St George

We were able to spend the weekend in St George with my family for my nieces' ballet recital.  May 19-20, 2012 It was a quick trip but we had a lot of fun.  We left for my parents house, in Orem, on Friday after work.  Then Saturday morning we headed to St George.  Ellie hasn't really had a lot of longer car driving experience so I was a bit worried...she did great!  I don't know why I ever really worry about things because she always does so good with everything.  She read some books and then napped for most of the drive.  We borrowed a portable dvd player from some friends and that helped with the end of the drive and the drive home.  We met up with my brother, Eric, nephews, Nate and Taylor and niece, Katie for lunch at the Brick Oven.  Then we decided to go swimming.  Ellie is a huge fan of swimming.  She loved it last year, and it hasn't changed a bit.  She did want to be very independent though, which is scary, and wanted to walk out by herself.  We had to keep a good hold of her.  She really loved swinging on the bars at the stairs.

Katie got Ellie some fun birthday bows and a cute dolly.  She also brought Ellie a bunch of her old dolls and Ellie was in heaven.

We walked around the outlets for a while before heading to the recital.  Here is Ellie with my Eric.

 

We left the recital a little early because Ellie was getting really tired.  Katie did wonderful!  When we got back to the motel, Ellie pretty much fell asleep while getting her jammies on.  Here she is after a long day zonked out on the bed:)

On our way out on Sunday, we stopped to say bye to Katie and she had made an early birthday cake for Ellie since she won't be able to see her.  She made a really cute bird cake-she even designed it and had chocolate licorice for the nest.  How creative and delicious.

 It was lots of fun to be able to spend the weekend with family.