Fast-Long Weekend

Joe and I met all of the kids in St. George this last weekend. Well, except Mike (Heidi’s), Stephani (JP) and their dogs. Yep, eight adults, three children and THREE large dogs in 1-TWO bedroom condo. Needless to say, we had a full house of chaos. AND we all got along and had fun!

Nate, Jen and Lily drove up from Arizona and met us Wednesday night. Thanksgiving I made dinner. John, Jamie, the boys, and Fancy arrived with perfect timing for dinner.

Friday while the rest went golfing, Jen, Lily, Jamie and the boys went with me to the Dinosaur Track Museum. The actives were eating, entertaining the little ones (coloring, play-doh, walks), eating, watching movies, eating, a walk here and there, cooking, eating, laundry, cleaning, guys golfing, girls Target shopping, eating. Did I mention we got some eating done? We love that In and Out is there now but it still takes about a half hour to get your burger.

Friday night Heidi and JP joined us. Then Saturday John’s little family made the journey back.


I made everyone write on a “turkey” feather what they are thankful for. Here it is, think I will make this a tradition.

On the drive home last night, JP drove Heidi’s car and I drove the truck. We left a few minutes behind JP & Heidi but we got ahead of them because of their stops. Then they leapfrogged us in Nephi because we had a pit stop. Joe egged me on to catch up with them and I Danica Patrick(ed) my way to pass them finally at the point of the mountain. Joe kept calling Heidi and getting updates of where they were and saying, “My Super Mario driver is better than your Super Mario driver. I sped a lot but it kept me awake and we all made it home alive with no problems.

We are a bit sleep deprived but that is what the workweek is for right?