a break from Fall

Stephen and I spent most of Fall Break working and doing homework. We were able to go to St. George and stay at his parents house for a few days, which was a nice break from the cold weather in Salt Lake. We got into St. George on Wednesday night, ordered take-out and then hung out with Stephen's nieces and nephews who were also down for the weekend.

On Thursday we went on a quick hike right out side of St. George, it was beautiful!After the hike we played with our nieces and nephews at a park near to his parents' house. It a really awesome park, I'm sad I don't have any pictures. The jungle gym at the park was designed by a Danish company I think? Anyway, it was really modern and had a bunch of non-traditional jungle-gym toys. The kids loved it!

In March Stephen's parents got us tickets to see Aida at Tuachan just out side of St. George. Tuachan is an outdoor theatre where a lot of different musicals and plays take place. The amphitheatre is right next to the mountains so they use the mountains as part of the set. It was a great musical, we loved it. Stephen's dad had a $25 gift card for concessions, and serious, Stephen used it all on treats. He was so full after having nachos, popcorn, candied almonds, red vines, ice cream, and two Dr. peppers. They didn't allow any cameras during the play so i took a picture of the set before hand.
Friday Stephen and I drove to Las Vegas and spent the day doing some early Christmas shopping. We went to the outlets and then spent some time on the strip. After shopping we visited my dear friend Kelly Stika who lives in Vegas with her husband and son. It was so nice to see her! She made us pizza and showed us around her new house.

We made sure to take pictures of some of Vegas's best while we were in town.