Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Spring Break 2009--Zions!

We had a great Spring Break this year. We packed up a motor home and head South to enjoy some warm spring weather! The kids thought being in a motor home was awesome--and it was (especially when the temps got pretty low at night and the rain came pouring down at the end of our day hiking!)


Who looks more tired? Lindsay or Jeff who got to carry her all day? Thanks Dad!


Here's our family at the top of the Emerald Lakes Hike.


We went with two of my sisters and their families. That made the trip exra fun for us--Calvin had lots of boys to learn from and chill with, while the girls had cousins just their age to share it with. It was great to be with seasoned professionals who had done this before. They knew to bring Go-gurt for the mid point of the hike--my granola bars and fruit snacks were passed up for her yummy snacks! They were good enough to introduce us to the beauty of our "pretty great state." We were really impressed!








All the cousins! You can imagine all the comments we got as we hiked together!


Zions is a beautiful place and the park is really well organized to make it easy to get places--they have shuttles that pick you up and drop you off at all the different hikes and sites. Very convenient and all the hikes are well marked and easy to follow. The weather turned bad on our second day so we headed to St George to see if we could find some warmth. We found a great place to hike around--Pioneer Park and stayed as long as we could stand the cold--it was actually snowing! We took the kids to In-N-Out Burger--Jeff had promised Alli that he would and ended up heading home one day early--we still had a great time and the kids got to watch movies while they camped! Yeah! We felt like we still escaped bad weather upon our return because we got about 6 inches of snow the day we came home! Crazy! Now bring on the warm!

5 comments:

Angelle said...

What a fun trip, even despite the cold! I bet the kids loved it! Yes, the weather was probably worse here so definitely worth the trip!

Yoga Girl said...

I love Zions!!! What a great way to spend Spring Break. Isn't it fun when your kids get old enough to do things like hiking in Zions?

Mandy said...

That look so fun! It's neat for the cousins to have that time together...I bet Calvin loved being with the boys!!

Tyra said...

So happy you took the opportunity to have some fun family time when you could. Traveling with cousins is so much fun. I still remember great times going on trips with my cousins. The motor home was a wonderful, comfortable way to go. Good memories!

Leigh said...

WOW, looks like a great trip. You guys always seem to find fun things to do. Glad you guys had such a fun spring break.