Memorial day weekend!

Cayman and I started this week off by heading to Idaho to spend time with my sister and dad. We left Tuesday morning and came back on Thursday. Cory had to work in St. George so he didn't come. Cayman was very excited to see Mel, Phil, Grandpa, and Cocoa. We started our day by getting some little things to put on my moms headstone. Cayman was very excited to get some flowers to put out there. She picked red and white roses all by herself. We met my dad out there and Cayman helped him clean up my mom's grave. Cayman was so precious and sweet to help. She was wiping down the headstone with soap and water and then put her flowers in the ground. I miss my mom very much and I wish Cayman could have known her. Cory and I drove by the Bountiful Cemetary last week and Cayman yelled, "Look, Grandma Debi. We go?" It took me by surprise that she knew that my mom was in a place that looked like that. It brought tears to my eyes and I told her we would visit Grandma Debi in Idaho. Thats where she is. I always visit when I go up there and Cayman goes with me. I know she doesn't understand just yet but the older she gets the more I will teach her about her grandma she has never met.
We had fun swimming the next day with Kami, Paytinn, Paxton, Preston, and Mel. We then took my Grandma Mead out to dinner at Applebees for her birthday. It was fun and I am glad Cayman gets to meet her "Big Grandma." We met my friend and her daughter for breakfast on Thursday and played at the park. Thanks Mel and Phil for letting us stay! We had a good time. We then came home to get ready for our next adventure of heading out to Bryce Canyon for the weekend.
We left Friday evening with Grandma Connie in our car and got stuck in traffic for 2 hours. We got to our hotel at 10:30pm and settled in for a good nights rest. Cayman got to sleep with grandma and I am sure that was the highlight of the trip. The next morning we got up and got ready to hike. We were not expecting it to be so muddy and rainy. What a surprise! We were so muddy that we grew 5 inches from mud sticking on our shoes. Yuck! The hike was pretty but it was wet, muddy and long. I was having aches in my lower tummy and being pregnant, it was a little more difficult for me to hike up the trails. I felt bad that Cayman wanted me to carry her and I couldn't and I started to cry. The joys of pregnancy. Cayman found that on this hike in certain spots she had an echo. She would say echo, echo? Where are you?" It was pretty cute. I love my little kid. We cleaned off our shoes in the bathroom and then grabbed some lunch. It started clearing up in the afternoon so we let Cayman take a little nap and then we got out for another hike. It was much better. No rain, mud or breakdowns. We saw a little waterfall and Cayman got to play in the river.

This hike was much better and we had lots of fun. After hiking we went to dinner at this little smokehouse in Panguitch. It had a live singer that Cayman just went crazy over. Every time the lady sang, Cayman would dance and clap and the singer would make comments to Cayman. She was pretty cute and the singer thought she was her biggest fan. It was fun. The next day we went to breakfast and then did another hike which was the Butch Cassidy trail. Pretty much we walked in this river that had no water in it. Cayman and I made up a song that goes like this: I go walking, in a river, that has no water in it.
She would sing it and it was really cute. This was fun and it was not raining when we started. When we saw some really dark clouds coming in, we decided to turn back. We got rained on but it wasn't too bad. What a rainy weekend. We left for home after that and that ended our hiking. On Monday, we had donuts and breakfast at CJ and Jackies house. Later in the afternoon Cory and I took Cayman to Tracy Aviary at Liberty park and looked at all the birds.

We let her ride on the planes and the carousel. That wore us out. Cayman took a nap and then that evening we met some friends for icecream at Pace's Dairy Ann. What a full week! Now we need to relax! Enjoy our slideshow! If you first click on the little play arrow and then hit the HQ in the slideshow box, the pictures will be more clear.