Wild Weekend in St. George

Jonathan's mom has been visiting her mother in nearby St. George the last few weeks, so the kids have gotten some extra chances to spend time with Grandma! She and Great Grandma Del Toro were able to come visit over Father's Day weekend, and this past weekend the kids and I headed up to St. George on Friday afternoon to go see both Grandmas again. Grandma Cardon had some fun activities set up for the kids to do as soon as we got there!


Zachy and Lucy got to paint some fun magnets, which was very serious business for Zach who worked super carefully, then they had dinner, went for a bike ride to the local elementary school, and got to stay up late and watch a movie while I shopped at Tai Pan.

Saturday Jon headed rock climbing with his buddy Matt Kelly, and then met us at the new recreation center in Washington where the kids got to go swimming! It was a huge swimming pool with slides and things to climb on and even a mini lazy river, and was completely indoors so you weren't dying in the hot sun all afternoon.

The kids had a BLAST swimming with Grandma and mom and dad!

I bought Zachy one of those suits that has floaties sewn in on both sides, and he was SO cute to watch bobbing along in the water. He wanted NO help!

Lucy has been taking swimming lessons all month and they are really starting to pay off-- this is her impression of "Patrick," the star fish on "Sponge Bob."

Getting a quick bite to eat in between swimming breaks!

That night Grandma was kind enough to babysit so Jon and I could go celebrate my birthday, which was the next day on Sunday. We got dinner at Texas Roadhouse (which by the way, DON'T tell them it's your birthday because all they do is make you sit on top of this ridiculous wooden horse so they can publicly humiliate you, and NO free birthday dessert!!), but at least the food was good. Then we went to "X-Men First Class." At 28 years old I think I look a little worse for the wear-- but hey, it's been a long year!!

Sunday I was treated to waffles with strawberries and cream for breakfast, and then church for everyone but Zachy and I who stayed home to let the little monster, er, bambino nap. This is us ready for church (before Zachy crashed). It was a great, relaxing birthday!

Lucy, Grandma Cardon, and Great Grandma Del Toro


Jonathan left for home Sunday night since he needed to be back for work, but I decided to stay a little longer with the kids and play on Monday. We headed to a local place called "Jumpin' Jacks" which is an indoor warehouse FULL of bounce-house-things.


The kids had a blast sliding down the huge slides (they were FAST!), and bouncing around on the equipment.

But REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! ***Record scratching to a halt*** That was the end of the fun. Poor Grandma was trying to help Zach up a steep ladder when she lost her footing and fell about 3 feet, and wrenched her leg so that she fractured it in TWO places!! It was A-W-F-U-L. I felt terrible. She had to go to the ER in an ambulance and have X-rays taken to find out her leg is BROKEN. Needless to say, the weekend ended on a definite sour note. BEWARE the bounce houses!! That's two people--count 'em, TWO people in my family who have broken limbs or appendages on these contraptions this year. First my sister in law who broke BOTH feet, and now my poor mother in law. Here's to a quick recovery!!