Day 3 Finale!

Staying in St. George on a Monday night in the middle of winter is surprisingly affordable. We found a nice place with a gorgeous pool on the internet and the kids were so excited to wake up Tuesday morning and go swimming. Much to my horror, the pool was IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FREAKIN LOBBY! What? WHY??? Had I seen that when I checked in the night before I may have gone somewhere else. :/

But--after slipping out of my towel and oozing myself nonchalantly into one corner of the pool, all was forgotten and we had a BLAST. And the pool went under a wall and was even bigger outside--so all was right with the world again.After swimming we headed over to the St. George Temple. I've never stopped in to the visitors center before, so it was new to all of us. The cute little old missionary told us the film about the building of the Temple was only about 7 minutes long--but I think all of my kids will tell you it was MORE LIKE THE LONGEST, SLOWEST 20 MINUTES OF THEIR LIVES. Anywho, it was nice to see some old relics and he did peak my interest in touring the Brigham Young winter home a few blocks away.

The kids feeling the love in front of the Temple

Brigham Youngs winter house was really interesting. My kids were intrigued--but that was because of our fine tour guide who had lots of interesting things to share. Did you know Brigham Young only used the house for 4 winters? From age...wait, was it 70-74 or 74 to 77...blast it. Anyway, he died of appendicitis in Salt Lake after only using the home for 4 winters. Oh, something I do remember--Saints were called to St. George to grow cotton...did you know that?

Side view of the house

Holding cotton they just picked from the cotton bushes next to them! So cool!--Don't they looked excited?

The tour of the home was fascinating. Gavin loves all things old fashioned and was in heaven. He asked great questions, listened intently to the answers and is still repeating facts to Brent. I was very impressed.

The Living Room

The Maids Room--Kesleys favorite because of the old sewing machine with the old "Barbie" doll on it. Apparently Brigham Young would make them out of wood so the little girls could learn how to sew by making clothes for them. See? I do remember some stuff.

And finally, Brigham Youngs bedroom with his original bed. Gavin loved the hat laying on the bed, but we found out it was made in 1913, so obviously not Brigham Youngs. After this tour we headed over to the Daughters of the Pioneers museum and spent at least an hour walking through it. I was pleasantly surprised with how interested they all were in everything--well except Jenna who was laying on the floor whining about how hungry she was--but still, they did great.

AWESOME TRIP! I'm ready for the next one!