St George and the Figgins

This past week we were able to go down to St. George and be with Gary while he was going to a couple of conferences. It was fun to swim at the Hotel and play in the warm sun. I am so excited for warm weather here at home.
On Friday we went to Zions National Park. We stopped at a "Ghost Town" on the way. The girls were a little nervous about that, but soon realized that there were no ghosts. It was pretty cool.
We took the Shuttle in Zions and hiked to Weeping Rock. The girls loved it. Water drips from the side of the rock cliff and it feels like you are being rained on. Pretty cool. Livie wanted to pretend she was "weeping" at Weeping rock.



After our adventures at Zions we went to Orderville, Utah to meet Merlin and Stacy Figgins, the wonderful people who made and donated the casket for Gracie. It was the highlight of the whole trip. They made us dinner and showed us around their home and made us feel very comfortable. The girls loved playing with their dogs and enjoyed the animal cookies that Stacy bought just for the girls. They are some of the kindest people we have ever met. We felt as if we had known them forever.
They have been donating caskets for about 5 years now. They told us that they donate about 30 caskets a year. It takes them a day to build it and another day to finish it and then they meet the people half way to deliver it. That is about 2 full months of services a year that they do out of the goodness of their hearts. They said they will always donate because they recieve so many blessings from it. They truly lifted our burden when Gracie died. We will always have a special place in our hearts for these wonderful people we now call our friends. May the Lord always bless them.