Family Vacation

After several long weeks of preparing to sell our home and putting in countless hours at work, we decided it was time for a little family vacation!!! We spent a long time debating...Hawaii...Paris...Tahiti??? We ended up settling on St. George, Utah! On Monday, we slept in and ended up getting out of the house a little bit later than planned but we were on vacation and that was okay! The drive to St. George ended up taking about 5 hours and it was nice just to relax and enjoy seeing the beautiful Utah landscape. When we finally reached St. George, we checked in to our hotel, went to dinner (at In-N-Out Burger) and did a little shopping at the St. George Outlet Mall. By the time we were done, we were pretty tired, so we decided to call it a night. We had booked a suite so we could have two rooms. The PLAN was for Olivia to sleep in the living room so we could hopefully get some good sleep. So, we got her all ready for bed and put her in the crib (pack-and-play). As we turned to go back to the bedroom...she sprinted by us!!! Apparently, she is now to big for a pack and play!!! She jumped right out! This was not something we planned for. After about an hour of trying to get her to go to sleep, Daddy ended up putting her in the car and driving around the block until she passed out. He then transfered her to the stroller and back to the room. When she woke up a couple hours later, she moved into the big bed with Mommy and Daddy. Overall...it was a pretty rough night, but it was still fun! The next morning, we got up and had breakfast. After waiting the appropriate 30 minutes after eating, we got our suits on and headed for the swimming pool. It turns out that Olivia is not much of a swimmer. She hated it! She did enjoy putting her legs in the hot tub, though!!! We checked out of the hotel and continued our drive--next stop: Zion National Park!!! Zion National Park is AWESOME! We drove through the park and even went on a one mile hike through some pretty difficult terrain. Daddy had Olivia in a backpack, and Mommy had Sawyer strapped to her in the Baby Bjorn. People thought we were nuts. Maybe they were right! The views at the end of the hike were definitely worth it! After Zion, we drove the rest of the way home and finally got back around 1 am. It was a great trip and we wouldn't change a thing.