Christensen Family: 2nd St George Trip

Thursday, February 29, 2024

2nd St George Trip

We got to go back to St George for more basketball games. Garret got to come with us this time. We had a rough flight down. Our plane left Spokane late on Thursday morning so we missed our connection in Seattle. We got rebooked but that flight also left late. So we didn't get into Las Vegas until late afternoon. It took forever to get our luggage, rent a car and get on the road. We were about 10 minutes late to Tanner's Thursday night game. It was a little frustrating, but at least we made it safe and sound. Kirt, Garret, and I stayed with Dave and Jen because my parents were staying with Tanner and Emilie. (That's another whole story. I sent my mom the exact days and times of our flights so that she could book their tickets close to ours so we could share a car from Vegas and back. She accidentally made their tickets down for Wednesday instead of Thursday so they took a shuttle from Vegas to St George on Wednesday night. Then she on purpose made their flights home on Tuesday, instead of Monday with us, because they were a lot cheaper. She thought they were for Tuesday at 6am, but they were actually for Tuesday at 6pm. So she and my dad stayed in Vegas Monday night and all day Tuesday. Once again, I thought Pompa had the brain tumor.) The whole trip was a little rough because we were taking care of a lot of old people. Kirt's parents came down from Vernal also and Kirt's dad threw his back out on the drive down and could barely walk. He didn't make it to either of the basketball games unfortunately. Friday morning, my mom, Emilie, Garret, and I went and climbed Angel's Landing in Zion's National Park. It was amazing and everything went perfect. I was so proud of my mom for doing the hike. It's about a 6 mile hike and it's really hard and scary. We went slow, but she did it!! Tanner, Emilie, Garret, and I played pickle ball after the hike. The weather was glorious. Sunny and 70 degrees. Friday night we went to dinner at Longhorn Steakhouse-me, Kirt, Vance, Connie, Grammy, Pompa, Tanner, Emilie, Jen, and Garret (Dave was working so Garret was Jen's date). Then we went to the Red Cliffs Temple open house. Saturday morning we did sealings at the St George temple with Grammy, Pompa, Tanner, Emily, Kirt and me. Garret did baptisms. In the afternoon Kirt, Garret, Grammy and I went on another hike to a little waterfall. We went to dinner at a pizza place before the game and then went to the game. It was Tanner's senior night, his last home game at Utah Tech, and they recognized him. It was pretty emotional. It's been so fun watching him play basketball over the years. Sunday we went to church in Dave and Jen's ward because Tanner and Emilie were having stake conference. Tanner, Emilie, Garret, Josh, Grammy and I played pickle ball after church. Jen and Dave made us a delicious dinner at their house and we hung out and visited and played games. Monday we hung out at Tanner and Emilie's and then drove back to Vegas. We dropped my parents off at Planet Hollywood (or Planet Fitness as my dad kept calling it) and then went to the airport. We had another rough trip home. Our flight was delayed and we left Vegas late and missed our connection in Seattle AGAIN. They rebooked us. Our plane was supposed to leave Seattle at 9:30pm. We got on the plane on time and then sat there for over 2 and a half hours. Our plane didn't leave until after midnight. We got to our house about 1:30am. I had to work the next day. I was so tired all day after getting only about 4 hours of sleep but it was worth it to see Tanner play.

In the Delta Sky Club in Seattle. Garret ate a ton of food!