St. George

The next day and half we spent sight-seeing in St. George.

We went to the St. George Temple which is absolutely stunning.  The bright white stucco facade is so beautiful against the red rock background and blue sky of St. George.  At the visitor center we watched a sweet video about  obedience based on a story about a young pioneer girl babysitting her little brother.

At the Hayden Wells Church historic home

We also went to the historic home of Hayden Wells Church a pioneer, member of the Mormon Battalion and one of the first to settle St. George.  He is relative on Grandma's side of the family.

It was pretty hot on this day so we decided to enjoy the air conditioning at the movie theater while watching Despicable Me 2.  After a dinner at Cafe Rio, we went back to the condo for swimming and cards games.

The next day before we started the drive home, Grandpa took us on a little field trip to a local park/outdoor area.  It was all red rock and in case you have been to St. George, its the rocks that have the word "DIXIE" painted on them.  What a great area.  There is a small parking lot, an amphitheater, fire pit, and picnic tables.  But mostly, you can just climb around on all rocks.  It was pretty fun.

After hiking around for a while we went to eat at a wonderful breakfast place in downtown St. George.  I think the name was Bear Paw or something like that.  The girls had some delicious crepes as we all ate a pretty filling breakfast.  After eating we took the girls over to the outdoor splash pad to play in the water for a little while before cleaning up and starting the drive home.

What a great "vacation with-in a vacation"  I'm so glad we did it and are really grateful to Grandma and Grandpa.  I love to do new things and go new places with my girls.  I know that they will always have wonderful memories of times like this!