Getaway

Seth and I decided to take a few days and sneak down to St. George by ourselves. Yes, you read that right. I did say by ourselves. St. George isn’t at the top of my list in the scorching month of August, but my dad has a nice place down that way and he is up in Alaska right now so we had it to ourselves. We haven’t been away from the kiddos (overnight) by ourselves in two or more years. It is a hard thing to do with six kids. I hate burdening anyone by requesting them to babysit and even more so I am not a fan of leaving my kids for more than an evening. However, Seth’s Mom and sisters seemed up for the task so we took advantage of our free accommodations, packed our clothes and our bikes and headed out. Thanks to Seth’s audio book it felt like we got there in an instant.

The weather was plenty warm but it didn’t really phase us. I figure once the temp is above 90 degrees I prefer indoor activities anyway. We went to the outlets malls, attended a session at the St. George temple, went to the movie theater and watched Inception, ate, went on golf cart rides, ate some more, took a few walks in the evening (even stumbled upon a King Snake) and best of all hung out together and relaxed. Of course there was no sleeping in for us. Seth was up bright and early and woke me up at 6:00 am on Saturday and we went on a 25 mile bike ride around St. George. It took us a while to find a nice trail but once we did, it was beautiful. Surprisingly it didn’t get too hot until around 10:00 am and we were back by then.

That pretty much wore me out for the day but we snuck home after the temple and before the movie so I could get a short snooze. We also ran into a few “celebrities” at Cafe Rio later that afternoon. I didn’t recognize nor have I heard of any of them, but Seth did. He pulled one of the guys up on his Iphone to confirm. It was Sal Masekela (X-game host), Justin Lyons (movie producer) and Frankie (some model/writer). Right after he pointed them out some girl came over and got her picture taken with them. I laughed. I wouldn’t have even known who it was if Seth didn’t point them out. I must be getting old.

We really had a great time. As much as I love and adore and missed my kids, it was nice to let things go and just have fun with my sweety. We were able to talk to each other without having to wait for the kids to go to bed. We goofed around and just acted silly. We bought goodies that lasted the entire weekend instead of being seen, snatched and eaten in a mere few seconds. We went to bed early and even got to sleep in late (well one day anyway). It was just really nice and very much needed for both of us. It certainly helps that I really love being with Seth. I am not sure I could ever get sick of hanging out with that guy (I know….gag,gag,gag).

Of course the hard part was coming home and getting back into the swing of things around here. I quickly forget how much work goes into running and semi-organized household for eight people. Of course most days I love it and I am already back into the routine, but it did take a little adjusting.

Thanks to everyone that helped entertain our six little ones. We appreciated the break are grateful we have someone to help us out with the kids that we love and trust. Also thanks to my dad and Kathy for letting us borrow their home for the weekend.

Reverting back to our teenage years by playing dress-up in the store. Yikes!