Saint Gorgeous! (as Grandma says)

This weekend Zach and I and my cousin Hillary went to St. George to visit my grandparents.  It was sooo fun!  (We missed Hill's hubby Eric who thought it necessary to attend his best friend's wedding instead... Don't know what he was thinking!)  But we still had such a good time.  Their house is one of my favorite places in the world to be.  Here's a little of what we did:

• We looked at a bunch of scrapbooks and listened to Grandpa's stories about them

 Love this picture...

This is from my grandpa's scrapbook about him being an airline pilot.  This is a picture of his application to American Airlines.  Can you believe Stewardesses used to have to include their measurements on their application?!  I couldn't get over it!

• We played the organ with Grandpa's help- this is one thing I have to do EVERY time I visit their house (but this is Hillary)

•  We "hiked" on a paved bike path that we thought was a loop, until we reached town and decided we'd better turn around.  No pictures.  It was the middle of the afternoon in the blazing sun and I would guess we walked at least 6 miles.  Pooooor Roxy, she was such a trooper but towards the end would collapse any time she found shade and would refuse to walk a step further!  I had to carry her part way!  And I was exhausted myself.  We all got sunburned.  But it was a fun time :o)

•  We napped, napped, and napped some more... especially after our long long long walk

 Zach with Bailey (Gma/Gpa's dog) See his brutal sunburn?!

 Grandma with Bailey

 Roxy... so exhausted after our hike

• We played lots of Rummy!  I won twice out of 3 times... and I think it was a 3-way tie for first the last game, so basically, I'm a winner.  Ha :o)

•  We also played this thing.  I still have no idea what it's called... but it's some kind of instrument that intrigues us every time

• We also ate DELICIOUS bbq beef, and had Grandpa's unbelievably good cheese sandwiches, and watched Fiddler on the Roof and Charade (with Cary Grant/Audrey Hepburn).  Classics!

I realize I'm not in any of these pictures, but someone had to be behind the camera!  We just had such a good time and never wanted to come home!  When we did though, we gave Roxy 1/4 of a sedative since she had been kind of wound up on the drive there.  It was so tiny we didn't think it would work but boy did it!  She staggered around before we left, and then we put her in the car while we ran back in to grab our bags.  When we came out she was inexplicably perched underneath the back window.  She never does that, so we could tell she was really confused about what was going on.  I snapped a pic just as she decided to come down.  It was hilarious!  (How did she even get up there...?)

All in all...

We miss St. George.