Casey's 37th Birthday

For Casey's birthday this year we went camping up at Zion's National Park. It was a great time! Very low key. We got up there late yesterday afternoon and set up camp. We brought our queen size air mattress and a tent we had received for our wedding. Don't think it had been used in 10 years, but our nice tent is in San Diego. Anyway, the air mattress BARELY fit in the tent and we couldn't even zip the door shut. It was hilarious. I guess Casey isn't getting any birthday whoopie! We went for a walk around the camp grounds. Then came back for fire roasted hot dogs and birthday cake and Casey unwrapped his presents. Casey got up early this morning and went for a hike getting back just in time to take down camp and check out!

Maile and Kirstin do St. George

Our darling niece, Maile came down to visit us this month for a couple of weeks and brought along her best friend Kirstin. We had a lot of fun with them. Casey and I both still had to work so they spent some time down at my boss, Liisa Frei's pool. But we also got in a couple of St. George Roadrunners baseball games, hiking in Zion's, and a day trip to Las Vegas. Where the highlight was riding the elevator to the top of the Stratosphere and riding the ride on top. They're a couple of funny 14 year olds. Not too much drama, but lots of silliness. i.e. buying Pop Tarts as the only thing to eat for two weeks, texting each other while sitting next to each other, etc. Oh, to be a teenager again...pass!