This past weekend we took an extended weekend vacation to St. George to help celebrate Todds younger brother Christian's eleventh birthday. We hadn't been down there since we moved back to Utah, so the trip was well overdue. We had a blast hanging out with the family and catching up with old friends.We had Christians b-day party Saturday and Sunday night and then we went to church with them Sunday morning. We went to the temple Monday morning with Todd's grandma Cottle, Mark and Michelle, and then Monday afternoon we went on a hike before heading out.
If you have never had the chance to visit St. George you are definitely missing out. This is by far one of the prettiest places I have ever been. You can hike the red rock, drive out to the grand canyon, slide in the sand dunes, camp in the mountains, look for Indian hieroglyphics, search for dinosaur footprints, and hike into volcanoes. This place is honest to goodness my second favorite city to visit.
Here are some pics of the hike we went on before we took off.
The family minus Todd taking a breakTop left to right: Me, Amanda (12), Christian (11), Lauren (14)
Bottom left to right: Mark (Todd's dad), Hayden (10), Michelle (Todd's beautiful step mom)
Us girls getting ready to slide down the sand dune...
The boys hiking up the steep hill to Amanda.Its fun to watch Hayden and Christian look at Todd. Sometime I forget that he has brothers and sisters this young. These kids treasure their time with Todd, and their faces when they see him light up, but Todd's lights up just as much when he is around them. Sweet Todd!!
This is Todd's Mandy. She is adorable and Todd has a special place in his heart for her. They cling to each other and have the best time when they are together.It was an exhausting weekend but well worth it. We are planning to make it down there more often and we can not wait for the next trip.
3 comments:
Sounds like a wonderful trip. I'd like to visit there someday too!Glad you guys got to go~~
That looks like a blast. We have never made it St. George. We will have to try to make the trip next time we are out that way. I love snad dunes so that is extra incentive for me ;)
Really sad we didnt make it down and stayed to unpack. We did get alot done though that weekend. I really really really hope we can make a few trips up with you this year though. I want to get to know Mark and Michelle and the kids more and be closer to them.
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