When my mom, sister, and I went to see Wicked in April (which was soooooo good. Could see it over and over) we were looking through the program and saw and advertisement for Tuachan. We have been down a few times with our family and really like it. When I saw that they were doing Annie this year I mentioned that we should take a girls trip and go down and see it. Well, after some planning, we did just that. The day after the 4th of July the girls in our family (minus Lyssa who was at a cabin) headed down to St George for 3 days. Meg drove, which made the car ride really nice. Well that, and the fact that I only had Jade with me and she was sooo good on the way down and the way back. It was actually really relaxing! We got down Sunday night and just hung out. Monday Meg, Ash, and I got up and went running. Wow....it was a little hot! We spent the day at the pool, and relaxing at the condo. 
We did a little shopping and then we enjoyed Cafe Rio (well most of us did. As you can see, SOMERONE was a little grumpy at Cafe Rio) and Nelson's custard. YUM!!!! 
and then headed to see Annie. 
It was only ok. I thought Jade would love it because she likes the movie. I think she liked it, but it just wasn't as good as I thought it could have been. Felt really slow and Jade ended up falling asleep before it ended. Tuesday we spent more time at the pool-where I was lucky enough to ruin my 6 moth old camera-, 
did a little more shopping and then went to Pizza Factory for dinner. We headed back out to Tuachan for Footloose. I LOVED it!!!!
It was much better and more entertaining than Annie. The only problem was that cute little Jade fell asleep 5 min in to the play. Hmmmm.....The good news is that she woke up at intermission-but she was really onery. She wanted a drink and was just grumpy. It was then that I heard them announce that they were going to let (pay $5) 8 people come on stage and ride the menchanical bull. JAde had been wanting to ride it before the play started, so I knew she would be happy if I let her ride it. So we ran up there and she rode the bull in front of everyone on the stage. She loved it and was definitely much happier after and stayed awake for the rest of the show. She also really like the play. I love Tuachan. The atmosphere is so awesome. I would love to go down there to see Thriller in the fall. We shall see! :) Wed morning Meg and I ran again and then we came home and packed to go home. We had so much fun and it was a good break for me! Jax and Scott were fine at home-besides the sparkler accident that happened just a few hours after I left on Sunday. Scott was doing fireworks with Jax and they were holding a sparkler and it popped and a spark landed in between Jax's toes. It was a pretty bad burn. It took about 3 weeks to heal. I missed them both but I sure did have a good time getting away with my little girl! 
Thanks everyone for going down! I loved it. We need to make it a tradition!!!! :) 
We did a little shopping and then we enjoyed Cafe Rio (well most of us did. As you can see, SOMERONE was a little grumpy at Cafe Rio) and Nelson's custard. YUM!!!! and then headed to see Annie. It was only ok. I thought Jade would love it because she likes the movie. I think she liked it, but it just wasn't as good as I thought it could have been. Felt really slow and Jade ended up falling asleep before it ended. Tuesday we spent more time at the pool-where I was lucky enough to ruin my 6 moth old camera-, did a little more shopping and then went to Pizza Factory for dinner. We headed back out to Tuachan for Footloose. I LOVED it!!!! It was much better and more entertaining than Annie. The only problem was that cute little Jade fell asleep 5 min in to the play. Hmmmm.....The good news is that she woke up at intermission-but she was really onery. She wanted a drink and was just grumpy. It was then that I heard them announce that they were going to let (pay $5) 8 people come on stage and ride the menchanical bull. JAde had been wanting to ride it before the play started, so I knew she would be happy if I let her ride it. So we ran up there and she rode the bull in front of everyone on the stage. She loved it and was definitely much happier after and stayed awake for the rest of the show. She also really like the play. I love Tuachan. The atmosphere is so awesome. I would love to go down there to see Thriller in the fall. We shall see! :) Wed morning Meg and I ran again and then we came home and packed to go home. We had so much fun and it was a good break for me! Jax and Scott were fine at home-besides the sparkler accident that happened just a few hours after I left on Sunday. Scott was doing fireworks with Jax and they were holding a sparkler and it popped and a spark landed in between Jax's toes. It was a pretty bad burn. It took about 3 weeks to heal. I missed them both but I sure did have a good time getting away with my little girl! Thanks everyone for going down! I loved it. We need to make it a tradition!!!! :) And another good part of the trip is that these two got along really well! They are growing up!
The 4 cute girl cousins (minus Lyssa
We went to Children's Museum first and both kids had a great time playing. They both played in the water part, 
After the museum we went and let the kids play in the fountain. Although my kids both love swimming and being in water, neither are a huge fan of fountain/splash me in the face at random times, type of things. So they both got we and 5 min later decided it was time for us to go! :) I love this pic of Jade though!
After the fountains we decided to go eat at 
Yeah, that would be playing with shaving cream, paint, and glitter. It was so fun for her. Obviously poor 
(Ali speaking now)
(Please ignore the shiny faces. We had just had our makeup done at the SPA. Easy to see that I won't be buying it. You can compare to the pic below and can so I don't ALWAYS look so greasy! Just had to make sure to mention that!)
