we headed to st. george for president's day weekend to visit russ's parents at their second home. the house looks out on a pond, complete with swans, ducks and turtles, so you can imagine the fun the kids had throwing stale bread at the swans and ducks. i say "at" because a few times the poor things got pelted with a roll. at one point we looked over to see george peeing through the fence into the pond, which had russ and i about rolling on the grass with laughter. we stifled it, though, so as not to condone such behavior! we went swimming a few times at the indoor pool, which, i must say was fabulous since we are water people.
the valentine lady managed to track us down, even though we weren't at home. i assured the kids that i had emailed her the address so she could gps it. the valentine lady is very technically savvy! she arranged a scavenger hunt for the kids to find their gifts, which were ultimately hidden in the clothes dryer. they had such fun running about looking for their clues. george was surprised with a superman sleeper blanket, and mia was delighted with a heart-shaped pet bed for all her animals. russ and i got the kids marble run, which they played with for hours, and i made them a photo book of all the family who loves them. and of course george and dolores gave them fun valentine goodies.
there were a few hiccups in the trip. the first hiccup was george didn't sleep very well on his new blow-up travel bed, which meant russ and i were pooped, and george was cranky. the biggest hiccup, though, was we were in the emergency room with george for several hours the afternoon we were supposed to travel home. george had been breathing kind of fast and funny on sunday, but by monday his chest was popping and he was intermittently wheezing. after several breathing treatments and being on oxygen for a few hours, he was doing much better, so we were able to get home about the time we thought we would anyway. we suspect he has a cat allergy, but we won't know for sure until he gets tested in a couple months. i'm soooo glad he's doing better! he hasn't had any problems since we got home!
despite the hospital visit and lack of sleep, we had a fun time and look forward to doing it again sometime :).
this is the best shot we could get of our family on valentine's day...pathetic!
a cute one of grandma and papa with the kiddos...
mia personally requested this photo be taken since she absolutely adores flowers
yeah...he doesn't like this thing at all!
