thanksgiving in st. george

we went to st. george this year for thanksgiving. It was kind of a meeting point for 4 of my 5 siblings. (we missed you Brooke!)
It was a lot of fun, I got to meet my newest niece Haley for the first time! and found out that I will have another niece next April! Congrats Kate & Clark!
st. george was a nice vacation, it was beautiful weather, the boys got to golf, ride bikes, and shoot guns, ya know, all that good stuff.
I managed to squeeze in a shopping trip to the outlets and scored on some great jeans. That officially made it a great trip. :)

Here are some pictures in no apparent order:

That parker boy sure loves his daddy

Me & my little eskimo preparing for a walk

Parker & Haley meet!
They were very interested in each other. Occasionally trying to eat one-another, slobbering on each others hands- they are best buds.

We hiked in the beautiful st. george canyons

grandpa c & parker taking a rest

Brett off exploring past the "do not hike past this point" sign- I made him give me parker and the baby carrier before he started mountain climbing- much to Brett's dismay.

Brett & Travis

When I went down to st. george in february with the blodgett girls we had heard that we needed to get "frozen hot chocolate" from this particular little place. Well, we tried back in february and never did get it. This time I was determined. we went 3 times!!! Each time it was closed. To keep me from hurling rocks, or blowing the place up- Brett convinced me to get some shaved ice & hot chocolate elsewhere. Good save honey.

We got back from st. george and the very next day we went out and got our very first Christmas tree!!

Sadly, we got home and all 3 of us have colds. It's so sad listening to little Parker sniffle and snuffle trying to breathe. It's especially hard with the whole binky situation- he wants his binky so bad sometimes, but he puts it in and can't breathe so he has to spit it out! I hope we will all get better soon- being sick is so tiring!
The thing I loathe the most about having a cold?
Not tasting my food!! It's the worst! I put a chocolate cookie in my mouth tonight, realized I couldn't taste it- and threw the rest of the cookie back in the box. while I cried. well, almost cried. I guess a cold is a good diet though, I'm not eating precious sweets if I can't taste them.

I present to you, "the many faces of a sick baby":
(viewer discretion advised- especially if you are grandma b or grandma c, you might not be able to take your little grandson so sad :)

the finale!
he's still a happy boy!