Due to someone's aversion to her carseat after the 11 hour drive up to Salt Lake, I was very grateful to brake up our trip home by stopping in St. George.
Annie and Victor came with us, which is fantastic as St George is Annie's home away from home and it was great to spend some more time with them before they flew off to Japan for the next couple of years.
We stopped in Beaver at the Timberline Lodge for lunch. (Apparently it's becoming a family tradition without Annie and me so we forced our way into their tradition!)
Luckily, I had Annie with me to drive while I kept Laila entertained. She even fell asleep while snacking on Cheerios.
When we got down there, we went to Snow Canyon which is beautiful. Sadly, we didn't hike much due to the fact that we had our puppy. But, we still got to enjoy some unique scenery!
That night we were supposed to eat at a cute Greek restaurant that my sister loved, however it is now being turned into a pizza place. Sad day. Luckily, we stumbled on a cute little place called, Cappelettis. My salmon salad was pretty delicious. Therefore, it was a good find.
Thanks to Camille's suggestion, we frequented the Swig multiple times on our short visit. Their Dirty Dr. Pepper was an explosion of amazingness. I only got to enjoy a few sips, but it was totally worth it!
We had a great hotel room/suite set up which was perfect to just relax and hang out.
At bedtime, Michael went with Victor and Annie to the hot tub. It was a cherry on top of a great day.
Saturday morning, we headed out to Zions National Park. Thank goodness we had Mel's car. All the clothes she had in there kept us warm. Thanks, Mel!
He can definitely pull that jacket off!
We enjoyed some pretty amazing icicles and many closed trails because of those massive icicles falling.
Laila loved stopping and looking at some dear. She would point and delightfully babble something in her magical baby language.
Zions is beautiful!
Laila at lunch. I LOVE those little hands!
It was the perfect way to break up our dreaded drive back to reality and it was the perfect ending to a wonderful Christmas break!
We definitely are going to miss these folks. Japan is really far away. And three years is a really long time. I guess we are just going to have to get our passports ready for a trip there....
Ok, Annie?
miss that sweet baby already. we need to facetime soon!
ReplyDeleteI tried facetiming you tonight. Email me a time.
DeleteMichael in Melanie's Davis jacket = favorite picture! Haha!
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you had so much fun. If the weather is decent, we are heading down there this weekend. I can't wait to get out of the cold (and I think I need some of that Dirty Dr. Pepper.)
You will most definitely want to try it! It's so good! It's on the road parallel with St George Blvd just south of the Blvd and by the road that leads down to Dixie State and your old apartments.It's DELICIOUS!
DeleteSeeing you guys bundled up in Melanie's clothes was definitely the highlight of this post. Those sweet, chubby baby hands is a very close 2nd.
ReplyDeleteDirty Dr. Pepper, very intriguing. Always love the sleeping baby pictures. Annie does look very much like you. It would sure come in handy to have a twin when it comes to handing off the kiddos. Slightly jealous now. ;)
ReplyDeleteFor future reference, the Greek restaurant, Basila's, just moved across town. Glad you had a good time here even if you didn't stop to see me. :)
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