As if getting to see family wasn't enough, we had the incredible good fortune of getting to meet up with two sets of friends in St George. Through Facebook posts on our drive there, we discovered that friends Jens & Karen (from our time at UW) were on vacation at Zion National Park. We got to meet up with them for lunch before they left town - what a fun surprise! I guess we were too busy visiting to take any pictures...We also found out that our good friends April and Dave (from our early years in Grand Forks) were going to be in St. George at the same time we were. There may or may not have been some shrieking on the part of April and/or myself as it had been several years since we'd seen them. We tried not to hog ALL of their time and attention, but we enjoyed every minute with them we could. One day we met at a local splash park and let the kids play while we talked. Hopefully it could become an annual reunion....hint, hint, Barnes family!
Can't you just picture them, 7 or eight years down the road, getting ready to go to dances?
Haley and Morgan have been friends since they were infants, and Jake and Abby are the same age and get along well. But sorry buddy, you'll probably always be the shortest one in the group. She has much taller parents than you do. 
We just love these guys!
