Our Trip To St. George

Back at the end of May, Amy, myself and the 4 kiddos made a trek to St. George to see my sister, Annie and her family. They live in California but were going to be in St. George for a reunion on Marcus' side of the family. Yeah, I'm surprised everything fit in the back of the suburban. I always OVER PACK (that's an understatement).

And the crazy journey begins.

Thank heaven that Hals slept for a little bit on the way down. She HATES to be strapped down. That simply means that she isn't destroying something, which does not make her happy.

Susan let us use her suburban so that we'd only have to take 1 car. THANK YOU!!! The DVD player wouldn't work, just the VCR and the only movie we had was The Secret of Nymh. Let's just say that it got watched A LOT!

When we made a potty stop in Beaver, there was this van parked next to us. I leaned over to Amy and told her that the guys had dreads and was dressed like a total hippie. Amy then starts bursting into laughter and said, "You have to look at him. He's eating out of a huge tupperware, shoveling food into his mouth. I mean that's Sterilite size tupperware. It looks like a trough." I glanced over and sure enough I saw everything she described. I laughed so hard, I was crying. It was one of those you had to be there moments!

Amy got some dried apricots in Beaver. They were awful.

When we got there Hals did anything but slow down. Her feet are proof!

One thing you know you'll always experience with Annie and Marcus is that you'll discover a new found game you love. We played games at night after the kids went to bed.

Marcus' family have a time share in St. George and we were able to get 2 of them. It was so nice, kitchen, laundry, 2 bedrooms with walk in closets, multiple bathrooms. It was heaven. Thank you so much.

We went to the St. George temple and visitors center.

All the grandkids, except the bun in the oven. Annie, not me! Of course Halle wouldn't stand by anyone. That girl has got to be independent.


This all happened within about 10 seconds:

Happy!

Screaming Mad!!!

Innocent!

We watched a movie on eternal families. To say the least, we all fell apart. No sense in putting makeup on that day. Lucky for me I hadn't put any on that day.

Lunch, yum!

Good thing fat and cute is in style. Good for Halle and myself. :)

The girls couldn't wait to go swimming.

At first Halle didn't really like the water but she came around. The kids had lots of fun jumping off the side and into the kiddie pool. It was about 2 feet, I think. We all took a nice long nap after that. Swim then nap, doesn't get much better than that.

We went to a park that night. Chloee was petting all the dogs that walked by.

Marcus loves ultimate frisbee. There were some guys at the park playing, he asked if he could join in. Marcus is the one in the white visor. He's awesome. I saw him make some nice dives.

We were all hysterically laughing about this guy's shorts. Seriously, these pictures don't do them justice. They were very short and tight.

Yeah, we call her butt-crack Chloee.

This guy had such a cool yard. I had to have a picture.

On our departure out, we went and ate at a place called China Palace. The kids were crazy. Sierra dumped rice all over Annie, Halle was barking and screaming at people, the kids were just plain crazy. People around us just couldn't stop staring at us. Annie joked that people probably thought we were polygamists because there was just one man, Marcus, 3 women, 6 kids and one on the way. I can only imagine!

Seriously, they were all but kicking us out of there. We had to have a pic in front of it.

One last pic with all the kids.

Oh yes, Hallsies fell asleep. We had to keep the sun roof open so that it would cause noise so she couldn't hear everyone else and therefore she'd go to sleep.

Yeah, not much later.... those eyes were open.

We stopped in Scipio on our way home because I was going to puke. I swear the chinese did not set well with me. The wind was INSANE!!! Amy's hair is a testament to that. We had stopped at a park. Kennet got out and just peed in front of the car.

As we were taking our break in Scipio, the only thing that would keep Halle quiet was if she was in the front. Clearly, she thinks she's going to be driving at a young age.

Halle cried a lot on the way home. I was about ready to cry myself. Although Kennet's hook did keep her happy for a while.

We had such a blast. It was great to see Annie and her family. That is a trip I will never forget and I don't think I'll be going on any road trips with Halle until she's a bit older. I learned my lesson!