It has been exactly one week that I have been home, and I am finally recovered to write some of our memories down.  We had a great time, but it was not your typical vacation where you are relaxed at all times.  This is the type of vacation where afterwards….I need another vacation.  It was my mom with all of the girls (Trilby, Megan, Ashley, Tristen and me), and nine kids.  We stopped in St. George for Broadway is the Desert, and then headed to Provo for the remainder of the trip.  We have all of our favorite stops, such as:

Los Hermanos

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  After eating, I set up wheelbarrow, three-legged and skipping races for the kids.  Jake was the ultimate winner, although we had to tell Trey that he was to avoid a serious meltdown!

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Then everyone went to Seven Peaks.  This was my first year not going, but sitting in 110 degree heat with a 2 month old sounded miserable!

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We headed to a great park up the canyon.  There is a great knee high stream, a big grass area and a rope swing I wanted to put Scout on (in the hammock attachment, but I got vetoed even though it was completely safe!) 

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Our next stop was ice blocking.  I don’t know how we have so much fun zooming down the hill on blocks of ice, but it never fails to be a good time.  The ultimate this time was when my mom got on a block and challanged me and Trilby to a race!  Trilby smoked us all, but my mom had a pretty good showing!

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We also went to the Paul Mitchell hair school to all get treatments.  Most of us got deep conditioning treatments and scalp massages.  However, Trey REALLY wanted orange hair like his older brothers.  Megan was completely against dying his hair, but Tristen and I kept telling her she wasn’t a fun mom, and she finally relented.  Jake also got to dye his hair dark brown!  What a cool mom - and it looked totally cute on both of them.  Afterwards, Trey was literally hopping and skipping around he thought his hair was so cool.  He was taken back when his mom told it would be normal by school.  He disagreed and happily said it would ALWAYS be orange.  When Megan explained how when hair grew, the color grew with it, he was totally bummed out!  How classic!

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We also visited my Grandma Bean.

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We saw Ashley’s new house.

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There were many other things we did, but one of my favorites was when I challanged all of the kids to a jumbo jaw breaker lick-a-thon.  I bought them all a super sized “breaker”, and told them that the first one finished won a really cool prize.  They were under the false impression that it would take an hour or so.  But since I used to do this when I was a kid, I knew it would be days.  I cautioned them about the rough/bumpy stage of the breaker, but none of them listened and ALL got bloody tongues!  Some quit, and it was down to Cade, Jake and Skylar.  Jake was the closest to finishing at only half way, and Cade was right behind him.  Skylar just never conceded even though she was the total long shot.  I have to say that not one of them finished by the deadline of the end of the trip, and nobody got the prize. (Which was going to be $20.00)  Too bad, but I loved to see who was competetive, everyone’s strategy, and most of all the trash talk!  I may have taught them a little myself.  (I laugh, because all of my sisters keep saying that I better watch out because they are going to teach Scout all of the obnoxious things I taught their kids.  I just say, “You will have to beat me ot the punch!”)

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And Finally….here are some pictures of the best traveling baby in the world!  He was down by 10:00 pm every night, and I would have to wake him up at 8:00 am to eat.  He was happy the whole time getting passed around to everyone.  He didn’t make a peep unless he was hungry or tired.  And he was perfect in the 5 hour car rides!  Three cheers to Scout!

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THE END!