Tuacahn Trip

Cathie, me and my Mom, waiting for the show to start at Tuacahn!

Last weekend was one of the funnest weekends I've had this summer. I went on a trip to St. George with my mother-in-law Cathie, and my Mom. (if any of you know either of them, you know why I had so much fun) We left Friday morning, because we had tickets for that night to the play "Cinderella" at Tuacahn. As soon as we got there we started shopping, and never really stopped. No, we did- to eat, sleep and go to our shows :) So after dinner we went to the play which was really really good. My cousin Jenny played Cinderella which made it even more fun.Me, Cinderella and Prince Charming!

The next morning it took us about an hour to decide what we wanted to do for the day (besides shop). So we all finally agreed on hanging out at the pool that morning, then driving to Vegas to have some fun. We got to vegas around 4:00 and spent about 3 hours doing the stupid pictures where your head is on a different body, after the guy spent so much time on us, he was starting to get frustrated because we were only going to buy one picture and he couldn't talk us into more. So he printed out the pictures and we were ready to pay, but he saw new customers and just ignored us- we stood there for about 10 minutes trying to decide what to do and we ended up sneaking away without paying. Come to find out- there is only one way to the parking garage and we had to go by this guy who took those pictures again, who was probably really pissed off after spending that much time on us for nothing. So we tried to sneak by, but he spotted us and all three of us took off running in the opposite direction and hid in a store. It sounds so dumb now, but we really were scared! We asked 3 different people if there was another way to the parking garage, including a security guard who wanted to escort us to it, but they all said there was only that one way. After roaming around for a bit, and finally going outside to see if we could get to it that way- we broke a few more laws jaywalking and probably trespassing, but finally made it to the car. All of this wasted time and trouble just to see what our heads would look like on a couple of nice bods. So, we ended up going to the hotels we, I mean I was a little more familiar with and shopped. Then we headed over to the Belagio where my mom and Cathie played Casino War. That night we . . .ummm, well, let's just say- what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas ; )

So we ended up getting back to St. George around 5:00 in the morning. That was our last night at the hotel so we had to wake up early enough to get ready and check out. So, we got about 4-5 hours of sleep. But then again, you can never be too tired to shop! So, of course we did some more shopping that day. We thought we'd just hit up TJ Maxx, since St. George has the best TJ Maxx ever! Then of course we ended up spending about 3-4 hours there. I'll tell you what, it's dangerous having the 3 most professional shoppers go shopping together, we can never get ourselves to leave! While we were at TJ's we found out Cathie had never been to Ross. If any of you know the Christensen family, you know we spent most of our shopping lives at Ross growing up, all of our school shopping, prom dress shopping, home decor shopping and more was done at Ross Dress for Less! So we headed over to Ross and didn't end up leaving 'til about 4:00 in the afternoon. Out of all 3 of us, I started the trip with the least amount of money, and came home with the most. By most I mean, no debt. You think it'd be me asking my mom for more money- nope, my mom and mother-in-law were the ones asking me to lend them some money, but they promised to pay me back :)

Me, my Mom and Cathie, leaving the last store we shopped at on our trip, Ross! With some of our shopping bags. We did not go into one store where we did not buy something. That's what vacation is all about right? As you can see, we had the time of our lives and can't wait 'til our next Tuacahn Trip which is in October. Hopefully it will be just as successful, but maybe minus the few times we were running late, or got lost or running away from scary guys. But then again . . . that was half the fun!