St. George Vacation and Marathon

Friday Chris and I drove down to St. George with his brother Steve and his wife Stacy who were in town from Seattle. Steve was running the St. George Marathon on Sat morning and trying to qualify for the Boston Marathon. So we decided this was the perfect opportunity for a mini vacation of our own without the kids, only the 2nd time we have left our kids alone overnight ever. It was a much needed vaca. Thanks to our other brother in law(Jeff) we had a place to stay, all of the hotels were booked months in advance. Jeff's parents happen to have a second home in St. George in an exclusive neighborhood. It was so awesome and very peaceful. Thanks again to Jeff (place to stay) and Samantha (chris' sister) for watching our kids, you are amazing and we love you so much. After a nice dinner, relaxing soak in the hot tub looking at millions of stars and a much needed night of sleep without toddler interruption we woke up to rain. Lot's of rain. Poor Steve had to run the majority of the race in rain, heavy winds and unseasonably cold weather for St. George. It was between 50 and 60 degrees during his race. But after much perseverance Steve finished 3:19:26, 34 seconds to spare. Way to go Steve. Boston here you come. Before we headed back to Springville we had lunch at the always favorite In-N-Out Burger. It was so good. I don't usually like fast food hamburgers, but man, these are good. After watching Steve and the fact that he plans to run it again next year, I think I am going to run it also. I have until March to think about it before registration opens. We will see but it is very tempting.