This past weekend I got to go down to Mesquite with my friend Kyle to pick up his wife and his mother-in-law. Dany and Carrie had been there babysitting for Danys sister Clea, so Kyle and I went to pick them up, and to celebrate Kyles 21st birthday. We actually had planned on going to Vegas while we were down there, but it didn't really work out. Anyway, a few days before the trip I got a call from Kyle saying that the trip was off because Clea and her husband were going to be stranded in New York for a couple extra days because their flight got cancelled. A couple days later we found out that they had managed to get a flight for Saturday night, so the trip was back on. So I spent the next day and a half getting all my school work lined up so I could leave. Then on Wednesday night I got really sick, and was suffering through work the next morning, so I was ready to back out of the trip, but I was able to get over it on time. So long story short, it worked out in the end and we had a great trip.
So we left Blanding on Thursday night at 6:30 after I got done with all my school stuff. It was a very long drive to get to Mesquite. I could barely stay awake towards the end of the trip. We got to the house around 1:00 in the morning. The next morning we got to have a pretty quite morning. In the afternoon we drove over to St. George and did a little shopping and had lunch. Then we went back to Mesquite for the rest of the evening. We actually wound up going to the tailgate party for the high school. It was really weird being there because we didn't know anybody, but we went because we provided beans for navajo tacos. I guess the party was sponsored by Clea and her husbands business. After that we went back to the house and opened up the pool. It was really fun to have that nice of a pool all to ourselves. After swimming we went back inside and fired up the Wii. We played tennis on that for a couple of hours. I never knew you could get sore arms from playing video games. The next day was a little more challgnging. Dany and Carrie had been there all week babysitting 4 kids, and we had been able to kind of avoid them for the most part up to that point. Since they were out of schhol on Saturday, we couldn't really avoid them too much. So we had to fight and deal with them almost all day. They were CRAZY! We still managed to have some fun throughout the day. We went swimming that afternoon for a couple more hours. That evening we went to the Eurika Casino for the prime rib and crab legs buffet. It was a lot of really good food. After that we went back to the house and wtached Baby Mamma, and it was a pretty funny movie. Then we had another tennis tourney on the Wii. We had a little early birthday celebration for Kyle. Then at 12:01, when Kyle was officially 21, we headed back to the Eurika Casino to play the slots for a while. I won $30 like right off the bat, but ended out breaking even. I walked into the casino with $20 and walked out with $20, so I walked out feeling alright. Finally today we made the long journey home. It is never any easy drive, but we had Kyles Kia loaded to the brim. We were very weighed down. It was well worth it to just get away and have some fun for a weekend.
Where we spent the majority of our free time.
Emma, Kyle, and Mandy
Kyle reading his home made birthday cards.
Kyles cake!
Ready to blow out the candles.
2 comments:
Fun!! You should have come and spent the night over here! Then gone back home! I have room! :o) I was in St. George on Friday and Saturday! Too bad we didn't run into each other! Sad. One question, when did Kyle get married and who did he marry? Well actually 2 questions. hehe
Sounds like a fun trip. I am glad you got to go and that you all made it home safely. It's always nice to get away for a few days.
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