Good-bye family

We began our goodbyes in July heading down to St. George to visit Travis' sister Cami Jo and her family. We left Wyoming and dropped off in Centerville to drop off a large bean bag for my brother.

 This is the bean bag wrapped up in a tarp and strapped to our little Pontiac Vibe. We had many strange looks on our drive down.

Then we were off to St. George. Who goes to St. George in July? Only for my super cool sister in-law would I ever agree to such a trip and it was well worth the heat. We did a lot of fun things and the older cousins were so happy to see each other and the younger two were... lets just say they were figuring each other out. We saw Cami and the boys in June in Lander but we missed Shane and were excited for the entire family fun. We also saw Travis' uncle and aunt for dinner one evening. We don't get to see the Shepherds very often and were excited for the chance to catch up.

I don't want to overwhelm this post with pics since I am so behind in blogging so here are just a few pics. We went to a bounce house and the kids just loved it and so did the adults.

 Older cousins loving to spend time with each other.

 Devlin enjoying the little kid section. He didn't love sliding down the high slides. 

 Liv bouncing about on the favorite slide of all.

The men showing the kids how it was done.

We did many more things including lunch at a pirate restaurant and playing at a splash park.

 Liv

Dev

We had so much fun with the Petty's and were so sad to see our time with them end. On our way to Salt Lake Cami suggested we stop off at Cove's Fort. So glad we did. It was fun for the kids to see the way the pioneers used to live. 

 Travis and the kids with the missionary who gave us the tour through the fort.

 Manti Temple on our way north. By far one of my favorite temples.

 We took a detour through Spring City, Utah to do a little family history. Travis' great grandmother lived here in this lovely little town. We stopped at the cemetery and found her house.

This was Travis' great grandma Minnie Barney's house. Some nice family lives there now and are fixing it up. 

This was in the Spring City Cemetery. Reddick Allred's headstone. This was a neat find for us. Reddick is a bit of a hero/ancestor for Travis. He helped in the handcart rescues, Mormon Battalion and was known as "Big Dog" by Brigham Young. 

We then headed up to Davis County to visit with my family and Travis' aunts. It was good to see all those that we could.