Thursday
Micah had work visits to make so he left pretty early Thursday morning & I drove down with Sheridan & Brian that night with Livi. I packed Liv & myself up and dropped Zoey off to our friends Jeff & Natalie before heading to Sheridan's.
Liv was super excited to help pack
The ride down went really well. We stopped & grabbed some dinner on the way (drive thru) and pulled into the condo & met up with Micah just in time to put Liv down for the night & crash.
Friday
Today was SO fun! We woke up early (totally not fun) and hung out for a while.. Aka took a while to wake up. ;) Livi thought it would be a good idea to wake up at 6am.. After we go to sleep at 1am. Awesome.
Micah had a few Home Depot stores to visit during the morning so he took off while we were all lingering/getting ready for the day.
Liv was totally loving watching Jack play on the iPad.
Once everyone was ready to go, we piled in the car and went to Breakfast at Tifiny's (genuinely spelled like that, probably to avoid copyright laws haha). It's a gourmet brunch place, pretty fancy waffles & crepes & salads. I totally ordered the wrong thing.. It looks amazing but was SO dry! Total bummer. :(
The eggs and bacon were pretty delish though so it made up for it. Although spoiler, the waffle (which was 1 single waffle ps) was $10. Ouch!
After breakfast we headed back to the condo to put Liv down for a nap. But things were a little more exciting than anticipated...
Right when we pulled up, a neighbor down the street was shouting for help and we noticed a car had crashed into the house. Brian took off and ran over to help, Sheridan trailing behind. I stayed with the kids for a moment then thought if there were any need for medical help, I'm probably the only one that has any training to help, so I had Kate stay with Olive & Jack.
As I was jogging over to the house I heard the engine of the car start up & then everyone started freaking out. Brian shouted "don't be an idiot, do you see what you already did?!" And got the engine to turn off. I thought it was an elderly guy with dementia or something and he wasn't supposed to be driving.. So when a middle aged man stepped out of the drivers seat I was way surprised. A neighbor was on the phone with police and the tone of her voice kinda set me on edge, coupled with the crazy look on the guy's face. Once out of the car he walked like a freakin zombie away from everyone, past me, and half jogged between the houses. We heard a crash of something metal and he was gone. Brian ran around the other side of the houses to see if he could see he man but he lost him.
The story unfolded a bit more as the police, fire department, & a few ambulances arrived. Apparently he lived with his girlfriend in the condo neighborhood & physically abused her several times, has substance issues & is a pretty sketchy guy. I took the kids inside to be safe (no idea where the guy was still). While we were inside Brian and Sheridan stayed outside, talking with neighbors and a gun went off. This neighborhood by the way, is full of rental condos and retired people. Not anything high crime or gang related at all sooo this was way freaky. Kate & Jack really wanted to see what was going on so we stepped outside again just in time to see the paramedics wheeling the guy out from between the homes.. Blood was all over his face and he looked awful. Brian had to give a report and write an official statement for the police but the rest of us went inside. Crazy!!
Once things were a bit more mellow haha I put Livi down for a nap.
Brian babysat for me so he & Jack hung out at the condo while Sher & Kate & I went down into St. George for pedicures. Apparently Friday at 2pm is the time to get pedis.. Because everywhere we called said they'd be like an hour wait! Laaaame. We finally found Sky Nails & something.. I can't remember exactly but they were awesome. Hot stone massage on your legs = win!
Birthday pedis!
I found this pic on Pinterest
and the one they did was awesome! My toes aren't as cute as the one on Pinterest but focus on the nail art. Love it!
By the time we got back to the condo, Micah was done with work and Maegan & Austin had arrived. So we split up again, the boys went for to take the RZR off-roading and the girls headed to the Sand Hollow Aquatics Center.
To say Liv had a good time would be the understatement of the century.. This girl + water = a never ending love affair.
Before the trip I realized I didn't have any swimsuits that fit her anymore, so I ran to Target & found an adorable coral bikini with white print on it & ruffles! It's seriously adorbs. Meanwhile, I'm 30 weeks pregnant.. And totally refuse to buy a maternity swim suit so just picked one of my bikinis and rocked it, belly out and all.
Kate was a total doll with Olive the whole weekend and was so cute playing with her and including her. She took Livi down the kiddie slide several times and Olive couldn't have been more stoked out!
Poor Lily wasn't feeling very awesome so she wasn't loving the pool.
Once Liv realized the slide existed she didn't want to do anything else so while Kate went down the big kid slide & tube, I helped Liv by holding her hand as she went down.
The smiles and excited giggles were seriously heart melting.
Kate came back over after a bit & Livi loved the train slide again.
We ended things on a little bit of a sad note.. Livi was going down the slide alone as I would take her hand and help her down.. Well, she was trying to go from kneeling to sitting so she could go down the slide and I was reaching for her hand (the slide was covered a little so I had to really reach in with my belly in the way) and I was just a few inches away from her when she toppled backwards, total heart sinking slow motion, and fell down the 3 stairs backwards, landing on her back at the bottom of the stairs, arms spread out and way crying her face off.
I cuddled her a bunch, made sure she was ok, and distracted her with the water fountain things. Before we finished at the pool I made sure she went down the slide (with Kate) and had a semi positive end to the whole experience. Hopefully next time she isn't too scared of the slides!
