St. George

Well we went on a little trip the other weekend to get away from all the commotion that was going on in Phoenix; Super Bowl, FBR, parties for both, yadda-yadda. So we headed up to St. George for the weekend, and also to celebrate my Father-in-laws 67th birthday. Growing up I thought that was old and you would be on your death bed. But considering my grandparents either were on their deathbed or already gone I can see why I thought that. But he is still young and full of life. (as are all the others in their 60s I know). We rented a car through our neighbor and got his great employee discount, and were off. Charlotte and Savannah were such great travelers, and we made it in pretty good time.

We got to hang out with Kevin/Lisa and crew. And see Dave/Gentry's new house. We also got to meet Sharon, who is very nice and compliments Larry very well. We wish them the best of luck in their dating, and I am so glad I am not having to date anyone anymore.

Marianne and Michael came down to St. George to check out Michael's grandparents condo that got smashed in by a semi truck. We met up with them for a little Bubble Tea, and so they could meet Charlotte. It was fun to spent a little bit of time with them. We really need to live closer to more family.

The Wright clan went out to see the play Man of La Mancha and then went out to Red Lobster for a late dinner. I think the staff had wished they had told us they were closed already, because I think we were by far louder than a bunch of teenagers. Dad almost got scolded by the hostess for seeing how far he could 'frizbee' throw his coaster. The boys were about to follow suit but decided against it. We had lots of laughs while revisiting the past and old memories.

Sunday was freezing (we are big whimps now that we live in AZ). St George got about 2 inches of snow. Savannah was SO excited. She has been wanting to build a snowman for so long. When she saw it snowing, she kept bugging Kevin for a carrot for the snowmans nose and buttons for his eyes. So I got nominated by all the kids to come outside and build them a snowman. Savannah lastest long enough to watch us build the snowman, then she was cold and wanted to go inside. I agreed with her, since I didn't have gloves and only had on a sweatshirt and levis. I didn't miss much of the 'Big Game' while I was outside frockling in the snow, since the winter storm caused the satelite to go out. So while we all sat through the boring first half, we didn't get to see any of the 2nd good half because of weather. But we were in good company so we were okay with that.

Once all the snow melted and we had now acquired colds from the weather we headed back home on Monday. All was well with the trip until........I see the horrid red and blue lights in my mirror just outside of Kingman. So much for a radar detector. Doesn't do much good when the cop is behind you he is just keeping up speed with you. I should have pulled on the tears, which isn't too hard being post-partum, or even because I had made road-kill out of a cute little bunny only 15 miles back. But I held it together and got the ticket. He was a nice kid and lowered my 14 over ticket to 10 over. I also found out that in the state of AZ that 11 miles over is considered a criminal ticket, so I am Oh so grateful for him lowering it. That was our latest adventure. Tune in next time. ....