St. George - May 8th-14th

Just a few days after we returned from Germany, we headed to St. George to spend a week with Kenneth's family at their time share.  It was especially exciting because it was the first time we were able to see his brother, Steven, in two years.  He just returned from serving a mission in the Tulsa, Oklahoma mission.  It was also our first time meeting our newest nephew, Marcus.

We had two condos for the trip, one next to the other.  We were in the "sick" condo with Chantale, Mike and their daughter Elena, who was sick with hand, foot & mouth disease.  Needless to say, we spent most of our time at the other condo!  We had tons of fun though, climbing, taking a family hike, swimming, finding crayfish at the lake, a girl's day out shopping and taking family photos.

The  crayfish Kenneth took about 15 minutes to get untangled from the fishing line.

Climbing with Stephanie

Kenneth & Stephanie - day 2

Sreven climbing - he was climbing in his dress shoes, so we bought him some climbing shoes the next day as a make-up for the last 2 Christmases and birthdays.

Cuties!

I love his face!

She is so adorable!

Rachelle & Stephanie - with Steph making a very Stephy face

The Noyce clan - already outdated because now Steven is married!

Rachelle & Dustin with kids Aidan, Matty, Cami & Marcus

Chantale & Mike with cute Elena

Us

After taking family pictures we spent some time playing on the playground - always a good situation with my kids.

Baby Marcus

Cami

Matty

We even got some of the guys out who don't usually care to come out climbing.  Matty & Aidan even did some climbing!  They did great!

Matty climbing

Aidan, Me, Dustin, Steven & Mike

Aidan at the top of the route

Kenneth with the view of the Green Valley Gap behind him

Matty with his light saber while climbing - their family is obsessed!

Me belaying Mike

Me climbing

Here is a compilation of pictures of Kenneth doing a classic climb he has always wanted to try.  It was a tough one too!  A 12.a I think.  He did a great job and looked amazing!

Here are some photos from our family hike:

A nasty, yet awesome looking web in the trees

Utah Mom

Danny playing in the sand

Another crayfish - Danny loves them!

I love Utah!

The pools - there was a group of kids swimming in the largest one

Another day climbing - with the usual Noyce climbers - Kenneth, Me, Stephanie and Steven.

Kenneth on an awesome climb

Steven trying as well

We had a wonderful time in St. George.   The time spent with family was excellent, and it is one of our favorite places to climb.  We always love it there and can't wait to head back sometime soon.