Sun Burn to Frost Bite

So this past weekend we had a fun get away in St. George. We both took Friday off of work and drove down to St. George early that morning. The weather was splendid on Friday. The sun was out and we definitely took advantage of it. We went hiking in Snow Canyon. It was so beautiful and warm. We both got a little sun burned from it. I love it, the warm weather that is! After our hike we went to the driving range and hit some golf balls. I seriously was horrible and it was like I hadn't played for a long time (like a year). Mat did alright. We enjoyed ourselves and hopefully will be able to go golfing soon. Then we went to a park and relaxed. We laid out on a blanket and both read our books. I seriously almost fell asleep just laying in the sun. It was fabulous. Mat is reading Work and the Glory vol 8 and I am reading The Grand Sophy. We headed to dinner after that. After dinner we enjoyed the arts. All along Main Street in St. George there are about 7 or 8 art galleries. They all stayed open so people could browse through them on Friday night. We went through and saw some great paintings. Mat and I usually don't go to art shows or galleries, but it was actually a lot of fun. The most expensive piece of art work we saw was of a farmer in the field for $62,000. I think I need to start up painting if I can make that kind of money (too bad for me that I can't even draw a stick figure).

On Saturday morning we woke up and had breakfast and then went to the St. George temple. We did an endowment session while there. It is a very beautiful temple. It is always fun to go to a new temple. You always get the same good feeling even while going to different temples. After the temple we decided to head home earlier than planned because of the storm headed in around Cedar City. Well we definitely got to enjoy the storm in the middle of it. It was crazy. The ice kept sticking to the windshield and Mat had to keep rolling down his window and flicking the wiper to get the ice off. Not fun. I tried to do it on my side a couple of times, but was not very successful. It was like little ice shards hitting your arm when you would stick it out the window. Anyway, it took us an extra hour to get home. It was very snowy and slick, but we were blessed and did not have any trouble. There were some who were not as fortunate as ourselves and slid off the road. The weekend started out with getting a sun burn and ended with us being frozen from the snow storm. Crazy. The weekend was great and it was nice to get away even though it was short.


This was in Snow Canyon. One of the trails we did was Turtle Wall.


Mat being silly.


Here is us at Southgate driving range.


My little golfer.


Here is us at the St. George Temple.


The St. George temple is so beautiful it just stands out.


Here is the view out the windshield from the passenger side.


It is hard to get a good picture while driving, but it was a blizzard out there.