Spring Break!

I have to say I love that Davis County gives the kids a whole week off from school in the Spring. We always seem to be ready for some big outings about that time of year. This year we went down to St. George for the week. We decided to stay a little close to home this year since we had just taken the kids to Panama a couple months ago. We had a condo booked just near South Gate Golf Course for the week. Our goal on this trip was to relax a little and do some things down there that we hadn't done before. Of course the kids requested all the usual places too (ie, Snow Canyon, Pioneer Park etc.) The relaxing part is often hard for us, but I think we did pretty good not over scheduling our days.

The first part of the week our great neighbors the Richards were down there, so we hooked up with them for some fun. The first leg of the day was a hike to some Indian writings. The kids loved climbing all over the rocks and liked to create the stories of what the Indians could have been trying to say. The next leg of the day was a bike ride on part of the Green Valley Loop. Maybe it wasn't the best plan with a 5 year old and two 7 year old to ride a 7 mile bike ride in the middle of the day. Needless to say, we all made it back and I think most of the gang would do it again, maybe being a little more prepared next time. After that little adventure we decided all we needed was a good swim to complete the triathlon for the day. Well, we parted ways and did some swimming on our own. It was a great day and so fun to hang with great friends.











We tried out some other hikes and bike rides throughout the week too, some we will do again others maybe not.

Towards the end of the week, my family came down to join us. They rented a home just off snow canyon parkway. With all the cousins and people this made a fun place to have as a home base. Some of us got to golf, we swam at the pool, played at snow canyon and overall just let the kids have some fun with the cousins. Brynnley loved to hang with little Eliza Rose, she even wanted to hike with her. What a good baby who didn't mind being passed around all day long! On Saturday we boiled like 9 dozen eggs and let the kiddos color them. It has been a few years since my kids have done this since we are not usually home for Easter, so I think they enjoyed that. Saturday we also got to go stay with my brother Jeff in his new tent trailer. We had to be out of our condo on Saturday, so we were homeless for one night and decided to try out the tent trailer. We stayed out at Quail Creek with they, it worked out great and are excited for many more adventures in the trailer. Then on Sunday after a quick visit to church with my cousin who lives down there we have a fun Easter Egg hunt before everyone headed back to reality.