St. George, Utah July 3-6, 2008

Matt's dad has a place in St. George, UT and so we decided to take advantage of a long weekend (especially since no one had claimed the house-we've never gotten to use it b/c ever other sibling hogs it!). Our nephew Jeff was already down there and we needed a babysitter for one night so he stayed with us. We always have a good time with Jeff. We drove down after work, and then hit up In-N-Out right away. Matt has decided that he can't eat like a teenager anymore-he learned this the hard way after trying to out eat Jeff. We relaxed at the pool, and Zack is starting to enjoy the whole swimming thing. For the 4th we went putt-putt (not a good idea yet with Zack-he is good at hitting the ball but he is impatient with everyone else!) and were able to see fireworks over the city. It's really cool how they do the fireworks down there-they shoot them off in 2 different places (in the main part of the city and up on one of the red rock cliffs) and it is really a treat. Matt and I were able to go on a date (it is a miracle-probably only the 2nd or 3rd time in 2 1/2 years!) to go see Les Mis at the Tuacahn ampitheater. It was a really great performance, and the heat wasn't unbearable for St. George in July. Last time I went to Tuacahn it was 9 pm, I was pregnant with Zack, and it was 118! On Sunday before we left, we went to the St. George Temple Visitors Center. When we arrived we saw these people leaving-it was Matt's aunt and uncle who are serving a mission there! It was good to see them. Zack was able to walk around and see various things. Matt and I discussed that we should have gotten married here-it was a lot prettier than I had remembered. It would have been nice...anyway, afterwards we drove home and listened to the DVD "Cars" for about the millionth time! (Zack is hooked on that movie now.)