Well, we had a blast this past week with family (March 20-23, 2012).
On Tuesday, Heidi and Brian (who were in town), along with Kristi, took the twins and I to a place nearby our house called Red Rock to go hiking. Rachel had to work, so she didn't come along. They packed a sandwich, strawberries, peanuts and waters for all of us to eat after our hike.
Since I had been up early that day, the hike wore me out... It wore all of us out. We went back to Kristi's house and had dinner. Brian and I watched the Jazz game, then I took the girls home and I went straight to bed after putting the girls to bed.
On Wednesday (with Rachel now off of work), we all got together at Kristi's house to celebrate Aubrey's birthday around noontime.
After lunch and cake, Rachel and I took a nap. Heidi and Kristi took the girls over to the park to fly kites.
Later, Heidi, Brian and the four of us went to dinner at Golden Corral. After dinner, we called it a night.
The next day, I got packed and took the girls to school and then returned a computer. Picked the girls up, packed up the van and drove into town to do a few errands before we headed out of town. I reserved a room for the night in Mesquite so we could all go down and swim on Heidi and Brian's drive home.
We arrived, checked into our room and all of us got in our swimsuits. We went swimming and then Brian and I went and played. Got a text saying that the girls were done swimming and ready to eat. We ended going to a place called Peggy Sue's. Unless you are in the mood to wait, I would recommend avoiding this place if you are starving or in a hurry. Kristi took off for home from the restaurant and Heidi and Brian took off for home from the hotel.
So it was now just the four of us. We got in our pajamas and ate snacks while watching Beauty and the Beast. We, well I, fell asleep before the movie was over.
We woke up and I ran over to McDonald's to get breakfast to bring back to the room. We finished eating, got back in our swim suits, packed up, loaded the van and then went swimming until lunchtime.
Picture taken by Rachel Sharich, Instagram by Ryan Sharich
While letting the girls play in the pool, Rachel and I were sitting poolside talking. She told me she was having so much fun, she wanted to do this again. I told her that I have three more free nights for the month of March. So we agreed to come back down this Tuesday after the girls get out of school. We had so much fun, we invited family again to come swimming with us. So as long as I get free rooms, we will be doing this quite a bit during the hot summer.
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