DAY ONE
On Wednesday, July 23rd, we left our beautiful, cool, 68 degree weather, and headed for 108 degree Las Vegas. We didn't think we'd make it because there was a ton of whining and screaming and complaining, and we were only in SIMI! ughhhh! Luckily we thought of just about everything and the kids had what they needed and we had earplugs, so it all turned out. Do you know how many times a two-year-old can say "mommy" in a minute, in an hour? I don't know if I can count that hight!! Seriously!
In Vegas, we got to see Matt and Heather, their kids and the new twins! Rachel and Jordyn are absolutely adorable!
Then we headed for St. George. In the excitement of the cousins and having to say good-bye, we forgot to get gas! Isn't that you always do in Vegas on the way to Utah? It's the gas stop!
We had already passed the last sign on life, our gas indicator was beeping and saying we only have 12 miles left on the tank. What do we do? Is it possible that there might be a station up ahead in booneyville? Should we turn back? How far had we come? The girls were scared and started to cry. I told them it would be OK. The worst thing that would happen is that we would have to wait for AAA in the thousand degree heat (wouldn't be the first time!). I told them to all say a prayer. Then, just up ahead I saw flashing lights. It was the highway patrol. I told John to pull over because they would be able to tell us where the nearest service would be. The officer immediately came over to my window and told us to turn back around, then let us cross the median (illegally). We drove for a few miles while the car said we had "0" left . . . all on a wing and a prayer. It was a good lesson for the girls to learn that prayer works!
We arrive in St. George safely and checked in to our hotel. We wanted to spend the 24th of July in Utah, and it worked out well.
On Thursday (Pioneer Day), we met up with the Mullers for some Pioneer Day Carnival Fun. We've known the Mullers for many years now, back in our newlywed days and it was so fun to reconnect with them!
The kids had such a blast together. Preston and Christian really hit it off. They were so cute! Preston is one of the triplets and surrounded by his four sisters, so he knows how Christian feels!
Our kids filled up this cute water-barrel train ride.
We toured around St. George and spent time at the beautiful Temple and Visitor's Center. It was a relief to get in out of the unbearable heat!
That evening, we went back to the Muller's and had fun with fireworks!
You can do that in Utah! They sell them all over the place! We stopped and bought our own little arsenal and had some good old-fashioned neighborhood fun.
Ashlyn didn't like the loud noises. It was funny to watch her try and cover her ears while holding her ice cream. Eventually the ears won.
The quality of these photos are not the greatest . . . but not bad considering they were taken with my phone - and at night!
Thanks to the Mullers for showing us a great day, and providing a wonderful lunch! I don't recommend the Cherry Chocolate Diet Coke, though :-)
1 comment:
Ask John how many, many times his own mother threatened to change her name from mommie to something no one else would know. Sounds like you are having a wonderful time!
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