St. George for the Weekend

We drove to St. George on Friday evening and stayed the weekend.  We swam and played games and watched movies.  Kids aren't allowed in the pool at the condo until 10 a.m., so here they are killing time with a game just waiting for 10:00 to arrive.

We went to dinner one night after a lazy day.

We thought these cactuses in the parking lot were so cool.  Too bad they didn't show up well in the picture.

One day we drove to Las Vegas to see my Grandma Wilkins.  I've always called her Grandma Melva.  I was telling Garrett that we were going to see Grandma Melva.  He kept calling her Grandma "Nova."

I haven't seen Grandma Melva for longer than I'd like to admit.  With us living down south for 10 years, her living in Vegas, and us not having much in the way of travel money, my two youngest kids had never met her.  She is 92.  It would be a shame if my kids didn't know her at all.  She came to New Orleans with my dad the first summer we were there.  It has been harder for her to travel the last few years.

We went to the strip for a couple of hours.  Here are Mark and the kids in Caesar's Palace.  My kids were pretty amazed with the strip with all the lights and amusements.  Brooke and I rode the roller coaster at New York, New York.

I was hoping this would be a cool picture of the strip in the background, but not so much I guess.

It was nice to get away for a few days.  But now I am left to deal with this. . . . and I'd better get to it!