{ St. George Spring Break}

  Heaven. is what it was. Awesome family time. fun memories together. Dad all to ourselves. relaxed and HOT. 

and then We came back to SNOW! 

So I wonder why I live here;)

{Also to those of you who are here For KINSEY's Mother's Day Giveaway SO excited for new readers and for being apart of her amazing giveaway:) 

Spring Break St. George Fun

Day 1: Thursday the 17th we left and drove to Riverton where D's sister lives and the kids got some cousin time and girls night and we all just had fun with our Utah families:)...

 

We found where spring actually exists..... I went on a beautiful early morning warm run it was heavenly smelt that way too;) 

Day 2 Girls night and a shopping day:)

 BBQ fun....

Day 3: We Headed to St. George and watched the temps soar as we drove....... it WAS SO nice! We just stay in a hotel that has 3 queens and a good breakfast and pool for under a 90 a night.....The kids were dying to swim so we did that first and then headed to Snow Canyon and let em lose they were in Heaven seriously its the best place on earth for letting them run, discover and find lizards and caves and see forever its beautiful...

The kids loved having all of dads attention....I did too:)

Day 4 was Easter Sunday so we headed to church and then went to the visitors center and Temple grounds, checked out sand hallow and cottonwood parks, had a picnic ..... kinda kept it low key since it was Sunday and it became the longest day e v e r ;) But still fun...

{k forgot church shoes a couple forgot belts so we were lookin good;)

We ended the day with a hike up the dixie bluff overlooking St George 

 

Day 4 we headed to Zion National park for a day of hiking it was so awesome having the kids bigger and able to do harder hikes:)

......and started our addiction to SWIG which we went to everyday ....if you see one go and eat a sugar cookie for me {I know shocker to those that know me that I even ate one;) ha ha  figured it was worth the upset stomach and plus all the extra hiking and running made it worth it too:)

there are three in the st George area, one in Provo and one just opened in Bountiful:) So go:)

Day 5: D and K did the angels landing hike at Zions { I wish I could have gone but with the littles that was a little to much} SO  I took the kids to the children's museum it was SUPER windy that day so we made it a low key shopping and playing day  after D and K got back...

ITs an intense hike all the pics are on d's camera but I have one just to get an idea of how major of a hike it is... um those are chains he is holding onto D said he had no fear he was kinda wishing he had a little more cause he was scaring his dad:)....

meanwhile we went here and the kids loved it

..........then I made them walk 10 blocks in the wind to go to swig ha ha;) best mom ever:)

 Day 6: we went back to Zion and did the river walk to the narrows and then went back to Snow Canyon later that evening and let them run again:) SO fun watching the kids play and run and be nice to each other and help each other running to explore something or whatever it was made my heart happy:)

Day 7: we headed back to SLC hit some outlets again and showed the kids BYU and the MTC then headed to Temple Square with some tired kids ... who were tired of traveling tired of eating out and ready for home and mom's cooking:) Sign of a great trip right:)

{we even hit the right night to watch the Mo Tab rehearse with a live symphony it was pretty amazing:) }

and some of my favorite shots of the week:)

That's relaxation:) 

Love this bunch of Crazies

Day 8:  Was driving home day which took extra long because we showed the kids Utah State and where we lived and worked when we went there:) Then D decided it would be funny to get the kids HUGE amounts of pop {they love dad} and then stop 6 times in the next 4 hours for potty breaks so we didn't get home for 16 hours ha ha D;) 

Lessons Learned:

I'm glad there is school.

Bring Ziplocks and wipes they come in handy.

Don't buy your kids huge things of pop for so many reasons;)

Coconut Oil works for pretty much everything ... this time sunburns rashes and shoe rub burns amazingly.

M has a very small bladder.

K2 can only handle so long in his booster.

and a certain 12 year is becoming a bit moody...

& Since becoming Bishop D is a lot more patient with all of us;) especially being with us 24/7 for 8 days straight ha ha;)  

Now I just need to work on mine:)

 I loved watching the times the kids were kind to each other 

played with each other and helped each other

Where they actually talked and listened:) 

Thats what its all about.

M Story.

M is the most compassionate child ever he found $10 on the ground it burned a hole in his pocket until the kids talked him into buying the family a mcdonalds cone for each to which he got $3 back and some change which continued to burn a whole in his pocket...

Fast forward to a wendy's where a homeless man in SLC was with his Cart of all the things he owns M decides to go interview him because his curious mind works like that..... and asked him why he doesn't have a home,  how he gets his money, how many brothers he has etc......{ While mom who just recently read the Elizabeth Smart books wants him to get back to our table....} Fast forward to Temple Square a homeless person with a sign and his life belongings beside him.....M walks up to him and and gives his final $3 to this homeless man... and says to D...... "I have money and he doesn't have anything"....  it brought tears to my eyes.

Masenism: Last sunday: in ST George: Were sitting in Church {and Masen had grabbed a taxi business card from the hotel at breakfast } HE says to D "Dad can I borrow your phone, card in hand says I gotta get outta here." -crazy boy!!

He is one of a kind that boy.

 

Have a great weekend:)