It's a long story about how we ended up with a Saint George Outpost (a small townhome we're renting in SG while keeping our homebase in Alpine), but, for now, Glen is commuting down there every week and I am trying to figure out as much time with him as I can. It's not ideal, but selling a house we just bought 2ish years ago isn't totally ideal either, so this is what we feel like is the right option for now. Perhaps I'll go into more detail about it another time, but this post is for another purpose, so stay tuned!
We spent our General Conference weekend (a twice yearly conference of our church where we watch messages broadcast at home, rather than at a church building) at the Outpost. Here's a little recap of our weekend....
We started the weekend (on Friday) with a trek to Zion National Park. Glen had never been before and my last journey there was in 2015, so we were excited to be able to experience it together. We didn't win the lottery for getting a permit to hike Angel's Landing, so we did two shorter hikes instead. First we did the Canyon Overlook Trail, then Kayenta to the Emerald Pools. Both were lovely!
Then on Saturday, we settled in at the Outpost to watch General Conference streamed from Glen's phone onto the television Glen never uses. We opted not to get internet at the Outpost to save money, so it was just a matter of getting the right cords from Target to stream from his phone. I imagine that the television will get used a bit more (especially for BYU sporting events) now that we've got cords!
It was weird watching Conference without having a houseful of people. I wasn't really feeling baking a whole batch of cinnamon rolls or doughnuts with just the two of us. If we'd been at home, I probably would have stopped by a gluten free bakery, but we couldn't find one in SG...
so we had Nerds Clusters instead. I'm not usually much of a candy eater, but I have been mildly obsessed with them since discovering them in Thailand. I can easily eat a whole bag myself, so I was glad to have at least Glen to share them with.
On Saturday evening, we went to the Doctors' Volunteer Clinic Gala, representing Glen's workplace. It was another big reason why we decided to stay in Saint George for the weekend. It turned out to be a big giant money grab, but it was for a good cause, so it was fun to be there (especially since it was his work that did all the donating). We did discover that we are pretty terrible at photo booth pics...
Sunday was World Postcard Day (betcha didn't know that was a thing!) and I celebrated between and after sessions by sending around 30 postcards--mostly to people I know and love and a few to some people in a postcard exchange I am a part of.
Have an amazing week!
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