25 Main

I feel so lucky to have my paintings hanging in this adorable little restaurant in St. George called 25 Main. My mom, dad and older sister were kind enough to take these down a couple weeks ago and hang them for me. (I know that was a lot of work, so thank you!)

They will be down there until the middle of May so if you are traveling through or if you live there, go check them out and while your at it try one of their yummy cupcakes. Also their pasta is amazing!

..I'm Back..

I'm back from my 2nd trip of the summer to the lovely St. George. I had such an amazing time with my girl friends. It's rare now when we are all together at the same time. So, 72 hours together in one house was a complete blast.

We watched lots of movies, went to the pool, and ate lots of yummy food. We celebrated Shamae's birthday Saturday night at midnight. (We were so sneaky and totally surprised her with a little party.) Of course when you get lots of girls in one place there is a lot of talking and our weekend consisted of a lot of talking, you can be sure of that. 

Here are a few spotlight photos of the weekend: 

-Laura

..Have a Coke..

I wish all things could be "the old fashioned way." When people were trusted (and honest enough) to put a dollar in the bucket and take their soda to cool them off from a hot day in the sun. We sure enjoyed that bottle of Coke. We were so hot from walking around town and it was gone in an instant. We loved contributing to this person's small cause to quench the thirst of those walking by his/her shop. This sort of thing definitely couldn't be found any where but in Utah. 


-Laura

..a home away from home..

We love escaping real life troubles and coming down to St. George. It truly is a home away from home (literally, my parents own a second home that we have the privilege of staying in whenever it is vacant).  

We love the small-town atmosphere and the beautiful red rocks. We love the heat. We love the food. We love the shopping and the strange people we meet. 

Vacations are my favorite time of year, whenever they come around. Sleeping in and eating whatever I want, laying out by the pool and watching endless movies with my honey, going on walks and finding new thrift stores. We did all of the above activities multiple times. Is it possible to get tired of a life like this?


Here are some of the photos of our trip. Hope you enjoy!

(I just noticed that the couple in the background look like they are posing for our picture. ha ha)

Judd's is our favorite little place to eat lunch in St. George. I love the atmosphere. It is a historic store that has been in St. George a very long time (I don't know the number of years though). It is has old-fashioned candy, a soda bar where you can order ice cream cones, fresh daily homemade soup, and lots of pretty antiques to look at.

Below: My bowl of soup and breadsticks.

Below: gone in an instant! So delicious.

We had an especially fun time last weekend because Andrew's parents and best friend/cousin decided to join us for a few days and have a vacation too. About a month ago Andrew's dad (Bill) saw a billboard for a Brian Regan show up in SLC. He got really excited because he loves to laugh and let me tell you, everyone around him loves it when he laughs too. He has the greatest, most contagious laugh. So we began to help him research about purchasing some tickets. He ended up buying tickets for last weekend's show in St. George at the Tuacon Theater. 

The boys had a blast learning how to play Pickle Ball. It was really fun to watch them too.

Overall, We had an amazing week. We are so lucky to be able to take off work every once in a while in order to spend some quality time together. 

I have another St. George trip coming up in a few weeks with some of my very best High School friends. I'm very excited to spend some time with these girls. They are my very favorite people to be with. Check back soon to hear about our adventures. 

-Laura

p.s. Coming up very soon is surprise for some of our readers! We are very excited (and you should be too).

..YUM..

Cupcake Anyone?

Lets just say that while in St. George we ate a cupcake a day from this little irresistible cafe. We tried a different flavor each time which included orange peel and banana (both pictured above) as well as peanut butter cup, strawberry cream (this one was amazing because it tasted just like fresh strawberries), blueberry, and chocolate vanilla. 

After cupcakes we always walked around Main Street for a little while and looked at all of the fun and amazing shops it has to offer. This is where I got into a little bit of trouble because of my love for thrift shopping. I am so excited for each of my purchases. They already have special spots in our little home.

The second round of thrifting. I found more maps to add to my collection, brass deer to put up around Christmas time, a blue ball jar (one of my favorite things to collect), and a sterling silver ornate jewelry box. I shared about my first trip to stores and the treasures I found here.