A Quick Gettaway

So we decided last minute to go down to St. George with my parents and brother Mitch, and wife Elizabeth for the Presidents day/ Valentines holiday weekend. Good choice by us! It was so fun and gave us all a major case of SpRInG FeVEr!!! It was 60 degrees plus all weekend! And we just loved being outside!!! My kids were actually tired by the end of the night from playing outside all day... Hooray! In fact, we were originally planning on coming home Monday afternoon with everyone but instead we stayed an extra day just to soak it all in! We figured we needed to to take advantage of this time being that the kids are all alright missing a day of school, baseball hasn't officially started practicing, Ryan is slow at work, and it was just fun to play together. So of course we packed in a lot in during the days....Ryan and Mason went golfing at the Ledges Golf course. It always impresses me how Mason can golf 18 and love it and not get bored or tired. And he really plays every hole!:), my dad took Ry for a bike ride up Snow Canyon. My dad does this everyday he is down and there and kills it but Ryan hasn't done anything like that in so long and he did awesome, he made it all the way up to the Upper Galoot trail and with only 2 gears! (his bike needs an obvious tune up). But on the way down, of course,Ryan had to have something go wrong and add some drama to the day, and missed a driveway onto a side walk and hit the curb and wrecked! But he is a rock star and got right back up and headed home with minor bruises and scrapes! Later that day is when he really felt it, OUCH! A day or so later we got my mom and Mason up the canyon and let them ride their bikes down it! That was fun to watch! I wanna do it next time, hand my girls off to someone and go play myself:). But they really enjoyed that too! I liked seeing my mom on a bike as much as watching Mason. Mason was a little nervous at first going down the hills but he did great! After the bike ride we went to the little sand-dunes in the canyon, my kids favorite place! They all LoVEd it. Claire was killin me... never seen her so quiet and content. She just sat there and played with the sand in her chubby little hands and toes! And through a fit when we left! Mason and Ella built sand castles and did sand angels! It was really peaceful and fun! We were at the park a bunch! Claire fell in love with the slide, Ella rode her bike around the neighborhood, Ry and and Mason played baseball for hours at a time. I went with my parents and brother to most of the Home Show Homes. That was fun... some really great houses that are just so far out of reach but that really inspire you but also homes that were smaller and more "doable". Love going to those for inspiration! At nights we watched the All star game with our home town hero making it this year, D-Will! and the Olympics! Both great. We have really caught the Olympic Fever this year, even Mason really likes watching it! Of course we ate at the Pizza Factory where Ella totally fell asleep in Bethys arms (a first for Ella, never once has she fallen asleep in a public place... girl must've been tired), shopped a little, slept a little (all of us in one room does not work very well), my mom took the kids to the Dollar store (or the money store as Mason would say) which has turned into a funny tradition down there, and for some reason my kids love the tub down there so they took a lot of baths, and just had a great time! Hard to come home to reality but so nice to be in our own beds! Until next time!