Thursday, June 24, 2010

St. George 2010

The day after school got out, we headed south for our yearly Girls & Kids trip to St. George with the Vriens & Santos women. Love those girls, both young and not-so-young. :) This year, we had 3 moms (Krista, Kate and myself), 6 teenagers, 7 younger girlies and our 1 token male. (Christian was just fine with his odds. Trust me.)

The week consists of lots of whatever we feel like doing. Swimming daily is a given, countless games of Nerts, lots of Nutella, multiple trips up Snow Canyon to the sand dunes, late night shaved ice runs, movies, nail painting (scarily, Christian let the girls experiment on him, too), crafts, lots of shopping, lack of sleep and then naps to catch back up, frog catching, In-N-Out, group sleepovers by the tv, daily Diet Coke runs, reading, iPod swapping, kids sleeping all over the house (including inside the master closet), playing on the golf course once the sun goes down, crepes by Kate .... This year, we added a moms-night-out (just the 3 of us in a theater all to ourselves, laughing so hard that the staff in the foyer could hear us), a broken a/c in 115 deg. heat (quickly fixed), homemade kite-flying, a double birthday celebration for Haley & Eliza, and a mega-bubble bath for the littlest girlies...
Thanks again ladies!

4 comments:

Jennifer's Kitchen said...

WOOOOOOOOOW! What a FUN FUN FUN time. That sounds awesome!! The Nutella and the crepes... mmmmm.... And what a fun way to celebrate birthdays, too. I love that last picture of Elle in the sand dunes--I think she looks a lot like you!

Erin Blake said...

That looks so fun and I love that picture of Elle at the end. Her eyes!

Nancy Nina said...

Great pictures...especially Elle with the kite!

Judy said...

Such fun pictures. Good friends and traditions are great blessings indeed. Love Mom in Africa