I am not 100% sure if this is an annual tradition yet, but it is beginning to feel like one. This past weekend we headed down to St George with the car packed, bikes on the back and kids nestled away inside for a quick cousins weekend in sunny St George, Utah.
We left Thursday night but were not able to get on the road until about 7:30 pm since we had to wait for Adyson to finish her dance classes in Orem. I came home from work and Hailey had all the bags packed, art project in the car and movies loaded up. She sure knows how to make the drive a bit easier! I loaded the bags in, put the bikes on the tow rack and we were off.
Grandma and Grandpa Kandell were already down in St George and the Lovell cousins drove down Thursday night also. As we were leaving there were reports of snow coming in and frost warnings so we were really excited to get down to the southern desert of Utah. The kids did really good and Hailey and I laughed a bit as we watched Max struggle for about 30 mins in and out of sleep and you know how a kid will nod off the feel as though he was falling or something. Hailey eventually climbed back there and helped him get situated so that he would quit falling onto Adyson.
We got into St George around 11:45 or so and the kids of course went straight to bed. Lucy actually slept quite a bit of the way down. The next morning the kids of course got up early and went right to playing. It is so much fun to see them playing together and talking and carrying on. Bike riding around the block is like the pinnacle of fun for the Kandell kids since we do not really live in a normal neighborhood. So the kids were on bikes all the time. The first morning there it is a tradition for Grandma Sue to get on her bike and ride to the local Mcdonalds where she is a kind of celebrity and to have all the kids on bikes riding along with her. Other fun things included lizard hunting, making hotels and houses out of cardboard boxes and clothes pin people, Halloween cookies and art, BYU football and of course the main reason for the trip is the Santa Clara parade and the Tuacahn play of Mary Poppins.
spooky Halloween masks and bike rides around the neighborhood made for a good time
My mom and Hailey took just the oldest two cousins to see the play on Saturday night and they said it is absolutely the best play they have seen there and every year it seems to get better and better. Adyson and Easton thought it was awesome and the boy in the play actually goes to Ady's school so she thought that was great.
We also attend each year with all the kids, the Santa Clara parade and it is such a good parade. We had the best spot this year and had shade and not tons of other kids trying to get our kid's candy. Max cleaned house and was relentless enough that we had to slow him down a bit.
Hailey and Max loving the parade
Max is loving his role as big brother and is showing Lucy the Princess Float coming down the road.
My favorite part of the parade is the fair food afterwords and I even ate curry goat from a Jamaican vendor this year. The kids ate lots, listened to the live music and we all just enjoyed the sun!
amazing Halloween cookies Hailey made with the kids
Max is just chilling listening to the local music while Lucy and Saige hang out
Cousins hiking in a river bed that is dried out
Adyson and Easton in their spooky masks they made with Hailey
We love going to St George and spending some time (trying to relax, though with 7 kids under 9 it is tough) relaxing with family.
I wonder what plays will be showing next year?
Max loving his ice cream sundae at Black Bear Diner
"You will have significant experiences. I hope you will write them down and keep a record of them, that you will read them from time to time and refresh your memory of those meaningful and significant things. Some may be funny. Some may be significant only to you. Some of them may be sacred and quietly beautiful. Some may build one upon another until they represent a lifetime of special experiences."
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