It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Get ready for picture overload. I for one did not take any pictures the entire time we were in St. George. Lucky for me Scott's family took tons of great pictures and were kind enough to share. On Tuesday morning on the 14th we got loaded up and headed down to St. George. We drove straight to Hires in SLC to meet Scott's family for lunch. We were there for quite a while and then we loaded up again, (this time with 3 less kids who rode with grandparents, SCORE) and started driving again toward St. George. We stopped in Beaver for awhile to get ice cream and get out. By the time we made it to St. George it was 12 hours  from when we left Boise. That's a long day folks!

On Wednesday night around midnight I heard some noises from Ryan's room (AKA, the pack in play in a spare bathroom) and sure enough my baby was covered in puke. Let me just say that was the beginning of puke fest 2015. Ha. Okay not really but sort of. Ryan was sick the rest of the time we were on vacation. Luckily he was a happy sick little guy. He was mostly very pleasant and would puke randomly. He was definitely more cuddly and he was much more calm than usual. He is usually running around getting into everything all the time. I'm sad he was sick but I was glad that if any of my kids had to be sick on vacation that it was him. At least he won't remember and he didn't know he was missing out on all the fun. I'm also very grateful that nobody else got sick while we were on vacation...more on that later.

We mostly spent the week eating, swimming, eating, watching movies, eating, playing games, eating. It was great! And despite dealing with a sick child Scott and I were still able to have a very relaxing, enjoyable time. We have had a very busy stressful year so it was really nice to just be shut up in a house with hardly any responsibilities. My big three pretty much fended for themselves the entire week. There were never too far from an iPad or a quick rummage through the snack pantry. It was just a really wonderful break. I've actually kind of had a hard time getting back in the swing of things since we've gotten back. I will say that I did break down and make a menu and grocery list and went shopping yesterday, so things are definitely getting better around here.

Ryan was sick for 7 days. We went to the doctor on Wednesday and he just said it was a virus that's rampant right now. He woke up basically normal Thursday and we had two puke free days and Piper starting throwing up yesterday. She has been sick all day today. I'm hoping that she will be better tomorrow. Usually my kids are sick with the pukes for 1 day NOT 7. I'm really hoping she will get over it soon. She has much more violent barfs and she also has a fever. We will see what the rest of this week brings. Wish us luck.

Here is a link to the house. It was really nice.

Pipes at Hires on our way down.

Ice cream stop in Beaver. Apparently this is the only shirt I own. (You'll see)

Cute happy bubba. The day before puke fest.

Pipes and Uncle Rustin

Matching jammies, and bed head.

Cannons and their macs. 

Why are they huddled around the iPad by the garage door? No one knows.

Papa and Gabby

Cute Pipes

Cute Gabs.

Sisters.

Carousel ride.

Sick Buddy. He laid on me like that during the entire movie Maleficent. He normally doesn't sit still for more than about 5 seconds. Baby cuddles is one upside to having sick kids for me.

Corbin at the Japanese Steak House

Ladies out for a little shopping and delicious lemonade concoction.  

Nana with baby Attie and Hannah. 

Aunt Colie.

Gabby lost her first tooth. She came running to me with her dollar in the morning and said, "I can't believe the tooth fairy is real!"

Papa and baby Hannah

Gordon giving me bunny ears. Come on! Ha. 

We were about 5 minutes from Snow Canyon. One night we went out for a very short hike to the above slot canyon.