WEEKEND IN SAINT GEORGE/ ZION

This weekend Emmi had a dance competition in Saint George. I'm not a Saint George lover, but I do have to say this is one of the best trips I've made that direction.
We headed out on Friday around 2, got into Saint George around 6:30, checked into the hotel and then headed out to find some food.

Yes, we know what is most important....food!

We ate at Brick Oven Pizza, at the end of the St George Boulevard. Yummmy! While we were eating a balloon lady came around and made Emmi "bunny ears". It was quite the fun dinner.



After dinner we went back to the hotel and crashed...I was so very tired from driving.

The next morning we were up early for the dance competition. Emmi had three team dances (Jazz, Lyrical, Jazz) and a show routine.

They placed first in all of the dances. Two of the dances were "high gold". I was so very proud of her, but the best part was that they had fun!

After dancing Emmi decided she wanted to swim for a bit.



Then we went on a tour of St George. I've been to the place many times but except for when I was like 14 and went with Janet Dodd and her sister, I really haven't done anything while I was there. So I decided to find the roads that took you to the top of the red rocks and take the roads that lead out of the city to the fun spots. I never found the road that took you to the volcanoes and the dunes, but that is okay....

I found THIS!

Now tell me that doesn't look like a face.... hahahahaha, I love it!

and we found these up on the top of one of the bluffs.

We had a blast that day just driving around and finding all sorts of cool stuff, mostly in the color reddish-orange, but since it isn't a common color up north we enjoyed finding new red rocks.

The next morning we were SUPPOSED TO eat breakfast, hop in the car and just come home. But at breakfast this morning one of the other families was talking about driving through Zion and Emmi decided SHE wanted to drive though Zion too. So I bought a map, called my mom and then took the LOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG way home.

But had we taken the normal route, we would have missed all of this!

(Look, she is sad because we were leaving)

Our 4.5 hour drive took 8.5 hours and 50 extra miles...not to mention the $25 freaking TAX they charge you to drive through the park, but it sure was beautiful. It was worth the extra time, even if I am extremely tired right now because of it.

We stopped at my parents on the way home and Emmi decided to show us how tired she was from the trip.

What a great weekend!

Now I'm off to bed.

Visit to the Mountains

Last weekend one of my coworkers got married. After the ceremony Emmi and I decided to drive to the top of 9th street in Ogden and see the mountains. It was cold out, but the snow topped mountains were hard to resist. They looked so beautiful.

Emmi went exploring at the trail-head. She noticed lots of signs of foot traffic, and not just of the human variety. She decided that she wanted to live at the bottom of a mountain and then said she was cold.


I agreed. It was really windy and cold out.

We couldn't help but take some pictures. (Okay, so we took lots of pictures)

While I really hate the cold winters in Utah, it sure does make for some breathtaking scenery.

Enjoy!

(P.S. I love my new camera and I really really love my new zoom lens!)