Aladdin & St George

So for birthdays rather than doing gifts that the girls probably will never remember we are going to do a small gift or a few and then plan to "do" something sometimes with just the birthday child and other times as a family. This year we decided we would take Hallie to see Aladdin at Tuachan with just us since Gracie was to little to get in. Thursday morning we got up and finished packing and hit the road just after lunch. We were a little nervous about the fact that our new car doesn't have a dvd player and worried that Hallie would be bored out of her mind which means it would be a LONG ride. We shouldn't have worried at all. Hallie read stories and colored and Gracie fell asleep just as we got on the freeway and slept til we got to Cedar City. We stopped to get some groceries in Cedar and headed the last 30 minutes to get to our house. We made dinner and got the girls all cleaned up before heading to the show. My mom came up from Las Vegas to watch Gracie and stay with us for the weekend so it made it a little easy since I knew Gracie was in good hands. Hallie was really excited this is on the way to the show.

 Once we got there and got our tickets Hallie loved running up and down the side walk with the water fall til we were ready to go into the show. We took some pics while we waited.

 Hallie did great during the show she decided on a slushy as her snack and took most of the show to eat it. We all slept really well once we got home. I think it will be great for us to be creating memories with our kids rather than giving them things that they really don't need hopefully it will continue to go as well as we hope. On Friday we got up and going and headed out to do some shopping(St George has some of the best shopping for us) and then headed back for lunch and nap time. After full bellies and well rested kids we headed to the Washington City Rec Center. We had never been there but it was a lot of fun. Mostly indoor and the water temp was warmer than most the pools we have been to.

 They had these cool jumpers in a shallow end where the girls could jump and play in the water without having to hold them the entire time...Im telling you truly genius. Gracie loved them..seriously so cool!

 Hallie enjoyed playing with Grandma Sheryl splashing and cuddling to stay warm in the sun

 There were a handful of slides and 1 particularly big one that we left Gracie with Grandma while Matt and I took Hallie.

 Pics of Hallie going down the "big" slide with Matt & I

 All wrapped up ready to head home for some dinner

 Saturday after some more shopping, napping, and eating we completed Hallie summer wardrobe for 2013 I love summer end clearance. Sunday morning we headed for home Gracie once again slept most of the ride while Hallie played on Matt's zoom. We dropped Grandma Sheryl off and stopped at Kim & Ez's for lunch. By this point we were all exhausted but no one more than Hallie. Once we left Kimbers this was about 10 minutes later. She slept til we got to Lake View Hospital to see Brit and Preston(post to come).

We had such an awesome weekend and now is the perfect time of year to spend some time in the sun in St George. Happy birthday to Hallie and fun for us.