Thatcher Trip...

This morning we had the opportunity to go to my cousin Nathan's sealing in the Gila Valley Temple. It was a beautiful ceremony and my cousin Dawn (his mom) said that she was doing just fine during it, until she saw the tears in my eyes. Then she couldn't hold it back. Sorry, I'm a cry baby. I can't help it. I sat there thinking that almost 7 years ago Jerry and I were in the Snowflake Temple being sealed. It was a great reminder of the things we have been promised and that things we have promised to do.

We drove down the day before so that it wouldn't be such a long trip for the boys. (They were watched by older cousins while we were in the sealing.)


Here they are relaxing, watching cartoon after a long day in the car and playing in the pool. Kaysen asked Gage if he wanted to sit by him so Gage crawled right up and laid in between his legs. Then Kaysen started rubbing/tickling Gages arms. I love watching them in the sweet moments when they arent fighting.



Here is Gage pretending to be Rapunzel. I have numerous photos like this one. Ones which Jerry tells me to burn (he's kidding...kinda). This boy just loves the movie Tangled. If he ever finds a blanket, or our arm chair cover, he sticks it on his head, twirls around and sings. He even moves the blanket with his feet like Rapunzel moves her hair when she is twisting. He will get a brush and say, "I'll brush and brush and brush and brush mine hair" just like she does in the movie. Luckily he still calls himself a boy though...he just like to dress up.


Immediately when we drove into the hotel Kaysen and Gage saw the swimming pool. I made the mistake of bringing it up to them about 3 days before the trip was made and they'd constantly ask when they were going to get to go swimming. So we headed into our room, changed our clothes and jumped into the pool. It felt great seeing as how it was 104 degrees outside. That water sure cooled us off quick. We have never used life vests when we've gone swimming, so we have always been constantly holding them. This time I borrowed some from my sis-in-law and man they were a hit with the boys. They loved being able to roam all over.

Here is Jerry giving Kaysen a flip. He'd sit him on one of his shoulders then throw him in the air. Kaysen was having a blast.




Here Jerry is trying to teach Gage how to keep his face up, out of the water. It took Gage a little bit to get used to the life vest. It kept making him dip forward and his face would go in the water, but once he go the hang of it he was hooked.

My mom came along for the trip and got a family picture for us. Good thing we are all in the water. I'm wearing my prepregancy swimsuit that barely fits. Luckily it is a tankini and covered my expanding belly, but occasionally it would slide on up and my belly would be poking out.

Due to wildfires and my pregnancy and building our addition this summer has been lacking in the family vacation area. This was a great little getaway.