What a week! This week we finished up Christmas. A few of our gifts were experience gifts that both came on this week.
My parents gave the grandkids and everyone really, a few hours of sledding and time together. We went to Soldier Hollow Nordic center and had lots of fun. It was a great activity because we could hold on to each others tubes and go down together in groups of our own size and making. Everyone was able to participate, who wanted too for as long as they wanted too. It was also great because we got to spend time together and not an increase in the stuff we have.
Tuesday the kids had off School for end of the quarter/semester. It’s crazy that the school year is already half over. We did normal things like an orthodontist appointment for Lucy, swimming for the three younger kids with Grandpa Richins, work for Lilly, Glen and me and practice for Lucy. I was able to have lunch with my siblings and mom at Evelyn’s that day to celebrate my mom’s and Jed’s birthday which was the next day. It was nice to have us gathered around the table at Evelyn’s where we have all spent a lot of time and eaten a lot of food and made a lot of memories over the years together.
Wednesday through Friday the kids all had virtual school because of Covid case numbers in schools. It was interesting, and better than when virtual school first started. I think in person is still best. Our county and state government look like a train wreck trying to make decisions on Covid information. One person with some kind of government power will make a decision but then someone else with similar power will not agree with it and try to over turn the decision. It’s a mess.
Lilly and Glen skipped out on most of that week but heading to Cedar City for the Utah Theater Association conference. Lilly to attend workshops and learn, Glen to chaperone. They had a good time, saw a high school production and then college production. After the conference ended Saturday, to finish off the trip they headed to Las Vegas to see a professional production.
After helping to clean the house on Saturday morning I left Lucy and the younger kids to finish up before my mom came to pick them up. I headed south to meat up with Glen and the theater group in Vegas. I drove down in the Tacoma which was the most cost effective choice and seemed like it would know the way if that is possible.
I met the group at Area 15 at a supermarket escape room art installation called Omega Mart. It was weird and cool. I wasn’t there long enough to be able to figure anything out. It always amazes me what people can do when money isn’t a problem. Vegas is probably a good example of that in a lot of ways.
We had dinner at BuccaDeBeppo which was okay. They had a picture of a young Mrs. DeBeppo that looked a lot like a young Patty Bushman. I thought that was neat.
From there we went to see Kà, a Cirque De Soule show. It was amazing. I am glad there was a bit of a story line. It is another example of what money can do. The cast and crew were all amazing and performed wonderfully.
Sunday morning the whole group went to brunch at The Wicked Spoon Buffet. They have the buffet down to a science. Two hours of all you can eat. Everything looks amazing and is given to you in small portions so you can try lots of things, if not everything, if you want. It was the perfect way to fill up a buss full of teenagers for a long ride back home.
Once the bus loaded and we waved goodbye, Glen and I got a little over 24 hours to do what we wanted before he had to be in St George for a conference for work. It was great and the perfect birthday/Christmas present.
We drove over to see the temple, because I had never been there. Then we adventured up the canyon and on to State park lands and eventually to Hoover Dam. The new bridge is amazing and a bit humbling to walk over. Then we headed to Henderson and got to have dinner with Kirsta, Bill, Ivy, Fred and Marj. It was the best part of the whole trip. Kirsta’s dinner was fabulous as well as Marj’s peach cobbler. Being with family was the best part of the trip… Well and not hitting a cow in the road on the way to Logandale when we followed Uncle Fred and Marj home. It was so good visit with these people we love but don’t see much.
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