Sunny St. George!

We took our first official family of 3 family trip this weekend to sunny St. George.  Jenny and Cody invited us to go down with them and their family, and Nana.  We stayed at Cody's parents "vacation" home at Coral Canyon.  We had such a great time and Tyke was a trooper.  He traveled so well!  He slept most of the drive and we only had to make one stop in Beaver (both ways) for a feeding and bum change.

We left Thursday afternoon around 4:30 p.m.  We gassed up at Flying J here in town and then headed south.  Darian rode down with us which worked out good because that gave Tyke some company in the back seat.  He slept a while and then woke up and chatted with Darian for a while.  We stopped in Beaver for dinner (for both Tyke and us).  We ate at El Bambi and boy was it yummy!  We made it to our destination around 9:30 p.m.  We got our bags unloaded, beds made and then lounged around in our pj's for a while before heading off to bed.

Friday morning we all slept in until around 9 or so.  We got ready and headed out the door in search of some food.  It was close to 11 by the time we hit town and found a joint.  We ate at the Black Bear Diner.  It was a good choice given the time because we could have our choice of breakfast or lunch.  The food was yummy and the kids kept us well entertained.  Tyke just chilled in his car seat and was good as can be!  After breakfast/lunch we headed to Swig for drinks.  I got just a plain ol diet coke and Chad had a "dirty" diet coke (diet coke with a shot of coconut).  I can't remember what the others got but we all enjoyed our drinks and snow cones.

Afterwards we headed over to the outlets to do a little shopping.  Tyke got spoiled.  His daddy bought him a sweet new hat and he got a few shirts and new jammies from the both of us.  (we could care less about shopping for ourselves now that we have Tyke to spoil!)  We shopped for a few hours and then went back to the house to relax and watch movies, but not before stopping at Costco for groceries.

Chad, Cody and Jenny put together a good dinner of BBQ ribs, shishkabobs of pineapple, mushrooms and peppers, and grilled asparagus.  After dinner we changed into our swim suits and headed for the pool.  It was Tyke's first swimming experience.  As we climbed into the water I just knew he was going to freak out because the water was pretty cool but it didn't even phase him.  He didn't get upset or excited, he could have cared less.  We played with him for about 10 minutes and then his little chin started quivering so I took him out and got him changed into a dry diaper and wrapped up in his blanket.  Aunt Jenny was nice enough to hold him so I could keep swimming.  Chad and I got a workout playing with Darian, Teagen and Quade in the water.

Saturday we were up and out the door by 8:30 a.m.  We stopped at a gas station for drinks and snacks and then headed to Dixie college where Darian was in a dance competition.  We got to watch her, Kylie and Makiya all perform.  In between dances we left to go do a little shopping and find food.  After the competition was over we went back to the house for naps and then we headed out for dinner at the Brick Oven pizza.  Everyone enjoyed an all-you-can-eat pizza sampler/salad bar dinner and I had a yummy gfree pizza of my own.  We were all exhausted and stuffed by the time we left the restaurant. We stopped at a couple more stores and then headed back to the house.

Sunday we got up and packed and cleaned the house up.  As soon as we were finished we headed to town for some breakfast.  We ate at an old diner called The Wagon Wheel.  After breakfast we made a couple more stops and then worked our way home.

It was a fun weekend and we're so glad that Cody and Jenny invited us to go play with them.  We had a great time and loved our first little family vacation!