What a Weekend!

I'm not feeling very creative right now, so I think I'll just quickly fill you in on the highlights of this weekend:

1. Scott, Kelley (Scott's younger sister), Ron, Brenda (the lady that Ron has been dating), and I all drove down to St. George, UT for the weekend.

2. We stayed at Brenda's father's summer home which was super nice and brand new. The furnishings and decorations were super fancy, and the home was very clean. This had one major downside: we spent three hours of our last day there cleaning the home. Scott and I even mopped the floor of the garage! The Garage!!!!

3. The weather on Saturday wasn't very nice, so we ended up not being able to go boating or do anything cool. We all went to the indoor pool, took a nice long nap, had dinner, and then went to see the new Indiana Jones movie. The movie was great, but it was a long drive to St. George just to swim and see a movie.

3.5. I really wanted to go to the Saint George temple, but we didn't bring our recommends! I think we really missed out, but it sounds like we might go again sometime this summer (Ron looked for a condo to buy for himself while we were down there), and in that case I'll definitely remember my stuff.
4. The car rides to and from St. George were both enjoyable and nightmarish. Kelley wanted to argue with Scott the entire way about everything, from who got to drive, to what music to listen to, to how loud the music should be, to where we stopped to eat... I just mostly stayed out of it, but it was pretty bad. The good part was that I was able to take some motion sickness pills before each of the trips, so I could play games, read, nap, etc. without feeling car sick at all! It was pretty great. :)

5. Kelley and I stayed up late on Saturday night while Scott and his dad went grocery shopping. We came up with some fun new inside-jokes that are great. Kelley is a fun girl, and so smart... I hope she figures everything out with her school and finds a good balance between that and personal life so that she can graduate on time with all her friends. I hope she and Scott and also she and her dad can learn to get along better... it sounds like they are all having a rough time.

6. Getting away for the weekend just took a lot of stress off. We were able to literally get "away from it all." Seriously, I didn't think about work or bills or anything while we were gone, and it surprised me at how relaxed I felt. Even though we didn't really do much, it was the change of scenery that was the best for all of us.