St. George Trip- Top Ten

The kids and I drove down to St. George last week for a little summer vacation with Grandma and Grandpa. (My parents have a 2nd home down there and so we went down with them.) Thank heavens for my folks they were a ton of help with the kids. I drove myself and the kids down and boy did it bring back my days at Ford Credit - (I was their Wholesale Auditor and I drove up to 8 or 9 hours some days). Bryan flew into Las Vegas on Friday and so we picked him up there and saw the sights. We had a fun week and as always its good to get away from the daily routine at home.

My trip top ten:

10. Playing lots and lots of "Go Fish" with my kids.

9. Going swimming with the kids and having the pool all to ourselves everytime. ( It was 107 degrees which may explain why no one else was swimming- go figure!)

8. Going shopping with my mom Saturday afternoon while Bryan and Grandpa took the kids to the pool.

7. Going to the Ethyl M. Chocolate Factory and Cactus Gardens, Lion Habitat at MGM, Fantasy Faire games for the kids at Excaliber and eating dinner at the Star Trek Restaurant at the Hilton. (Bryan and I are not really knowledgeable about Star Trek but my dad thought it would be a fun place to take the kids. I think the boys really liked it, but the costumes did scare Kate a bit.) It was a fun experience.

The boys in M&M world, we got to watch a really cool three D movie with Red and Yellow M&M.

6. Eating at In & Out Burgers three, yes three, times. (Pathetic, I know, but I absolutely love their hamburgers and fries.)
5. Taking the kids to the Rosenburch Museum in St. George ( they have dead animals that have been stuffed and put on display- it is pretty cool, and they have a little area for the kids to play safari). Driving back to my parents place afterwards Nicklas said " That was not so fun."- Typical Nick remark if you know him at all.

Grandpa and the kids.

The kids playing in the playroom. It had animals you could touch and a treehouse also.

4. Spending the entire week with Grandma and Grandpa. (Thanks Mom and Dad for putting up with all us and helping me with the kids- we love you!)

3. Grandma and Grandpa taking Alex and Nick to the St. George
minor league baseball game while Kate and I stayed behind
and watched "Cinderella".




2. Not making dinner the entire week. ( I did not have a child tell me once that they hated it or the food was gross.)
1. My dad rocks. My dad let my mom and I go out to dinner and to the Tuachan production of "The Sound of Music". We ate at an Italian Restaurant and the play was fabulous. Dad got pizza for him and the kids and they had a movie night. He watched all three of my kids all by himself. Thanks Dad - you are the best and I love you.