St. George

This past weekend we went to St. George with Kevin's brother Mark and his wife Heidi. St. George in the middle of the summer is certainly not the most comfortable time to go, but we had fun nonetheless. It was so miserably hot. For those of you in Arizona and Florida...how do you survive??

Several months ago I suggested to Kevin we go to St. George to the Tuacahn to see Les Miserables. I was desperately wanting a vacation and I thought it sounded like fun to get a hotel for a couple nights, spend lots of time at the pool, and just relax all I could. Well, one thing led to another and our vacation was post-poned until the middle of July so we could go with Mark and Heidi. It certainly was not the vacation I had in mind, but again, we had fun.

Mark has a few friends that live in St. George so we ended up staying with one couple at their house. Not the hotel I had originally planned, but it was free and the bed was comfortable and they have a nice home. We went down on Friday and went to dinner with said friends at the Texas Roadhouse which was absolutely delicious. We're gonna have to head up to Sandy so I can enjoy that food again! We decided to go see a movie afterwards. Since Batman was sold out, we saw Get Smart which I thought was pretty funny! I admit, I fell asleep a couple times...c'mon, it was the late show...but I'd like to see it again and get the full humor (Redbox, here we come!). Rylan was with us and about halfway throught the movie he laid on the floor, munched on a few stray pieces of popcorn (oops, I should have paid more attention to him) and fell asleep.

Saturday morning Letisha made some yummy crepes for breakfast. Mark and Dustin had some business they had to take care of so they left for a couple hours. So Letisha, Heidi, Kevin, Ry, and I went to Target to get a cheap swim suit for Heidi, and then we stopped at the outlet mall for a quick browse in a few stores. I bought a couple outfits for this new growing baby and a couple shirts for Rylan. We met the other two boys for lunch and then headed off to another friends' place to go swimming for a couple hours (yeah, I got my swimming in! Too bad I didn't get the tan I was dreaming of! But I do love swimming while pregnant, how the water just lifts my belly--nice!). We went to dinner that night (this time it was Wingers which I'm always a fan of. And Dustin said he makes the famous Wingers sauce by mixing Franks Red Hot sauce with brown sugar...in case any of you wanted to try that out. I sure will!) and then headed to the Tuacahn for our show. The scenery is really gorgeous, with all the red rock. The show started at 8:30 and I thought Ry would fall asleep by 10:00. Nope...it was so incredibly hot I think that kept him awake. Kevin and I took turns walking around with Rylan up top while the other one sat in our fantastic seats, sweating, enjoying the show. Finally Ry fell asleep about 11:30...Les Mis ended at midnight...grrrr!!! Overall Les Mis was very good though and what I saw and/or heard was impressive. Someday I'll be able to go on vacation without my dear sweet child...someday, but not any day soon!


We desperately wanted to sleep in on Sunday but had to make a quick getaway. Actually, the plan was to leave at 8am so Kev and I could be back for 1:00 church. Well, we didn't get away until about 10:00 so we missed sacrament meeting. But we were there in time to teach our sweet primary kids :) We were exhausted after church and took a nice nap afterwards!

So yes, I would highly recommend a visit to the Tuacahn...just not in the middle of July!!!