After a crazy busy Monday, Eli and I picked up Aunt Kristi and headed down to St. George. We left a little later than expected, but had we left earlier, we wouldn't have been treated to this amazing sunset as we drove across the bridge.
It was so great to see my sisters Susanna and Theresa along with T's hubby Ricky and of course... baby Asher. They got in from Denver that afternoon and my parents picked them up from the airport and kept on going straight to the beach. L.A. and her two sweet girls, Mabry and Briley, had also come down that evening to spend a few days with our family. Mabry & Eli are buds, so Eli was thrilled to have a playmate for a few days.
Now, these two friends know how to push each others' buttons. I won't lie...L.A. and I spent quite a bit of our time refereeing the two toddlers. Fortunately, they got along more often than not.
Toddlers, Play-Doh, and the beach....a TRIFECTA!
Off on adventure up and over the dunes.
So proud of themselves for evading our eyes for a bit and then making it back. Just don't rat us out for "letting" them climb on the dunes...a big no-no due to beach erosion!
Not like you can tell from the pictures thus far, but there were other people there besides these two....see?
Isn't he just precious???
Eli adores Asher...and we're still perfecting the being gentle all the time part.
Eli adores Asher...and we're still perfecting the being gentle all the time part.
We really did have a lot of rugrats with Eli, Asher, Mabry, and Briley. Too cute!
Mabes lovin' on Asher.
Eli's turn to love on the babies.
L.A. seeing what it would be like with twins.
Don't you just want to eat him up?
Day 2 on the beach had the kids spending a lot of time in the water in their respective inner tubes. Eli fell in love with swimming in an inner tube. The water was very calm all week long which was perfect for the kiddos to swim in.
After two incredibly fun filled days, the Hanlon girls headed back to T-Town. We are so glad they got to come visit with us. Eli loved having Mabry around tofight with play with.
When Eli woke up from his nap, he was sad that Mabry had left...so we introduced him to a new game. UNO! He loved it! It is the perfect game for one mastering his colors and numbers. Identifying numbers is one of Eli's newest skills this month, and what a great game to reinforce it. Since he can't hold his cards yet, we play "face up."
He honestly wins more than loses...now, we do help him with the rules such as to what to do when he doesn't have a card that works. My favorite is when he tries to put down a card he knows doesn't match or more than one at a time, "I cheating," he says with a huge smile...knowing full well he's doing something wrong.
Snacks on the beach are the best! Some how they just taste so much better and are incredibly satisfying.
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Check out this beach baby ready for action:
After two incredibly fun filled days, the Hanlon girls headed back to T-Town. We are so glad they got to come visit with us. Eli loved having Mabry around to
Mabry left with what looked like a black eye, but thank goodness it was just marker...and washable marker at that.
When Eli woke up from his nap, he was sad that Mabry had left...so we introduced him to a new game. UNO! He loved it! It is the perfect game for one mastering his colors and numbers. Identifying numbers is one of Eli's newest skills this month, and what a great game to reinforce it. Since he can't hold his cards yet, we play "face up."
He honestly wins more than loses...now, we do help him with the rules such as to what to do when he doesn't have a card that works. My favorite is when he tries to put down a card he knows doesn't match or more than one at a time, "I cheating," he says with a huge smile...knowing full well he's doing something wrong.
Chilling out with Uncle Ricky while waiting for dinner after another fun afternoon on the beach.
Check out his "shiner." He busted in the outside shower while rinsing off all the sand and salt.
This was the night for "Daddy's Famous Chicky Bone." We named it when we were little, if you couldn't guess. We are all suckers for Daddy's grilling, and his chicken is tops. Of course it is best paired with "Namom's Potato Salad." My grandmother's potato salad is truly potato salad perfection....I've never had a better one. The recipe was passed on to my mommy who has passed it down to us....only I finally wrote it down. I'm a girl who loves to follow a recipe!
This was the night for "Daddy's Famous Chicky Bone." We named it when we were little, if you couldn't guess. We are all suckers for Daddy's grilling, and his chicken is tops. Of course it is best paired with "Namom's Potato Salad." My grandmother's potato salad is truly potato salad perfection....I've never had a better one. The recipe was passed on to my mommy who has passed it down to us....only I finally wrote it down. I'm a girl who loves to follow a recipe!
The grilling team
Unwinding after dinner and a fantastic day. We had record low temperatures during the early part of the week, and in July, that means glorious weather. Did you see Eli's big boy underwear peeking out of his shorts above? And we were glad that our cousin, Jessica, stopped by a couple evenings for some Asher and Snyder family love! She even brought a right-tasty pear cobbler. Mmmmmm!
To top it off, we had yet another beautiful sunset. We were honestly blessed by one of these each and every night.
God is good...
...all the time!
...all the time!
Check back tomorrow (hopefully) for the second half of our week.
Looks like an absolute blast!
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