Packard St. George Trip

The Packard siblings planned a trip to St. George to surprise their mom, Karen. 

In true Packard fashion is was adventurous and full of good times!

Cora had the sweetest set up while we were at the climbing wall.
She sat in her oasis content for over an hour:)

 

There was boys vs girls volleyball. 

Mind you that two of Weston's sisters play college volleyball:)

And also birthday celebrations! This month it was Ally, Becca, and my birthdays.

Here Comes the Gown

While in St. George I spent a day with my dear Aunt Susan. We were talking about my Grandma Luella and she mentioned that her Wedding Gown was currently in a wedding gown exhibit at the St. George Art Museum! The below gown was hers, she was married in 1947. My Aunt Susan wore the same gown at her wedding in 1987.  

There were gowns from every decade from the past 150 years! 

Oh I am such a sucker for historical textiles. Here were some of my favorites. 

1920's 

1930's 

1930's

1990's

1960's

1880's

1850's

Thanks Aunt Susan for the amazing afternoon!

Sweet 27th Birthday

Oh blessed 27 years! This past year may be one of my favorite yet! For my birthday we planted my patio cactus flower garden! I still have not taken a picture of the finished project, but I plan to do that real soon. I also got red bamboo knit material from my mother in law that I made into a dress to wear on my birthday! :)

5 Months

Oh mercy, things are getting fun with this little girl. I seriously cannot believe how fast she is growing! She just turned 5 months. Here are a few favorite things from this past month.

Spring break staycation!!

Oh what a joy semester breaks are! We decided that we would have a nice stay-cation 

and just enjoy the local fair. I don't know if this really counts, 

but San Diego is pretty much in our back yard, so we went for just two days! 

The very first stop was the new Mormon Battalion Museum. 

As fate would have it we ran into four good friends from Bountiful! 

We spent the rest of the night with them and celebrated Angie's birthday 

with "hot hot churros" in Old Town

We stayed in a pet friendly hotel on Dog Beach :) There were little dog showers outside the beach access. The next day we went to see the San Diego Temple!

 And La Jolla Cove to see the seals and marine life

And finally La Jolla Shores and enjoyed the beach before heading home.