19 Years! We went on a weekend getaway just the two of this. This was the first time we just left our kids at home with no adults watching them. We were gone for two nights to St. George. It was delightful. We were a little nervous about leaving the kids. We told them that we didn't want there to be any incidents - no water incidents, no car incidents, no fire incidents, no medical incidents, etc. And I am happy to report that there were no incidents to mention. Thank goodness. When we got home, we found happy, healthy kids. We had even told Eliza not to drive if at all possible just to avoid any potential extra risks while we weren't close. The cutest thing was Holland had created a poster about tittling (opposite of tattling) where they wrote down things that someone had done that was nice. It was adorable.
We enjoyed the drive down to St. George. We listened to a marriage audiobook called, Everybody Fights. I can't really remember what we learned, but it was enjoyable. We want to make our marriage better. When we got there, we enjoyed a fancy dinner with the help of a gift card. It was our actual anniversary that day, so it felt fun to indulge in a fancier dinner.
We went to our hotel, which felt so nice. We didn't have to find a room or two that could fit six. Just a nice one for the two of us. It was a bonus that this hotel had a nice breakfast and even a pickleball court that we used. We made a romantic playlist and loved playing it on this trip.
We just played all weekend. Definitely the two hikes we went on were highlights. We hiked to Elephant Arch, which was way cooler than I expected even though the first half of the hike was a little plain. We also hiked Red Reef trail before we headed back on Sunday. This was a cool canyon that we followed as far as we could. It was lovely. Turns out that hiking in January in St. George is a great idea.
We also saw the movie Wicked 2 in the theater which was a bundle of fun (except we were on like the second row, which isn't ideal!). And honestly just using a bunch of gift cards and eating out is a good time.
We did make it to church, but while we were there, at home Holland decided to bear her testimony for the first time! She took a photo of our family to the podium, and told the entire ward that John and I had left them for the weekend, but she had a testimony that we can be together forever. I had several texts from Miriam and other ward members about it. We can never not be a spectacle.
It was a lovely way to celebrate our anniversary. I love being married to John! I want to be with him forever, really!
Staybridge Suites was so nice. The hot tub was too crowded for us to want to use though. We are spoiled having our own pool.
Sending pictures to the kids!
Scariest daily habit!
Yummy hotel breakfast
On our way to Elephant Arch! Google maps led us astray, but we made it eventually. The first third of the hike or so is just walking down a dirt road.
Actually looks like an elephant!
Loved our post hike lunch at Panera Bread!
Then we hit the movie theater and played pickleball afterwards.
Olive Garden is delicious!
Free cake for our anniversary
On our way to church
We stopped by President Holland's grave. The service there was just a couple of days before.
Red Reef Trail
Almost like Lake Powell
That was as far was we went. We didn't want to fall in the water.
19 Years! We went on a weekend getaway just the two of this. This was the first time we just left our kids at home with no adults watching them. We were gone for two nights to St. George. It was delightful. We were a little nervous about leaving the kids. We told them that we didn't want there to be any incidents - no water incidents, no car incidents, no fire incidents, no medical incidents, etc. And I am happy to report that there were no incidents to mention. Thank goodness. When we got home, we found happy, healthy kids. We had even told Eliza not to drive if at all possible just to avoid any potential extra risks while we weren't close. The cutest thing was Holland had created a poster about tittling (opposite of tattling) where they wrote down things that someone had done that was nice. It was adorable. 
