St.George tournament

 March 18 - 19

We headed down to St. George for baseball tournament in March.  That time of year it is nice to head down to warmer weather.  Since I'm playing catch up so this tournament happened about 5 months ago I don't remember a whole lot of details except that it was super fun!  We stayed in a cool old house across the street from Brigham Young's home.  Shanine worked out all the details (she's stayed there a few times before) and it worked out great.  There were four different units, each with their own bathroom and kitchen but they were all connected so the kids were able to wander through easily.  It was quite fun to have Emily and her friend Spencer, Amy and her friend Allysa, and two other families of boys on the team.  

Matt and I drove down with the Littles and stopped at a park to eat lunch.  We'd brought sandwich makings with us.  It was so pleasant!  We ate at the park where Grandpa Cornishes pioneer statue is in Hurricane (picture further down in the post).  Kate and Daniel had a great time playing outside since it's too cold to be on a playground at home.  Oliver and I hung out while we watched Kate and Daniel play.

   

Here is the statue by Grandpa Cornish.  What a remarkable person he seems to have been.  I'm very much looking forward to meeting him and Grandma Cornish.  I wonder how much they are able to observe or be involved in our lives...

After dinner in the park we headed over to see some baseball!  The Littles were so thrilled to be out running around.  

We all had a good time chatting and munching.  Emily and Spencer came over and helped with the Littles and to set up the tent.  They got extra points for coming over to help :)  When the sun went down it actually got quite chilly.  Daniel was able to get comfortable with a blanket and a bag of chips (where is his mother?).  How darling is this boy?!  

The games were great. They won the tournament, which always makes for a jolly time afterwards. Emily and Spencer took Amy, Allyssa out for ice cream afterwards.  I just love watching them. Sometimes I wish there wasn't such an age gap so the Littles could do things like that with their older siblings.  It is just a joy to see siblings choosing to spend time together.  They are such good kids.

It was a late night for these little people.  They all conked off on the drive home.  

   

Matt, Kate, Daniel, Oliver, and I were all in one room.  That makes for a tricky morning.  Kate woke up first which woke up Daniel.  To try to keep them from waking up Oliver, Matt told them a word story.  It was a fun morning of stories, giggles, trying (and failing) to sneak into the kitchen for a snack (because we were going to go to breakfast all together to celebrate Amy's birthday), and lots of chatting as people got ready.  Really, it was such a fun trip.