Our vacation started on Sat. Oct. 18th. We drove to St. George. Rich, Jacee and me in our car and Garrett and Skyler in front of us in Garrett's car. We arrived around 4ish and checked into the condo. Then we went over to Bill and Paula's house for dinner. They made hamburgers and hot dogs. It was delicious. Grandma Rawson was there and Kelly Bergstrom and her cute boys. On Sunday we hung out at the pool and then went to Grandma's house for dinner. She made ribs and they were divine!!
On Monday we headed to Zion's Canyon. It was beautiful!!
Skyler, what a nut!! I swear I have never laughed so hard in my life!! He kept us all in stitches the whole week!! You're an amazing young man, Sky, keep it up!! We're so proud or you and your decisions!! We love you!!
Garrett striking a pose for the all the women out there!! It was nice to spend time with him! We don't get to see him much, he's always working. Between him and Sky, there wasn't a dull moment. Garrett you're an awesome big brother and we are blessed to have you!! We love you!!
Jacee atop a hill looking down on all the little people down below. She was alot of fun!! She likes to tease her big brothers!! Jacee is very kind hearted! We love you, babe!! Keep it up!!
Isn't this a sweet picture!! We had so much fun with these 3!
Poppa Rich and his boys! Ain't they handsome!!
Man what a stick boy!! Garrett jumping for the camera.
Rich rock climbing.
Sky rock climbing.
Jacee rock climbing.
Me and my honey strolling into the mountains.
Rich strolling and scrolling on his phone.
Another sweet picture of the 3.
This is taken on our way out of the canyon.
This is in Rockville, just outside of Zions. Another sweet pic of the 3.
My honey in Rockville. You are such an amazing man!! You are so good to all of us!! Thank-you for all you do for us!! Thank-you for a wonderful vacation! I love you, so much!!
This picture is taken on Tuesday. Rich had to go into Salt Lake to work, so, the 3 and I decided to go to a ghost town, Skyler found on a brochure in our condo. So, we got a map and headed out. It said on the brochure that it was 30 minutes from St. George. To make a long story short, we took a wrong turn and ended up in Arizona. This was after driving for at least an hour, maybe longer.
We finally found it. It was called Grafton. It was actually on the was to Zions, just outside of Rockville. This is the cemetery. It was really sad. Alot of the headstones were for babies. Pres. Brigham Young sent people to Grafton to settle and plant cotton. Cotton did really well there. There were indians and alot of the settlers were killed by them. That's when Pres. Young had them move to bigger settlements with at least 150 men. So, they loaded up their families and moved to Rockville. The men went back to Grafton everyday to tend to their crops. After 2 years they all moved back to Grafton.
Some of the headstones were so old you couldn't even see the names and dates. These are wooden ones. Alot of the headstones had "Faith in every Footstep" emblems on them. Handcart pioneers!! It was so neat to see all that history.
This is the Church house/school. They've been restoring it.
One of the houses that is still standing. Can you imagine living is something this small?! We are sooo spoiled.
The 3 outside the Church/school.
Another house, in the distance. I love this picture. I'm such a professional! (trust me, it was by accident)
A trantuala on our way out of Grafton. If interested, you can check out the website it tells all about the town. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid was filmed in Grafton. The last settler left in 1945.
http://www.graftonheritage.org/ If you get the opportunity, you should go! It was amazing!
On Monday we headed to Zion's Canyon. It was beautiful!!
Skyler, what a nut!! I swear I have never laughed so hard in my life!! He kept us all in stitches the whole week!! You're an amazing young man, Sky, keep it up!! We're so proud or you and your decisions!! We love you!!
Garrett striking a pose for the all the women out there!! It was nice to spend time with him! We don't get to see him much, he's always working. Between him and Sky, there wasn't a dull moment. Garrett you're an awesome big brother and we are blessed to have you!! We love you!!
Jacee atop a hill looking down on all the little people down below. She was alot of fun!! She likes to tease her big brothers!! Jacee is very kind hearted! We love you, babe!! Keep it up!!
Isn't this a sweet picture!! We had so much fun with these 3!
Poppa Rich and his boys! Ain't they handsome!!
Man what a stick boy!! Garrett jumping for the camera.
Rich rock climbing.
Sky rock climbing.
Jacee rock climbing.
Me and my honey strolling into the mountains.
Rich strolling and scrolling on his phone.
Another sweet picture of the 3.
This is taken on our way out of the canyon.
This is in Rockville, just outside of Zions. Another sweet pic of the 3.
My honey in Rockville. You are such an amazing man!! You are so good to all of us!! Thank-you for all you do for us!! Thank-you for a wonderful vacation! I love you, so much!!
This picture is taken on Tuesday. Rich had to go into Salt Lake to work, so, the 3 and I decided to go to a ghost town, Skyler found on a brochure in our condo. So, we got a map and headed out. It said on the brochure that it was 30 minutes from St. George. To make a long story short, we took a wrong turn and ended up in Arizona. This was after driving for at least an hour, maybe longer.
We finally found it. It was called Grafton. It was actually on the was to Zions, just outside of Rockville. This is the cemetery. It was really sad. Alot of the headstones were for babies. Pres. Brigham Young sent people to Grafton to settle and plant cotton. Cotton did really well there. There were indians and alot of the settlers were killed by them. That's when Pres. Young had them move to bigger settlements with at least 150 men. So, they loaded up their families and moved to Rockville. The men went back to Grafton everyday to tend to their crops. After 2 years they all moved back to Grafton.
Some of the headstones were so old you couldn't even see the names and dates. These are wooden ones. Alot of the headstones had "Faith in every Footstep" emblems on them. Handcart pioneers!! It was so neat to see all that history.
This is the Church house/school. They've been restoring it.
One of the houses that is still standing. Can you imagine living is something this small?! We are sooo spoiled.
The 3 outside the Church/school.
Another house, in the distance. I love this picture. I'm such a professional! (trust me, it was by accident)
A trantuala on our way out of Grafton. If interested, you can check out the website it tells all about the town. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid was filmed in Grafton. The last settler left in 1945. http://www.graftonheritage.org/ If you get the opportunity, you should go! It was amazing!
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Great pictures Jana! Road trippin' with the family and the video camera. That's what it's all about right there. Good memories for you guys! That ghost town looks awesome! Next time we're down that way I want to go see it.
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