sunny st. george

this weekend we went to st. george for the annual president's day weekend bingo trip. we go to st. george and spend the weekend shopping, eating, playing bingo, and going to the parade of homes. we had so much fun, and it was so warm we didn't want to come home! it was about 60* there which felt a little bit like heaven! allison, adam, and i went down on friday morning and played all day. we went to check out my cousin krisit's new house and it's amazing; i love it! i love hanging out with her and her family...they are so fun! she feels more like a sister and we have to much fun when we all get together! we went shopping, went to dinner, and played games. saturday was the annual bingo trip to mesquite....always the highlight of the trip! there is nothing like walking into that smoke filled casino and sitting down with your bingo dobber! i get so stressed while i'm playing that i'm going to miss something and not know i won! and i almost did win! i just needed one more number and i would have won like $300 dollars! anyway, after 2 rounds of bingo, we headed back. we had pizza, sat in the hot tub and watched movies! on sunday we went to hear kristi, greg, rylee, grace and ben speak in sacrament meeting and they did an awesome job! what a great family! i can't believe what an awesome job they did! rylee and grace wrote their own talks! rylee is 11 and grace is 7. their talks were both so sweet and heartfelt! ben ,4, shared a scripture and it was darling! we had a picnic at the park and played with all the kids. then we went and toured a few of the houses in the parade of homes. wow! there were some really amazing homes! sometimes i don't want to come home to my house after that! (i just realized i'm not sounding like a great person right now....the casino, the homeshow on sunday....oops!) then we all gathered at kristi's for hawaiin haystacks and games! we played sardines with the kids in their huge new house! we had so much fun and cute little gracie was just cracking me up! we were hiding in the corner under a blanket with like 6 people and she was so dramatic! we were trying to be quiet and she was getting so hot and sweaty she said, "i'm so sweaty i think i'm going to die!" which made us all laugh. and when rylee asked her if she was crying she said, "no, i'm sweating!" i had so much fun playing with little mia...she is so sweet! i wish i would have got a picture of her! and ben! i love his little laugh! what darling kids! they are so much fun and i always hate leaving! we went to lunch with them today and then to a few more houses. we saw one house that was 21,000 square feet. it had 7 bedrooms, 10 bathrooms, 40ft waterfall, bowling alley, arcade, 2 theaters, a sports bar and that's not all! it was a little over the top. no, not a little...a lot! it kind of made me sick. i don't really know how you can feel ok or good about yourself with that extravagant house when people are starving, living on the streets, and living in such poverty. it was a little ostentatious and showy i thought. but i do admit it was fun to look at! it felt more like a little city. everything you could ever need was right there...you never need to leave your house! this morning i found a fabulous deal at real deals in st. george. i called jd and asked how he felt about it and kind of gave me the parent guilt trip...i'll let you decide. ah! i hate that! i did it. i bought it! but i don't have it home yet and it doesn't seem real! i will post a picture of my "real deal" when i get it home! for now, i'll leave you in wonder. oh, and i almost forgot....jd found himself a little treasure too (after i was instructed not to buy any more home decor for a while). we found these glasses for 75% off! i'm not really sure who else in this world would buy these! we bought them for when jd is done with school and has his own optometry practice. this is something we would never find again so we HAD to buy them! we even got an "investment" from kristi for them. they are so funny! anyway, thanks for a fun weekend kay and kristi, greg, rylee, grace, ben and mia! love you guys!

i really can't believe i didn't take more pictures! this is all i got! but i love it! i think it's so funny! who knows where we're going to store these fro the next 6 years!