Memorial Day

Here is the catch-all post for the last few months of activities, though mostly it's about Memorial Day. Since both of us really enjoy visiting cemetaries (you had to know by now that we're quirky!), and it's been several years since we've been close enough to family graves, we were thrilled when asked to deliver mums in Grandma's absence.

And so, entrusted with such a monumental task (no pun intended),

we made a weekend out of it.

On Saturday we visited the grave of Ryan's great-grandparents. Reese especially loved that we were there to deliver flowers. She took her job very seriously and what time wasn't spent looking for these headstones was spent chasing her all over as she righted every pot she saw that had been tipped over.

Having been windy the night before, you can well imagine she had her work cut out for her.

Yes, Ryan is wearing buckskins in these shots. No he wasn't trying to 'blend in'- we stopped at the cemetary on our way to the Old Ephraim Rendezvous.

That night we thought it would be fun to have a family activity centered around the people we took flowers to earlier. So we decided to make Ryan's family's legendary Molasses Cookies.

Unfortunately we realized, after talking to his mom, that this particular recipe had come from the other side of the family.

Oops.

Oh well. It's the thought that counts, right?

Monday was part two of our Memorial Day celebration and it was honestly hilarious.

Don't be fooled by this lovely shot- it may look like a nice day but it was insane!

Rain, Hail, and lost in a cemetary with two little kids. Sounds like a horror movie, right?

We followed the directions, but 'right across from the SLC temple grave' lost meaning when we discovered not one, not two, but FOUR SLC temple monuments throughout the graveyard!

The upside?

We did finally find the right one,and learned how to read a cemetary map to boot.

Later that week Ryan had some unexpected free time so we decided to hit a few hikes that have been on the list for a while.

First we saw the site of the Bear River Massacre up north outside of Franklin, ID. Very interesting to see, but so tragic!

Beautiful views up there!

A few days later, we decided to hike up to see Old Ephraim's grave- a legend and the last known grizzly bear in Cache Valley.

Funny story. We followed the signs, hiked for about 3 or 4 miles, and somehow never made it.

Hmm. That tricky bear is still pretty elusive. ;)

But at least it gave us a chance to break in our new baby carrier.

LOVE it!

(Sam does too!)

And it gave Reese a chance to gather LOTS of rocks! Can you see her pockets bulging? lol.

We had such a great time in a seriously gorgeous canyon!