Memorial Day

I have decided that I want to live in the desert! We went to Mesquite over Memorial Day weekend. My parents paid for our trip down there for my birthday present. Unfortunately, Doug couldn't go with us because he had to work. I missed him so much, but we had a lot of fun anyway.

On Saturday we went to visit my cousin in Panguitch. It's a depressing little town outside of Cedar City however my cousin runs a little chuck wagon dinner show in Bryce Canyon. I LOVE BRYCE CANYON! It was so beautiful. My kids were able to ride horses with their cousins and have some horse manure fights (I used to do that with my brother and cousins.) My cousin Kairon came home from his mission just before Mother's day. He served in Texas, the same mission that his dad went to. We weren't able to attend his missionary report because Doug's dad was married the same weekend, so it was nice to visit with him. He and his brothers and their dad sing for their dinner show. They all play instruments as well. Kairon plays the fiddle, Kaizaiah plays the guitar, Kaizac plays the bass and their dad, Brad plays the mandolin. They are really good. If you're ever in Bryce Canyon this summer (which I HIGHLY recommend) go check them out. It's called the Sundown Ranch at the Bryce Canyon Resort.

On Monday my parents took us to the Valley of Fire which is a state park just outside of Mesquite. It's the coolest place I've ever been. You're driving thru this desert, which is beautiful and then all of a sudden you drive around this bend and there's this island of red sandstone mountains all over. It's incredible!! There were lots of different rock formations that the kids got to climb on. The rocks were riddled with caves that we were all climbing in and out of. I am telling you, it was the absolutely gorgeous. My favorite part was called The Burning Edge that overlooked a place called Rainbow Valley. The red rocks was striped with purple and blue and green and there were gold rocks all over the place. I could have stayed there forever.

We also got to see some authentic petroglyphs. They were really interesting. I can't wait to be able to go back and learn more.