There is Beauty all Around

..... When there's love at home! and also there was definitely beauty in St. George. While there we could be found doing this:

And this... the rock climbing was fabulous and so easy to get to. We really love St. George, it's such a beautiful area. Audrey and Sam both climbed so well that day.

It was so fun to be with our friends the Taylors and all their cute kiddos - in this picture we have (starting from the top ) Audrey, Morgan, Reese, Crew, Elle, Ty, and Jett. They all get along so great and had a blast running through, up, and over all these amazing rocks.

Here's the girls seen below in my two new pair of sunglasses. I let them try them out for a spin, because they looked so cute in them! 

One of the evenings we went to the Red Rock area. I know, isn't it all red rocks down there?... Anyway, we hiked up this stream and found some awesome swimming holes and places to jump off the rocks. I've never until now really been in such a narrow area where the water was deep enough to jump into from way up high. Or if you're Cory, you can do backflips into it. And yes, I look less than glamourous jumping here - there's a reasonk, and it's called self-presesrvation. Everytime I jump from up high, I tend to tuck my legs up (and look horrified..) Sam calls this, my "monkey jump" I know, you're jealous.

The kids were sliding down the rocks like they were water slides! How cool is that?! Pretty cool, I think. They had so much fun and I love seeing them try new things and conquer fears. If any of you are in the St. George area, We HIGHLY recomend this! The hardest part about this whole trip was having  to come home! A few other noteworthy things were the girls running around behind our condo trying to catch the jack-rabbits that lived out in the sage brush. It was pretty cute, they'd put out lettuce and carrots for them every night, hoping to catch one. I guess there's a reason for the saying "fast as a jack-rabbit!" It was a great time though and we were so happy to share it with such great friends!

It's a beautiful world!