We had the weekend before the kids needed to be back to school on their computers. Will's sister, Charity, also lives in Saint George so we spent the weekend with her and her family. We watched General Conference, ate a lot of big meals, took some hikes, played games, and visited all weekend long.
We extended out welcome into the following three week nights for dinner and games. It was the perfect combo of vacation and real life. The kids would go to school in the morning/afternoon and we would head over to Charity's house for dinner and games for the evening. Chris's vacation home was the most comfortable place we could imagine. Big, spacious (every kid got their own room for the first time in forever) clean, and a ton of fun.
The pool was perfect and the weather was still hot enough for us to want to get into the pool!
Colter got his own room in the form of the Harry Potter room under the stairs. He was so pleased about this! I worried one of the big kids would break the spell telling him that sleeping in a closet wasn't as cool as sleeping in a full bedroom. Thankfully, everyone kept the spell working and Colter slept in a closet under the stairs with joy every night!
Poor Lorien and Wyatt. They flew from Salt Lake into Vegas Monday night. Will put them on a shuttle from Vegas to Saint George. About 50 miles outside of Vegas their shuttle stopped in traffic. Apparently, there was a terrible accident ahead. The kids were stuck for several hours until the road was cleared. The real kicker was this shuttle actually runs from Salt Lake to Provo to Saint George to Vegas and back again. The big kids could have gotten on the shuttle in Salt Lake (Wyatt could have boarded in Provo) and they could have driven the 4 hours south to Saint George instead of flying to Vegas...they would have been back with us hours earlier! Thankfully, they were together and kept each other's spirits up. Also...they had chargers and their devices to keep them entertained.
We tried out some Crumble Cookies (another food fad in Utah).
Everyone had an easier time getting school done in a vacation home than they did in a hotel room. I think it will be the way to go if we try to distance learn from anywhere again.
Really, we enjoyed family time in the most relaxing environment without smoky air. Thank you Chris, it was a lovely birthday present!
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