Friday night we arrived in Cedar City and Matt and Sara had a nice home cooked meal waiting for us. We had a pretty relaxing Friday night just watching the kids ride bikes in the driveway til it got dark. Meryn had outgrown her old bike with training wheels and passed it onto Andrea. Andrea did really well, but looked a little too grown up for me!
The kids all snuggled down for a movie after riding bikes.
Saturday we had a very fun-filled day starting with a visit to Discovery Park up on the hill of Cedar City, it was really windy (it was all over the state) but the kids didn't mind and it was still fairly warm. We got so many great pictures, this was the coolest park I've ever seen!
We were all a little worried Ryan would get stuck in the slide but he made it!
The three cousins
Andrea and Meryn put a show on for us at the ampitheatre
This one portrays the kids pretty well!
I love this one with Matt and Ryan in the back of the cop car.
After the park we went back to Matt and Sara's for lunch and then decided to walk down to Grandpa Ray's care center for a visit. Grandpa has been at the care center for about a week because of his heart and it's only a couple of blocks from Matt and Sara so since the weather was nice we thought it would be a good walk for all of us. Grandpa seemed in good spirits and loved us all visiting the girls even sang him a few songs which he loved.
This was the walk back from the care center, the girls needed a break.
By this time Saturday Gary and Linda had made the trip down, so the grown-ups took advantage of some free babysitting and headed out for a day together. Ryan wanted some photos of old buildings in the small towns dotting the southern part of the state and luckily Matt and Sara knew exactly what he was looking for. Here are a couple of the photos with some editing.
A service station in Kanarra
An old barn in Toquerville (I think)
Then we headed to a ghost town outside of Rockville called Grafton. This was where the movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid was filmed but before that it was an actual town for cotton farmers. They have started a restoration process but I enjoyed walking through the unrestored buildings best. Warning, photo overload ahead:
This was the scary bridge you cross to get to Grafton. On our way there someone was filming some runners on the bridge, but the boys got some photos on the return trip.
This was the old school house which had been restored, so you could only look in the window.
This home was right next to the school and was also locked.
This house was across the way from the previous house, and we walked through this one.
Down the road a bit was this house, and in my opinion, the neatest one. It was quite large, and even had an open cellar.
An old barn next to the last house, it even had an old wagon still locked inside.
It was really fun to see the brothers bond through photography. Sara and I were often left in the car while the boys hopped out to take pictures of something they spotted. After our small towns adventure we stopped in St. George for dinner and then headed back to Cedar.
Sunday morning was pretty relaxing until it came time for Grandpa's birthday party and Easter Egg hunt. Grandpa got a field trip from the care center and the rest of Linda's side of the family came over. Matt and Sara took a tally and 24 people total were at their house. The original plan was to have the egg hunt outside but the weather didn't cooperate.
Andrea hugging her Grandpa Ray, I always regretted not getting more pictures of her with Grandma Helen, so I'm glad she is so friendly with her great Grandpa!
Another fun trip to Cedar! Can't wait for the next one, Ryan says summer but I'm thinking next General Conference :)
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