Memorial Day Weekend!

We had one of the best surprises you could get, EVER, over Memorial Weekend!

Even better than the spectacular weather we enjoyed... which is notoriously M.I.A. each year! 

Tyler, Rachel and the kids surprised us by coming to visit.

We absolutely LOVED every minute being together with them!

Here's what we did while they were here...

Saturday was an absolute GORGEOUS day so we decided to take a little excursion.

We first went to feed the fish at Warm River.

The fish must have been starved for bread because they were jumping like crazy!

Once the bread was all gone we continued up the road towards Mesa Falls.

Lower Mesa Falls

And Upper Mesa Falls

When we finished it was dinnertime so we decided to treat our honored guests to dinner at Big Js.

Got to love a meal that I don't have to cook or clean up!

 The next day was Sunday which meant early morning church...

and a LONG afternoon of keeping the kids occupied with appropriate Sabbath day activities.

(The dirt pile we've got out back was terribly tempting for some of the kiddos!)

After dinner we took a quick drive to show off my grandparents property

and then came home for an "intiation ceremony" of sorts for our fire pit.  Wahoo!

Rach brought s'more stuff and the fire pit provided just what we need to cook those babies up right!

Silly kids!

Here's to s'more summer nights roasting s'mores!!!

And then it was Monday!

Burke, Abby and Hannah were up first thing asking to play in the dirt! 

The kids pretty much played in that pile of dirt all day!

But once in a while we would find them doing a little bit of this...

Or a little bit of that...

Riding on these...

Or playing on that... (this is the top of our pump house!)

But mostly they were right here...

Meanwhile the dads did this...

Any quesses as to who won the game?

While the mom's hung out with these two...

We finished of the day by BBQ'ing some chicken.

Super Yummy!

And then it was bathtime for the kiddos....

packing for Tyler and Rachel...

and then our sad goodbyes!

Thanks again for coming to visit Johnson Family!

You sure made our Memorial weekend a memorable one!