Girl's St. George Trip

July 7-11, my sisters and I packed up all our things and 8 kids and headed to St. George.  We have always done this trip in the past, but this year everyone was able to come. 

Sunday, July 7, 2013
We were finally ready to leave Orem, Utah around 4:30p.m.  It was a lot of hard work packing, especially now that I have to pack for 2.  My oldest sister, Amy, drove her Suburban with Stacy, Canyon, Lydia, Landon, Parker and Ashely, while I drove our van down with Myrn, Meg, Mason, Oakley, and Mabel (mom and Lin couldn't stay the whole time so they were coming down tomorrow). 
We stopped in Beaver for a quick bathroom break and to let the kids run around and release a little bit of energy.  Beaver was so windy.  By the time we got back into the cars, we all had little black specks of dirt all over us. 

 

We finally made it to St.George around 10:00p.m.  We had some pretty tired kiddies by then. 

 

Monday, July 8, 2013

Since there were so many of us, we ended up having to stay at 2 different condos.  Our car stayed at my grandma and grandpa's condo, while the other car stayed at Claire's condo (Amy's mother-in-law's condo).  We woke up early and headed right to Wal-Mart where we bought all the food, snacks, and treats you can think of. 

After splurging at Wal-Mart we headed over to Claire's condo, ate breakfast, then quickly put on our swimming suits for our first swim of the trip.   

 Thank you Lydia for helping put sunscreen on Ashley!!

Myrn, Meg, and I took Mason and Mabel back to our condo for naps.  After they woke up we headed back to the other condo for another swim. 

That night we went and got Cafe' Rio for dinner.  After eating dinner mom and Lin arrived.  Myrn, Meg, Mason, and Mabel went back to our condo to sleep. 

 

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

After we woke up and got ready for the day, we headed over to the other condo.  We were surprised to see them all still in bed at 9:45 in the morning!  After they woke up, we made a plan that those who wanted to go shopping could go shopping this morning while those who didn't want to go shopping could take the kiddies swimming. 

Lin, Meg, Myrn, Mabel, and Mason ended up going shopping.  We went to Christensen's and the outlet mall.  

Shopping in 110 degree weather can get very hot and tyring so we stopped and got snow cones.   

 

After our shopping trip, Myrn, Meg, and I took the babies home for naps.  Then it was back to the pool for an afternoon swim. 

That night for dinner we went to Poncho and Lefty's Mexican restaurant, got drinks at Swigs, and frozen custard ice cream at Nelson's Custard for dessert.  Then it was back to our condo again to get some shut eye. 

Wednesday, July 10, 2013
We woke up, got ready for the day, then headed to the other condo.  We got one last swim in before Lin and mom had to head home. 

That night, after mom and Lin headed out, we took the kids to Chick-Fil-A for dinner and then went to the park.  The kids had so much fun making new friends (little Hispanic boy) and playing on all the park toys. 

Thursday, July 11, 2013
Today was our last day in St. George.  We woke up, cleaned our condo, then headed over to the other condo for one last swim.  During our last swim it started pouring rain.  We got out of the pool for a little bit and waited for it to stop.  It stopped just for a few minutes so we hurried and jumped in one last time.   

  After our last swim we went back to Claire's condo and helped get everything packed up and ready to go. 

On our way home we stopped at McDonald's so the kids could play around on the play place. 

We arrived home around 8:30p.m.  Casey sure was happy to see his little family!!
We had such a fun time in St. George.  We are so sad it's already over, but we're already looking forward to next years girls trip.