Easter '09

Last weekend we drove up to St. George to celebrate Easter with Sam's family. (I'm pretty sure we're the only people who move to San Diego, and then constantly travel to other places. Don't most people vacation here?) Sam's mom's side of the family always gathers there Easter weekend so there were a lot of people in town; even all of Sam's siblings made it (except our new brother-in-law Justin)!

We had a lot of fun hanging out, playing cards, going to the St. George Arts Festival, and eating (of course)! I think I had Cafe Rio four times. Don't judge me. Annie and Meg missed the Easter "egg" hunt on Friday with all the kids, so Sarah hosted a private hunt for the Schmidt siblings. Things got a little intense. The "hunts" in St. George consist of the adults throwing candy on the ground and the kids running around filling up their bags as fast as possible. It's pretty entertaining, but even more so when all the participants are 16 or older.

McKay takes the early lead.

Parker got in on the action. Pull up your pants Stafford.




On Saturday the girls went wedding dress shopping with Annie (she's getting married in June). It was so fun to watch a little fashion show, and she ended up finding one!

Annie got engaged in March to a cute boy, McKay, who she's known since she lived in Massachusetts. Here's a picture of the happy couple.


We had lots of fun in St. George, but are SOOO glad to be home enjoying this heat wave!

Election Day and San Jorge

Here's a picture of Sam and Parker on Election Day. We lucked out because our assigned polling location was the main office of our apartment complex. So we walked over and didn't even have to stand in line! Parker sported his red, white, and blue pants, and even got an "I Voted" sticker!

This past weekend Sam and I packed up the Man and headed down to St. George to see my cousin Logan perform with the Young Ambassadors. We spent some time with him at the temple in the morning.

I just noticed the bride in the background!

The group gave an impromptu performance for the missionaries in the visitors center. It was beautiful, I wish I would have thought to take a video of it!

The performance was Saturday night at Tuacahn (such a cool theater!). It was fabulous. They sang a variety of songs from all decades and genres. Logan sang "Tell Her About It" by Billy Joel and "Everything" by Michael Buble. He was wonderful. My favorite section was the 80's (which Logan's first solo was in) because they also sang "Break My Stride" (love that song!) and "Seize the Day" from Newsies!

Here is a funny picture I took of the little man the other day. He was trying to escape from his swing. He's so awesome and continues to make us laugh everyday!