St. George

Last week, Nate had to be down in St. George on Thursday for work (shooting a commercial - don't worry, he wasn't the actor/model, just helping to make sure it turned out how they wanted), so we decided to make a little vacation out of it. We drove down on Wednesday night and stayed with Nate's grandparents for a few days. Thursday was great weather, Friday was overcast but still fairly warm, and Saturday was raining off and on :( On Thursday and Friday, I hung out with Nate's grandparents while he was at work. We went on walks, barbequed hamburgers for lunch, and mostly just hung out. It was great to get outside though. On Wednesday night, we went to dinner with Nate's sister and her family, who were down vacationing in Mesquite. Bennett screamed through most of dinner, but it was still fun :)

On Friday night, Nate went to the driving range with his grandpa, then we went out to dinner at "The Painted Pony" with friends from Nate's mission - they were in one of the wards Nate served in and live in St. George now. It was fun to get to know them a little and for Nate to catch up with them. The food was delicious, and fortunately Bennett slept in his car seat the whole time.

The rain on Saturday put a damper on our plans for a hike, so we just hung out in the morning, then went for a drive through Snow Canyon in the afternoon. Nate and I got out and walked around a couple times. It was beautiful! I was amazed at the variety of scenery there was and the contrasts. Here are some pictures from our drive.






(I know I look dorky in this one, I just like that you can see the black lava rock, the green grass / bushes, the red rock, and the white rock on the hill behind me)