Best Husband ever....

Todd and I's anniversary is February 26th which is just a few short weeks after Valentines Day. We usually combine the two holidays or do something small on both days. We have never been the couple that gets one another presents or spends tons of money on gifts for each other, we would rather get a four wheeler or new kitchen table. But this year my hubby out did himself. In the past I have told him not to get me flowers. I am weird and don't really enjoy getting flowers. So for our anniversary it has been tradition to go out together and get an exotic variety of flowers and be done with it until next year. Not this year!!!

On Valentines Day Todd came home from work with a beautiful arrangement of white orchids. Magical right?!! Well it gets better, for our anniversary I came home and found two dozen red roses on our counter. My Dad was in town and we all went to dinner and then came back to the house to show him the pad, and there in the kitchen were my beautiful roses. Todd had snuck home and arranged the flowers himself.

I love my Todd, he continuously surprises me!!!!

St. George

This past weekend we took an extended weekend vacation to St. George to help celebrate Todds younger brother Christian's eleventh birthday. We hadn't been down there since we moved back to Utah, so the trip was well overdue. We had a blast hanging out with the family and catching up with old friends.

We had Christians b-day party Saturday and Sunday night and then we went to church with them Sunday morning. We went to the temple Monday morning with Todd's grandma Cottle, Mark and Michelle, and then Monday afternoon we went on a hike before heading out.

If you have never had the chance to visit St. George you are definitely missing out. This is by far one of the prettiest places I have ever been. You can hike the red rock, drive out to the grand canyon, slide in the sand dunes, camp in the mountains, look for Indian hieroglyphics, search for dinosaur footprints, and hike into volcanoes. This place is honest to goodness my second favorite city to visit.


Here are some pics of the hike we went on before we took off.
The family minus Todd taking a break
Top left to right: Me, Amanda (12), Christian (11), Lauren (14)
Bottom left to right: Mark (Todd's dad), Hayden (10), Michelle (Todd's beautiful step mom)
Us girls getting ready to slide down the sand dune...
The boys hiking up the steep hill to Amanda.

Its fun to watch Hayden and Christian look at Todd. Sometime I forget that he has brothers and sisters this young. These kids treasure their time with Todd, and their faces when they see him light up, but Todd's lights up just as much when he is around them. Sweet Todd!!
This is Todd's Mandy. She is adorable and Todd has a special place in his heart for her. They cling to each other and have the best time when they are together.


It was an exhausting weekend but well worth it. We are planning to make it down there more often and we can not wait for the next trip.