Girl's Trip 2026

Our annual girls trip is something I look forward to ALL YEAR LONG!!! And this year did NOT dissapoint!

We drove down to St. George on Thursday night after grabbing the best burritos from Maize. We listened to Nate Bargatze on the drive down and watched (I listened) to Pride and Prejudice in preparation for the anticipated binge watching of "The Other Bennett Sister". 

I should clarify- Lucy watched P&P, Grace and Marian slept! It had been a big week and everyone was ready to rest.

We started off the morning with a hike in Snow Canyon...one of my favorite places on the planet. I feel like the sky is bluer (more blue?) here than anywhere else I have ever been.

Can you even with that smile?

We are pretty much the coolest and I am the LUCKIEST to have such fun, adventurous, and delightful daughters!!!!

I almost can't breathe thinking that this girl... is headed off to college and then on a mission soon.

{imagine picture of Lucy here}

she is in her "no photos" era so be grateful for every glimpse of her you get!

Next stop was Orange Peel for the Choco-wake up shake...it is soooo good that no one was brave enough to order something different.

Pedicures at Pro Nails and Spa was a total hit!!! 

This may not have been our only Swig run. I was trying to re-create the yummiest combo my friend Brooke Urry brought me before girls camp...Diet Dr. Pepper with raspberry puree and sugar free coconut syrup. NOT raspberry syrup...that was a dissapoiunting miss.

Baptisms at the St. George Temple...SUCH a pretty temple inside and out!

Gotcha Lucy! She brought family names and got to be baptized for two sisters!!! Maybe they were having their own girls weekend up in Heaven too!

Love

That's right- I'm a cool mom and got everyone matching pink leopard print pajamas.

Before I had kids- I'd often pictured myself as a "boy mom" - I'm sure that would have been fun...but I have a hard time believing it would be MORE fun that a weekend of hiking, swimming, pedicures, Nertz tournaments, ice cream, Thai food, reflexology at FIKA, and binge watching "The Other Bennett Sister"with my favorite girls on the planet!  

This show did NOT disappoint! We all LOVED it!

 

New Easter Tradition

Last year Chad and I decided to try not to focus on the commercialization of Easter which was fine, but we didn't really do anything to replace it with the spiritual and meaningful aspects of the day.  In fact I remember thinking that night, other than an Easter egg hunt on Saturday and attending church and Sunday, we hadn't done anything to celebrate the day.  Well, I vowed that this year would be different.  One night a few weeks before Easter this idea just came to me and I knew it was pure inspiration.
The idea was to do the 12 Days of Easter!  I got out all our scripture pictures with the Savior and had everyone (minus Lucy) pick out their 3 favorite stories about Jesus.  Then I thought of a super simple activity that related to each story, wrote it down and put the papers in Easter Eggs labeled 1-12.  We took turns each night telling our favorite stories about the Savior and then opened the corresponding egg and did the little activity (examples: hug everyone in your family, think of a time someone served you, say something you love about Jesus, do service for someone else tonight)  The kids loved being able to talk about their favorite pictures and I loved that it was super simple yet meaningful.  Don't think that it was pure love and spiritual feasting every night.  There were plenty of moments filled whining, arguing, and serious grumpiness.  However- I couldn't help but notice that day after day as we focused on the Savior's life and put the pictures up in our kitchen, there was a little more kindness, a little more love, and a better feeling in our home come Easter.  I think we have a new Easter Tradition in the Pugh house.