DAY ONE
Exploring Snow Canyon
What an awesome way to kick-start a St. George trip! We started with a hike up an extinct volcano. It was an enjoyable little uphill jaunt and I tell you what...there's nothing like sore butt muscles. From there, we headed to some beautiful red rock to have lunch. We climbed around and explored for a bit and I honestly could have stayed right there all day. The rocks were kid friendly for all ages. Loved it. And from there, we headed to the sand dunes. I have never felt such fine sand. The kids were completely entertained for several hours, burying eachother in sand and running up and down and up and down the sand hills. Hooray, we mistakenly thought...we are surely wearing the children out and they will obviously want to just relax and watch a movie tonight...but, no. Somehow on a vacation kids have this endless supply of energy and there was no chance of perhaps sneaking them to bed a few minutes early and enjoying an adult evening :) Hey, but that's okay, because this trip was absolutely for the kiddos and they had a great time. And we are all about good memories!
Beginning the volcano hike
The kiddos about 1/2 way up
A family shot whilst catching our breath
The top!!!
Clara clearly was not enjoying herself. She was scared to death of the massive hole in the ground.
The fam at the top of the volcano
Awesome moves on the red rock
Caleb
Eli, Clara, Abram
The girlies
DAY TWO
Chillin' at the Pool...for HOURS...good times
We had a nice, relaxing day at the pool. The weather was perfect. The kids were happy. It was a great day. We got several good hours in, went out to dinner at a fun pizza place, then went back to the condo for ice cream cones and tag outside in our jammies. Does it get any better than that? This day was everything a summer afternoon should be (except technically it was a Spring afternoon).
Clara looking stinking cute in her swim gear
Yes, a swim picture of me with the kiddos. Well, it's no Sport's Illustrated photo, but we're all friends here on this blog and let's be real. This is the sorry reality of me at a pool :) But, dangit, I had a great time...who needs implants, a bikini, or a tan, right?
Baylee and Isabelle
Abram and Lucy
Clara before dinner...SUCH a Clara look if you know her at all :)
DAY THREE
Hike into Zions
Oh, how we Call's love Zions. Dangit, I even enjoy the tram ride! We did a small hike up to "Weeping Rock" first, which I have to say is gorgeous and totally worth the time to see. Then, we kept on to where the narrows are. Of course, we couldn't go up the narrows this time of year, but we enjoyed playing along the water. Across the river were these two huge wild turkeys that were pretty impressive :) The kids were entertained by the wildlife: lots of mangy, rabid-looking deer, squirrels that had zero fear of humans, a massive, creepy centipede, and the turkeys! It was a fun afternoon and we were sad to leave.
Daddy and Clara
Weeping Rock
Playing at the water, gawking at the turkeys (are we easily impressed?)
Clara and Kate (Clara wanted NOTHING to do with the water. She stayed put on this log the ENTIRE time)
The tram back to our car. This signified the end of our fun Spring Break. Sadness.
RANDOMNESS
These were the sleeping arrangements, which the kids honestly loved. We crammed just about as many little people as we could into this one little room. There was lots of giggling.
Clara LOVES Lucy and was her little shadow the entire trip. Bedtime was no different.
This was us at dinner one night.
Thanks, Bouck's, for a fantastic trip!
