We finally broke-free from house projects, school, and regular life for a little get-away as a family of 4. We headed down to St. George for Mother's Day, and as an added bonus, everyone else decided to fully commit at sorta the last minute, making it extra sweet.
We stayed at my grandparents condo, and although so much had changed
about St. George since I last stayed there, we eventually found
it...Jude kept saying, "Mom, Dad, but are we lost? But where is St.
George's?" When we got there, he said, "Mom, is this St. George's
house? But...but...where is he??" So, hence the title of this post.
Leland all slap happy to be at St. George's (11:00 at night) and Jude alllllready talking about the pool. |
This
was such a fun, and cheap trip. And I hope, hope, hope we make it down
again in the early fall. The kids were like fishes in the pool. We
all wondered if we swam that much when we were little. They swam for
hours and hours straight. And with Leland not yet mobile and still a
content little guy and then Jude being able to kick and float around
wearing his floatie--it was a pretty chill time at the pool (minus the
water squirters my mom bought the kids...grrrr).
We
woke up in the mornings and had smoothies. Then Leland and Dave stayed
and went down for mid-morning naps, while Jude and I ventured out for
walks to the parks. Then pool time. Then dinner out at Gram's house.
Repeat. Repeat. And then throw in a visit to the sand dunes.
The
scenery down there is striking, and I love my grandma's house. This
time a year all the cacti were in full bloom, and even the air smelled
sweet. At night, we had dance parties out on the veranda, played
horseshoes, went on walks, ate s'mores. It. was. perfect. Dave kept
saying, "I didn't realize how much I missed the desert." But, it's
true. There is something so calming about red rocks. And it's just so,
so quiet.
Leland was a champ--sleeping wherever--in
the stroller in the shade by the pool, in the pack n' play, in Gram's
closet in his car seat. He even stayed up til 10 with all of us one
night. A little slap happy, but none worse for the wear.
If
you ask Jude what his favorite thing was about St. George's house he
says this: "umm. ice cream, and grahams, and chocolate....and, and Cruz,
and Rachel, and Slade, and Ava, and ice cream. And the poooooooool."
MVP award goes to Uncle Chris--just about the coolest, funnest guy around. |
Rach carried this child back and forth across the Sahara with no complaints. |
Hello, twins! |
Arms-a-flutter. Bouncing and havin' fun way past bedtime |
He's not attention starved in the least! |
This kids did awesome on the way down, but on the way back Leland wasn't having any of it (aheam, Jude however slept 3.5 hours!!). After graham cracker rations ran out, I ended up in the back seat. And wouldn't you know it, that sweet child just wanted someone to smile at.
...Until next time St. George's...
love the trip, love the pis and way to go for blogging them true lu!
ReplyDeleteso much fun! love the boys suits and Jude's skinned knees. ahhh, summer! brought back some great memories for me. the desert always makes me feel at ease.
ReplyDeleteSuch a great job of capturing a wonderful mother's day in the desert. Nothing like relaxed fam time :)
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