I wish I had a picture of Grandpa and Grandma’s new house in St. George. They purchased it just a couple months ago and were anxious to have us come down and see it. We were glad to have Ashlyn and Lindsey and their kids with us as well.
We drove down in several cars on Sunday afternoon, got the big tour, moved all our stuff in and ate a late dinner. Then we celebrated Ryan’s REAL birthday by playing a game of Carcassonne with his new expansion before headed to bed.
Monday after Ryan and I ran, and we all ate breakfast, we headed to the community pool. It was a little windy so we mainly stayed in the indoor pool and the kids loved it.
Grandma picked up Jimmy John sandwiches for lunch and we hung out at home for awhile before Shelley and Del headed off to go buy a Washer and Dryer and Ashlyn, Lindsey and I headed off to do a little shopping. We found a cute urban ‘garage sale’ kind of store with some fun things to look at and I ended up picking up a red magazine rack that we’ll stick by the piano for our piano music. We picked up the kids from the house and headed to a Mexican Restaurant for dinner.
Tuesday we slept in, went jogging and then headed to the Splash park. Ashlyn and Lindsey swung by SWIG to pick up Dirty Coke’s and got a Dirty Mt. Dew for me and a plate full of sugar cookies. Tasty. The splash park was pretty packed on such a hot day (105 F) but we found a place to walk around in the water and cool off.
After a couple hours at the splash park my big kids wanted to head back to the community pool. It was a perfect afternoon to try the outdoor pool, which was so refreshing. We had a great time swimming and relaxing. Luke and Matt with their floaties on are enjoying their freedom in the pool and I have to say I love it as well. Got to get those guys in swimming lesson soon! I could have hung out at the pool for hours but we headed back to the house, got ready and headed to Brick Oven for dinner. After dinner we dropped the kids off at home with Ash and Linds and Ryan and I headed to the movie theater with Del and Shelley to see Man of Steel. I just love hanging out with Ryan. So glad he’s around these days.
Wednesday morning we headed up into Snow Canyon to do a little hiking. We knew we wouldn’t last too long because of the heat but we gave it a shot anyway and it ended up being really nice in the shade of the big red rocks.
Cute baby Dallas.
Sweet little Bridgette.
We ate lunch at home and then Ryan, Grandpa, Emily and Ashlyn started a long game of Golf Monopoly while the rest of us relaxed. Later we went back over to the outdoor pool and swam. Then ate hamburgers at home and then watched Jack Reacher in the big family room downstairs. Great days. I love St. George. The next morning we packed up and headed out for one last IHOP breakfast all together before driving back up to Sandy. It was a great trip -- I can’t wait to go back with Chris.
