This weekend we went to St. George to watch Mariah run! Bethany couldn't come because she had a mandatory Saturday rehearsal for her play. She stayed with friends instead and was a good sport and stayed positive about it, but we all wished she was there and she did too! We missed her alot! Everyone else was there except McKay. We had Kevin and I, Savannah, Sarah and Avery, Megan and Ammon, Mariah, Cheyenne, Calianne, and Benjamin!

We drove down Friday afternoon and made it in time for Mariah's seven o'clock race--the 5K. It was pouring down rain! We gave Sarah and Avery the umbrella we brought and i wore the rain jacket I brought and we still all got wet wet wet. Mariah most of all! She ran great and we had so much fun cheering for her even in the rain! For all 12 1/2 laps! There were definitely some puddle stomping happening when we headed back to the car!

We had a really nice BnB for the next two nights. It had 4 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms and a nice large common area. We had a balcony with a view of the pool, too!

The next day after breakfast we headed back to the Utah Tech track to see Mariah's other race of the meet which was a 1500meter--3 and 3/4 times around the track. It wasn't raining this time. Yay! Mariah did fabulous and we had great fun wearing the shirts that Megan made for us to show our support for Mariah! They say "Utah Tech Cross Country and Track" on the front and "Team Mariah" on the back. They are epic! We love them and we love that Mariah girl!

We headed back to the BnB to spend the rest of the day. Megan, Ammon, and Benjamin went out to the pool right before it started to rain. They stayed since they were already wet and then it even hailed on them! Wow. Full experience. Cheyenne went out after the rain stopped and they all had fun. Cali had an essay to write and the rest of us just didn't want to get wet. Mariah joined us after a couple of hours and we played games and talked. Kevin grilled us some burgers on the balcony for dinner and after that we played more games and talked some more. It was a super fun day!

On Sunday, Megan, Ammon, Sarah, and Avery headed back. The rest of us went to church for the first hour. Then we went to a park near Mariah's apartment, had a picnic lunch, and put off saying goodbye. Eventually we needed to, however and we got back on the road. Good thing she will come up to see us next week!

Back at home, we were safely reunited with Bethany. Yay! She was a trooper! She spent Friday and Saturday morning with her friend who is in the play with her. They hung out with some other friends and talked and that evening watched a scary movie. After rehearsal on Saturday, Beth spent time with the Koger's who live behind us. They played games and did shopping and had dinner and watched a movie. On Sunday she got to go to church at her own ward. They took great care of her! We were glad that she stil wanted to come home and live with us! We were so glad that she had a fun weekend but so so glad to be together again!