Once we got back to the condo, we fed the babes and put them down for the night. Kate and Jack were champs & stayed at the condo with Livi & Lily while the adults went to dinner at Ribs Chop & Steakhouse with a few of Sheridan's friends that live in St. George for her birthday dinner.
I had the "famous filet" -- amaaaazing steak ps (not to the epic level of Ruth's Chris by any means though) and baby & mommy were super happy hahaha.
Micah and Austin were super serious about checking the "capable-ness" of Micah's new waterproof phone.
Satisfied scientists.
After dinner we went back to the condo & got comfy (at least I needed to jump into my pj's haha) and played a fun card game, something Beans? It got a little intense but in the end Maegan won and Sheridan & I tied for second place. We all crashed after that.
Saturday
We slept in to the normal 8:30 with Livi and headed out all together for breakfast at the Bear Paw in St. George just off Main Street.
Liv was intensely reading.
After eating waaay too much, we headed over to Sand Hollow for some RZR fun.
The kiddos wanted to ride in the RZR and I did too, but being "with child" it kinda limits everything. So Micah took myself, Livi, Maegan & Lily, and Sheridan & Kate on a fun little ride around the sand dunes.
Liv wanted to drive haha
Livi was giggling and saying "weeeeee" the entire time! I was SO happy that it was a positive experience.. We love doing outdoorsy stuff and definitely want our kids to do them & enjoy them with us so our first little baby steps into that works went really well!
The guys + Kate all piled in after us for their long ride
Sheridan, Maegan & I (plus the babes) headed back to St. George to go shopping.
One of my fave stores in St. George is Urban Renewal, right on 100 south & Main Street (I think). It's got a huge variety of antique and newly antiqued things for your home & such.
I found a feather banner that was randomly laying on a table.. It's literally exactly what I'm looking for to add to the gallery wall in Livi's room. And added bonus, it was only $7!
After Urban Renewal, Maegan headed back with Lily to put her down for a nap while Sheridan & I went over to a few more antique shops. We didn't find anything really worth purchasing & headed back to the car to call our hubbies to see where they were at timing-wise. Turns out they had just loaded everything up and were heading to meet us for lunch.. Perfect timing!
We all met up at Freddy's -- super yummy steak-burger restaurant. It's kinda like an Artic Circle diner setup, with burgers & fries & shakes. Their fries (which I totally forgot to take a pic of) were way yum & super thin. Like 2-3 of Freddy's fries would equal a regular fry.
After lunch we headed back to the condo to put Liv down for a nap. Micah slept while Livi did too and Sheridan, Kate, & I all played a pirate game together.
Once Liv woke up we all headed out to Don Pedro's Mexican restaurant for Austin's birthday choice.
Livi was more interested in eating ice than actual food.. Sooo that's normal.
Total concentration.
Dinner was alright.. I think I ordered wrongly but it was ok. I got an appetizer as my meal (it was a sampler) and kinda regret it. Oh well.
We headed home after dinner & put our babe to bed. Sheridan's sister & their fam were stopping thru the condo on their way to San Diego so they arrived around 9:30 and we stayed up chatting with them. Sheridan and I passed out on our husband's chests while they all talked sports foreeeever. I eventually slunked off to bed (totally using the word "slunk" from The Grinch hahah) and Micah joined me later.
Sunday
Sheridan & co woke up early & headed to church with Sheridan's friend that we grabbed dinner with on her birthday while Micah and I woke up slowly & got ready for the day. We forgot church stuff :( Sher's sister & her fam headed out before I was even out of the shower.
Once I was finished getting ready Sheridan and everyone were back from church & changed, ready to go. Our plan was to check out the Glitter Pit, just outside of St. George.
We all piled into the cars & made our way to what Google Maps told us was the right way.. Several U-turns and double and triple checks of the map later, we finally found the right pathway.. Which was a super bumpy dirt road. Awesome for pregnant people in case you're wondering. Another 30 minutes of bumping and bouncing around, we finally pulled up to the glittering mound.
It's naturally occurring glass, the mineral is something either called Micah (no joke) or something else. Pretty sure it's now called the Micah pit.
One minor crappy factor about our timing or whatever getting to the pit -- a few super special idiots decided to set up a shooting range. No joke, pointed parallel with the pit & angled towards where we would be walking around. With kids. Bullets were actually richocheting around the little pit so Brian went and "kindly" spoke to them about how retarded they were being. Once he came back, the firing stopped thankfully so we were able to actually enjoy the place, not flinching when the guns went off. And just as a side note, I totally love guns. I will have all of my kids, girls included, be familiar with them for when zombies hit and they can actually survive. But these freakin idiots were firing big caliber rifles & handguns within a really unsafe range. So so so dumb.
The glitter pit was so weird, and yet also pretty cool. Not worth the super long trek to get there (at least not for me) but it was cool.
We snagged a few pics, had Livi grab a piece of glass from the wall, & headed back.
We headed back & grabbed lunch at Freddy's again haha and went back to the condo.
Sheridan & Brian packed up their stuff and headed out to go home while Maegan & Austin & Micah went out on a RZR ride. I hung back with the babies so they could have a real RZR ride & not be worried about shaken baby syndrome. ;)
Once they were back, we finished cleaning up the condo & packed up and headed out.
Such a fun weekend with friends and a great excuse to get away for a few days. Awesome memories made, can't wait for the next adventure!
xoxo
Mandi
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