Wish you were here.

I just uploaded last weekends pics of our sojourn in southern Utah. We stayed in my sister's condo and tried as much as possible to get in the way of my niece Courtney and her husband Jared who were also staying there. I've posted the ones that I thought most likely to make you wish you were there. Like you didn't already.

This is what happens when you spend more than 4 hours with us. Either you fall asleep out of self preservation or become overly interested in your porn-star mustache and the contents of your computer. I had already noticed that Jared's computer wasn't even on but didn't have the heart to tell the little guy.

Since they were the first ones up on Saturday morning, Thomas and Suzie got to perform the family ritual of walking around the pool table 3 times with your mouth full of strawberry marshmallows to ward off evil spirits and Tom Cruise. 

We walked down to the Texaco to honor the age old tourist tradition of buying dusty cookies and overpriced sunglasses. Right after I took this we got kicked out because there is some sort of ordinance against making those kinds of faces on a Sunday. Live and learn.

Sam was feeling a little blue here due to the fact that he wouldn't stop speaking inappropriately to his drink so it had no choice but to give him a time out.

Apparently, I should have reminded Turner to go potty before we left and made sure Sam knew it's a more accepted practice to vomit into your drink when it's empty; not when it's 3/4 full.

This is what happens when you walk slower than your children. They either play in the sewer or just stand there and give you this look.

Take note-all it takes to perk Courtney up is an offer of free bacon.

Working together, these crazy kids managed to finish the word search on Suzie's kids menu. It took them until after we paid the check but we're still proud.

We took the long way home starting with a long-cut through Zions. As you can tell, all the kids were really happy to be leaving it behind.