Girl's Trip

January was long and gloomy so my mom and I decided it was time for us to
take a little girl's trip down to St. George last weekend.
As I'm sure everyone does, I badly needed a break from our day to day routine.
We had so much fun just getting away and as a plus it was my mom's 52nd birthday while we were there.
I always have fun with my mom and we are grateful for her and all she does for us.
I'm lucky to say she is my best friend.
Even though it was her birthday, she left for a minute one day and came back and surprised me with a certificate to get a one hour massage. Love her!


We quickly found out this trip that the girls are not easy to take to restaurants any longer.
Let's just say people really got a show.
Every time the girls got out of hand, I would just start laughing out loud so hard because it was nuts.
Probably not the best reaction, but I couldn't help it.
I guess it's better than breaking down and crying.
We were at Red Lobster for my mom's bday dinner and the girls were particularly rowdy.
Finally we decided we had to just leave and I apologized to everyone as I walked out.
There were some polygamists there a few tables away and they were the only ones that looked at me with their thumbs up and said, "Don't worry, we love it! We love kids."
Oh my, of course they do.
At least there was somebody who didn't care in the restaurant. :)

The trip was just what we needed to get a boost.
We were able to do plenty of relaxing, eating, birthday celebrating,and talking....just what girls do best.
Perfect girl's getaway.

Gobble

We were with Rick's family for Thanksgiving this year. We decided to eat our turkey down in St. George far far away from my work desk and any of Rick's text books. Not to mention the temperature is warm and there are palm trees. I love palm trees. My dad has a vacation home down in St. George that we could stay at and Rick's family had never been, so we headed down. It was wonderful.



A few things we were thankful for on our Thanksgiving trip:

Cari's Cooking Skills

Cari planned the whole meal and everything was scrumptious.


Sweet ApronsMy Mother-in-Law is the type that doesn't forget any special touch. She is so sweet and gave us these matching aprons to cook it up in the kitchen.

Apple Strings

Anthony's favorite part of Thankgiving was definitely the "apple strings" (as he calls them) that would come off as we were peeling the apples for apple crisp. We had to make him stop eating cause we were worried he would get a stomach ache. Good thing he ate a lot of the strings cause he fell asleep right before we started our big feast. So cute.

Nephews

I love watching Rick with Anthony and Ethan. They can't get enough of playing with Uncle Rick. Every family event is so much more fun and eventful because of these little guys. We love them.








It was fun! We are thankful. Until next year....