St. George called, we answered

There is nothing like a fun weekend getaway, coming home and noticing that your dad totally missed you, and then finding out that Miss USA is on TV.  I can't believe this is all happened in the same weekend.

St. George was calling our names.  So what did we do? We hurried our little behinds and endured the four and a half hour drive.  Mike and Chelsey left a day before the rest of us and settled into that little condo for the gang. With Ethan in stow Ryan, Maggie, and I were finally off. Once there we enjoyed a little night out. Choosing dinner can be difficult for everyone to agree on, so out of the six of us we had three different dinner choices at one restaurant. It seems we weren't the best at communicating. So that made for some laughs where we were all thinking different things and confused for a good minute. I would try to explain it but it was actually decided that on this trip I'm the worst story teller ever,  maybe one day I will not be so challenged with it.

Our daily activities went like this. The park in the morning for Eth so he could go on the freaks. (and by freaks he meant swings!) Then some sports which included tennis, shuffle board, and mini golf.  Then came pool time where my brothers and I watched their wives tan while we all burned. Gotta love this Hewlett skin! And at night we would go exploring the beautiful St G.

Top 15 most memorable moments of St. George 2012 is:

• (accidentally) flinging my pork all over Chelsey. (some would say this is even an understatement)
• (accidentally) throwing a tennis ball right at Chels' sternum causing a temporary loss of breath. (she really took a beating from me.) 
• fryyy.......fryy.....fryy......FRY! (Ethan was asking for another fry as sweetly as possible but was only patient for so long when we were deep in conversation and didn't realize him.)
• Wallgreens outing to buy nail polish with The Sis in laws and having matching nails.
• posing in front of the cactus bushes with Mike and getting some needles stuck in my leg!!
• Ryan and his awesome tricks at anti-gravity. he has been holding out for years!
• Mikes strange obsession/attachment with the mini golf course at the condo. 
• playing shuffleboard and feeling both very classy and like a seventy-year-old. 
• a visit from my beautiful roommate bailey!
• night swimming and hot tubbing. (no sun block required!)
• calling Mike and Ryan "Dad" and Maggie and Chelsey "Mom"
• "I'm glad that nickname didn't stick." -Maggie
• Anti-gravity  where we "left gravity at the door" and also losing to 12 year-olds at dodge ball. Ultimate blow.
• Temple walking and learning lots of neat facts. 
• Ethan saying Amen at church went a little like this. "ahhmen" in the raspiest, growliest, cookie monster like voice. 

a big thanks to everyone for letting me crash this shin dig. 

and Chelsey for taking so many great pics!