St. George

Doug and I have been wanting to go on a little weekend get-away for a while now, so we finally caved and went this past weekend. We need to go away more often because we all had such a wonderful time really enjoying one another outside of our element. We decided to escape to St. George because 1) it was supposed to be very warm, and we are totally and completely longing for summer, and 2) I had never been there, and wanted to go! We didn't tell the littles we were going until the day before, and even then, we didn't tell them *where* we were headed. Once we told them, they were so excited...I love surprising them :). The trip down there wasn't all that bad, thank goodness!

 

Once we arrived, we went and got some food, since we were all *starving*, then we headed back so that the boys could shoot some hoops.  Man, they were in heaven!  Especially little Isaac...he loves to play ball!

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The next morning, we got ready early and headed to St. George to do some exploring.  First, we stopped to see the temple, which was so beautiful!  We walked around the grounds for a bit and just took it all in.  

Then we just went and walked around downtown for a bit.  It was fun to stroll through the shops, and make the kids stand in a telephone booth!  Noah was so confused to what the booth was...even after we explained it, he didn't understand the concept of people paying to use phones.  He's obviously being raised in a very technological world!  We made him pose with the iPhone to his ear ;).

The kids eventually got antsy and kept asking to go back and swim.  That's honestly all that they wanted to do this whole trip :).  They also enjoyed "swimming" in the huge tub at the condo!

After a fun night of relaxing and watching movies, we packed everything up...thankfully everyone was happy to get going, even if it was a short trip.

Doug and I decided to make a little detour and go to Zion!  Neither of us had been there, and we figured, why not?!?  It really was so beautiful!  I love seeing new things, and this was truly amazing!  It was the perfect end to our little get-away.

The drive home seemed like it lasted forever, even if it was only 4 hours!  All I can say is thank goodness for cars that play movies and iPads!  Even then, they still complained.  Oh the joy of having four kiddos 6 and under ;).  I'm just glad that we were able spend this time together and really savor one another's company.  We had so much fun!  Don't get me wrong, we have fun at home too, but there's just something about the quality time you spend together away from home.  I look forward to our next get-away for sure :).