I don't think they missed us at all while we were gone. After all, I had the harder kids with me, and they managed to stay plenty busy. Samantha doing a little training to get ready for the Olympic Training Center. (More on that later.)
Shawn did some serious cleaning and organizing.
Sadly, they went to the Warren Miller movie without us. (But it was 85 degrees where I was.)
And unbelievably, they went to Hires without us, too. I'm sure a milk shake was one of the only things Jonas could sort of eat.
The littles and I made it a point to do all of the touristy things that we never do when we are in St. George. We went to the Brigham Young House and to the Jacob Hamblin house. The girls were very interested in all of the pioneer stuff.
No trip to St. George is complete without a stop at the Sand Hollow Aquatic Center.
Seriously a favorite spot.
The kids insisted that I go with them on the golf cart to the Sun River Labyrinth. I don't know how I've missed this in all the times I've been down there, but this was a first for me. It was a nice meandering walk to get all the way through. It was pretty cool.
My view from the back of the golf cart.
The littles said they wanted to go the the wildlife museum. They promised that they wouldn't cry this time. (Last time, Peter and Megan cried the entire time.) Although, I'm sure Peter meant it, he just couldn't keep up his end of the bargain and he cried and cried.
I guess all those animals were just a little too creepy for him.
Listening to the tour information.
Really, there are some seriously cool animals there.
(And I have a very real fear of running into some of them at some point in the mountains. Especially this one.)
Peter did finally calm down when we got to the giraffe - at the very end of the tour. Awesome.
OK, this guy scares me really a lot. Pretty much every time I'm by myself up the canyon, I worry that one of these will show up. Maybe I'll have to start taking the dog with me.
Megan was hopeful that we could take the giraffe home, but I of course, broke her heart and said no.
These things scare me. They're just a little too close to home. Literally.
In keeping with our theme of things we don't always do, we went to the temple.
The three amigos.
The kids loved being up so close to the temple and walking on the grounds. It was fun to see the same missionary from the Brigham Young House giving the tour at the visitor's center.
The girls loved the beehives and had to climb up to touch them.
And we wrap up the trip with more selfies. One in St. George and one at home.
Goofy girl.
And as always, Samantha is in on the selfie thing as well. Beautiful eyes and lashes.
It was so fun to get away for a few days and spend some time being the "yes" mom for my little kids. We need to do that more often.
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