Trip to St. George

Right before school started last August, Tyler took Dane to visit Grandma and Grandpa Thomas in St. George, Utah. I Thought I had blogged about this trip but I guess the beginning of school was a crazy time and I forgot. So here are the highlights from that fun time.

I was very sad that I didn't get to go with them but I was happy that Dane got to go on a special trip with just his dad. And I was happy that Tyler got to take a break from Texas and go back to his beloved west and get to spend some quality time with his family.

Here are some pictures from the first day. Dane at the Las Vegas airport standing next to a huge statue of a lizard. Visiting the Wildlife Museum in St. George, Utah with Uncle Jason. And "surfing" the lions in front of Grandma and Grandpa Thomas' house.

The next evening Dane, Tyler, Clark, Sylva, Jason and Klide went for an overnight camp-out at Pine Valley mountain. Some of the highlight from that trip were when Dane fell in the creek, caught a fish which he decided was too small to eat, and eating Smores which were cooked over a nasty fire pit that someone had left coal in. The nasty black smoke was very unpleasant and took away a little of the magic from the long awaited camping trip. However, Tyler had a good laugh that night when his parents went for a middle of the night potty break, in the dark of night, and ended up falling all over each other when they got a little off the beaten path! Dane slept well that night because his dad gave him the good sleeping mat....but between sleeping on the hard ground and listening to Klide dig holes in the ground all night...Tyler was glad to get back to a regular bed.

The next big adventure was an incredibly fun trip to the pool at Veyo Hot Springs Resort. Grandma Thomas, Tyler, Dane, Jason and his girlfriend Monica, and her girls, Cynthia, Alyssa, and Laila had a great time swimming all day, eating corn-dogs, hamburgers, and ice cream. Tyler used to swim there when he was a boy, visiting his grandparents, so it was really nice for him to be able to share that fun experience with his son.

When Dane wasn't playing video games down in the basement he could be found waiting by the back gate for "The girls" to arrive. He had a great time playing with Monica's girls, especially since his older cousins were busy and the kids in St. George had already started school. They had fun playing at the park one day and another day they visited Jason's classroom in Mesquite Nevada and playing wii at Monica's house. Dane also had a great time playing xbox live with his cousin Eric and his friends one afternoon.

On the morning of their last day there, just before they left to take the shuttle to the airport, they went to a neighborhood water park. Doesn't it look fun and refreshing? I don't know why they don't have more parks like this around here? They had so much fun on their visit and they even got to fly in first class for free both ways...so all in all a great trip!