Not So Sunny St. George

After the wedding I took the girls and we headed to St. George to spend some time with my family. We had to drive through Zion National Park to get there. Let me tell you, it did not disappoint. The snow on red rocks is always breathtaking, but add amazing views and you cannot help but drop your jaw. The drive to my parents was much more uneventful compared to our drive to the cabin. Thank heaven.

The girls had so much fun playing with their cousins. My sister, Whitnee, drove up from Vegas on Monday and spent the day with us. We had so much fun just chilling and catching up. I always long to live closer to my sisters and parents, so trips like this are good from my soul.

My sister, Rylee, and her cute girly, Blakely, came over to spend time with us as well. She was so good to put up with Avery. Avery is pretty good at taking over toys and being pretty bossy, so I was impressed with Blakely's patience.

Avery does not travel very well, and does not like sleeping in anything but her bed. Because of this she spent most of the trip being a tired grump, but we made the most out of it. Traveling with kiddos just makes everything that much more exciting.

My mom was so cute and did a family night lesson for us Monday night. Ellie was elated because family night is her favorite part of the week. We learned how to be fishers of men. Ellie could not get enough of the cute fishing game my mom made.

Avery got her first ice cream cone, and she could not believe how delicious (and cold) it was. She sat in the highchair for a good long time eating it, which is a miracle for her. Leave it to Grandma and Papa to spoil the girls. Part of my purpose of going to St. George was to try to ditch my winter blues for a few days. The company helped, but it snowed, so there was no escape! We also had to head home early to avoid a big winter storm.

While I was in St. George my mom and I wanted to make a cake. We settled on Cake by Courtney's Candy Bar Cake. It was a party! It has layers of shortbread cookie and chocolate cake sandwiched with a delicious peanut butter nugget and salted caramel. There were a lot of separate components to this cake to make, but the combination is so worth it. I did not have all of my decorating supplies, so the drip didn't turn out as well as I would like, but who can complain when you take a bite of this masterpiece?