This last week we took the girls to St. George. Dan had some CE (Continuing Education) courses down there. We met up with some of our dental school buddies (Hansen's we missed you!). While the guys were in class and then golfing, the girls went for what else but pedicures and swimming. We had all the kids with us. So it made for some interesting pedicures. Not as relaxing as they normally are. Rylee who is 2 loved her "pink piggies" (that would be her toes). I've never seen her hold so still. She loved it, actually they all loved it!!
We had 7 little girls under 7 lined up getting their pedicures. It was so cute and so fun. They giggled and giggled and giggled.
Shanae (left) and Kristie (right), what cute Moms!!
After pedicures it was off to lunch at In-n-Out Burger (quickly becoming a new favorite of mine). After that we went swimming. I didn't get any pictures because I was in the pool. Later that night we met up with the guys and left the kiddos with the babysitters and enjoyed dinner at Samurai 21. If you're in St. George you should try it. Yummy! Another favorite place to eat is Poncho and Lefty's. Best Mexican food in town. You have to try the shrimp enchilada!!
We only got to spend time with our friends for 1 day but it was a fun day. Our girls loved staying in a hotel. The first thing Brinley and Rylee did was jump on the bed. Of course this is not allowed at home, but hey they were on vacation so jump away!!
Baylee didn't want to jump, she was too busy watching Disney Channel. We don't have cable so she had to get all she could while in the hotel.
My 3 bed bugs. They thought it was pretty fun to sleep together in one big bed. They didn't want to go to sleep, they were having too much fun. It was cute watching them all in the bed playing until it was almost 1:00 am and I wanted to get some sleep. Then it wasn't so cute anymore.
I think we wore them out. This was the last morning in St. George. They are going to hate me someday for posting this picture. I still think they are cute!!
Sunday morning before heading back home, we stopped by the St. George Temple and walked around the temple grounds. The weather was perfect!! The Temple was beautiful!! It was a nice way to end a very busy week.
Rylee still refusing to walk. She's searching for "color papers" (caterpillars). Dan packed her all day. She wouldn't come to me, she wanted the safety of her Daddy.
Pictures in the rose gardens at the grounds. More pictures to come from Baylee Rose and her roses...
Heading out of town, we stopped at the Red Cliffs above town. Dan and Baylee went rock climbing while I stayed in the car with the 2 sleeping little ones. 
I love spending time with my cute family!!!
We don't watch a whole lot of TV at our house, however there is one show that brings us all together and brings out the competitive side in all of us. Tuesday and Wednesday nights for the last 4 months have been spent watching American Idol. We have cheered, argued, and yes even cried over this year's Season 8 of American Idol. From the beginning Baylee (the MOST competitive one of all) has been cheering for Jasmine and Danny Gokey. We had many tears the nights they were both voted off. Dan was leaning towards Matt and lost interest when he was voted off. Brinley and Rylee just cheered for anyone that was on the stage, but I have loved voting for Kris Allen from the beginning!! I would come home from our YW activities and hurry and watch American Idol and start voting right away for Kris. Baylee would make me send a vote in for Danny (usually I would "forget" his number) every once in a while. Since Danny Gokey was voted off a week ago, Baylee has been plotting how she can vote for Adam Lambert (sorry fans, but his screaming makes my stomach sick) instead of Kris. She has been teasing me all week, telling me that Adam is going to win and Kris will never make it. Ha Ha!! Actually on Tuesday night Baylee and I had 3 phones going voting for Kris. She however thought that she was voting for Adam, but I'm the one that dialed the phone (with Kris' number of course) and handed it to her to keep hitting redial. I'm such a mean Mom, but I'll show her!! So last night it was sweet victory at our house (even though I was the only one jumping around with excitement!). I went on a field trip with Baylee today and have reminded her ALL day long who won. Yeah Kris!!
A big CONGRATULATIONS to the newest Captain in the West Jordan Fire Department, my Dad!!
The girls loved the tunnel. Rylee said it was scary and covered her eyes while driving through it. Baylee couldn't believe that we were driving in a mountain. 
I loved the beautiful scenery around us. The colors and shapes of the rocks were amazing. We did a little hiking in the rain but soon got very cold. We even saw a wild turkey--two of them, but they ran into the trees before we could get a good picture. 
Rylee stayed on Dan's shoulders most of the day. She was his ear muffs. While eating lunch, there were a lot of caterpillars on the ground. Rylee freaked out over them and refused to walk. She kept saying "the color papers get me, I hold you Dad, I hold you". It was pretty funny watching her run from them.
It was then time to get dressed up like a "Ballabina" (again Ry Ry's words) that would be a ballerina. The girls loved their new dresses. However it was almost impossible to get a good picture of these 3. Baylee smiled perfectly, Brinley kept pulling faces and Rylee wanted to sing the ABC's instead of holding still for her picture. O-well, they're still cute anyway!!
After attending church we went to dinner and yes another egg hunt at Aunt Judy's house with my side of the family. Dinner was delicious and can I say that we had so much food that we could have fed everyone on the block--twice! It was sooooo very good though. This family loves deviled eggs. We fight over who gets them and how many we can have. Baylee has caught on to this quickly. She would eat a whole plate herself!!
