St. George

So the girls and I went to St. George to see a musical. We saw Les Miserables the night before we left for New York and wanted to see it again, so when we found it at the Tuacahn Amphitheater we had to get tickets. We found the dates and were talking about it at FHE (aka Dancing With The Stars night) and found that the Inskeeps wanted to come as well. We decided to go the weekend of the St. George Marathon, and found a hotel in Hurricane (Thanks Amy!!).

It was such a fun weekend. We laughed and talked in the car on the way down and were just enjoying ourselves. No pressure to be anywhere at any specific time. We stopped in Cedar City for dinner and ate at a local drive-in called Hermies. They had a burger cooked in BBQ sauce that sounded good, so I ordered it along with Amy. Lucky her, her burger was actually cooked. My hamburger was raw in the middle. When I looked down and noticed it I nearly lost what had been eaten. I took the burger back to the counter and she actually asked if I wanted something else. I am not that crazy. You serve me one raw hamburger, that is your only chance. So the teens laughed about it for a bit, then brought me a refund for the burger. I felt sick the rest of the drive down. Luckily it was only about 30 mins more or we could have been in trouble.

After we checked into the hotel we realized there were a few little things we needed so Elisa and I went in search of a Walmart. Would you believe we couldn't find one. I can believe it because I realized after we took off in Amy's car we hadn't even looked to find an address. And St. George basically shut down after 9pm. We finally found a Walgreen's after about 15-20 min (it was 5 min maybe from our hotel) and to our great relief it was open 24 hours. We made our little purchases and went back to our hotel.

The next day we got up and hit the outlet mall. We found some great deals and I ended up buying almost all of my Christmas presents. It was great!! We went to lunch while we were shopping and my luck with burgers continued. We were seated and had our drink order taken after a few min. Luckily we had ordered queso dip or we would have starved. I was able to drink 2 sprites before our food came. It had been sitting awhile because all of our food was cold. When the waitress finally came back to our table and asked if I wanted a box, I told her it was cold and gross so no thanks. I was full since we had inhaled the chips and dip so didn't really care. What a nice surprise when my check was only for my drink and 1/4 of the queso.

We then went back to shopping and I found the cutest Halloween bag for Hadley. We have convinced her to be Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz on the condition that I would buy her some new sparkle shoes since her old ones have been worn down and are now too small. I found a trick or treat bag that looks like the basket with a dog head on one end and a tail on the other. I had to get it!! We had fun going thru the Halloween shop. Some of the skelton/mannequins were freaky looking. One of Hannibal Lecter looked too real, and there was one of the Grudge girl that slithered on the floor. That would freak me out if I came upon it!!

We went back to the hotel with all of our spoils and those who get cold changed into jeans and Amy changed into nicer clothes and we headed to our pre-show dinner. It was good food!! We had pulled pork, European chicken, red potatoes, glazed carrots, a mixed greens salad, fresh fruit (yuck!!), a croissant, lemonade, and a french silk brownie. The carrots and potatoes were my favorite part and I could have just eaten that!! Then we met up with my Grandpa Evans to give him his tickets to the show and found our seats. It had been raining on and off all day and was starting to spit rain again. We were a little concerned as the theatre is an open air theatre and we didn't want our show to be cancelled. They said we should be alright so we got a frosty beverage, some glazed almonds, and caramel corn nuggets (soooooo delicious) and got ready for the show. It was neat to see the production with live animals and horse drawn carts. The singers were amazing and did a wonderful job. Then the last 15 min of the show the Heavens opened up and said "I hate you Alfalfa" (one of my favorite lines from Little Rascals). It was blowing the rain sideways and we even had a couple of rain slickers blow up on stage. I had my hoodie sweatshirt on so didn't realize how wet I was until we got back to our hotel. It just made me laugh!!

The ride home was fairly uneventful. I did learn that as friends we are almost too comfortable around each other (Amy and Rachelle that means you, KIDDING!!). We had a great time and I am planning on taking Hayden and Hadley next summer to see Annie. I think they will love it!!

Some day I will get pictures posted, I just need to sit down with Hilary and have her do it. I would say teach me, but lets face it I am computer retarded most times and lazy the other so she will end up doing it, because she loves me!!