Girl's Weekend in St. George

My friends, Sara and Sandi, and my sis-in-law Jessi decided to head down to St. George this weekend for a girls retreat. It has been awhile since I have done this sort of thing so I was really excited to get out of the cold weather and head to sunny St. George. And sunny it was. We had a really great time. We went out to eat at some great food places, went shopping (of course), saw a couple of good movies and laid out by the pool. Yes, I actually did lay out by the pool. I haven't done that since before Taylor was born, so at least 12 years ago. It was so nice and relaxing. I had a really great time. Thanks girls for making it such a fun weekend.

We'll have to start planning our next retreat.

We went on a 3.5 mile hike in Snow Canyon to Three Ponds. It was so beautiful. The weather was perfect, warm and not a cloud in the sky. We hiked through tons of sand and finally made it to the end. The red rocks were truly amazing and it was so nice to be outside and not freezing to death.


Me and Sandi at Olive Garden, yum!!

Sara and Jessi, look at how much fun they are having!!!

• My great husband, Steve, is always so willing to take care of the kids so that I can get out and do fun stuff. He did have alot of help from our family this weekend though. Thanks to my mom, his mom, Kelli and Allyson, who helped take care of my kids so I could go. I really appreciate it alot. I am blessed to have such a great family!

• Even though it is fun to get away for awhile, there is nothing like coming home to my sweet family. Now I am hopefully relaxed and ready to get back into the daily routine of raising children. I do love my family so much. Being away from them makes me realize how lucky I truly am.

Jessi celebrated her 23rd birthday today.

Happy Birthday, Jessi. I hope that you had a great day!