Summer Trips

Okay, so I know it's October and I'll still behind blogging about this summer but I guess that just means that we had a great time right?

Well, we did actually get a chance to do a few fun "getaways" with and without the kids this summer. Spence has school so he only had about 3 weeks of total "off time" so we took advantage of it and went to Cedar and to St. George - okay, so it's not our usual cruise or Africa trips but it was still lots of fun.

Spence and I went with my sister Sky and hubby Matt and my parents to Cedar to see some plays at the Shakespearean Festival. We "used" to go there every summer and spend a few days seeing as many plays as we could all together and then too many things changed and it just wouldn't work very well. So... this summer my dad was "craving the good old days" so we took him up on it and went all together without all the kids. (Thanks to Spence's parents - the kids had a great time with Grandma, Grandpa and Uncle Marc while we were gone.) Here we all are with the man himself :) - Shakespeare...We got to see "Noises Off" which is a hilarious comedy and also the musical, "Music Man." I know... no real Shakespeare this time but it was a great trip! However... we ended up staying at Matt's parents house in St. George for the night and were so excited to be able to play tons of games together and well... let's just say it was a little too hot to do just that. The air conditioning in the house had stopped working and we were ROASTING!!!! We all ended up sleeping outside except for Sky and Spence. Sky just crashed and Spence went back to his "Honduras days" and made it through :) Ha-ha - I thought he was crazy! We pulled out the couch cushions and a few sheets and well, it was quite nice outside under the stars. Thanks you guys - so fun and we had some good gaming time and laughs to last a lifetime!

Our next fun trip was with the kiddos down to St. George again. We just went for a few days but we went swimming a ton and introduced the kids to their first movie, "Toy Story." It was an attempt to say the least but they thought it was fun for about 15 minutes and then they were off and running as usual.

Cute Austin ready for the pool with his "fotey" (floaty) as he called it!

We also introduced them to one of daddy's favorite snacks, OREO's! Jax thought they were the best!

SWIMMING - cutest little kid pool there - perfect height for the kids! Rio and Jax learned to "float" and to this day have to "float" in the bathtub every time :)

I couldn't resist taking a pic of our first family trip in our bedroom - 3 pack and plays!!!! Maybe this is why we don't travel much - ha-ha :)