jeremy (D's daddy) sliding down and launching the boys head over feet at the bottom. They had so much fun playing together...it really makes me sad we don't A. live in St. George anymore B. have friends like that here...and that C. St. George is so darn far away! They were good buddies.
Besides swimming several times we also hit the county fair. I lived in St. George for 5+ years and never went to the county fair once. But it wouldn't have been as fun without kids. Chase had fun, especially with his good buddy Damian....we call "D". 1st stop was the Bear Show. Pretty cool they can train these big animals!!
I don't know why I thought he'd be scared of the big slide, but he kept going on it, and I was relieved he could walk up on his own!
What you can barely see is Jeremy (D's daddy) sliding down and launching the boys head over feet at the bottom. They had so much fun playing together...it really makes me sad we don't A. live in St. George anymore B. have friends like that here...and that C. St. George is so darn far away! They were good buddies.
Who doesn't love a race car right? Chase just wondered where Mater was.
Of course there is a petting zoo at the fair. D-loving feeding the popcorn to the chickens. Chase-keeping his distance and throwing the popcorn, hoping it makes it through the holes.
Of course there is a petting zoo at the fair. D-loving feeding the popcorn to the chickens. Chase-keeping his distance and throwing the popcorn, hoping it makes it through the holes.
The debut of the fake laugh made its first appearance this weekend. Maybe D is just a comedian in the making :) Chase loved to laugh at everyone and anymore....just realize it was fake.
The fair had its share of vendors...this was a pediatric dental office. You could do anything you wanted to Chase as long as he gets to ride in the cars!
I snapped this picture a second too late cuz D sat up. They were both laying down, and just looked exhausted!! Like they had had their fill of the fair!!! It was a great trip to St. George and a great summer so far with all of our mini-vacations. What to do when work is a full 4 days a week again??
For all my facebook friends I posted a ton more pictures on there....or if you would like to see that album here is a link: 
