Fall Break!

We had a wonderful Fall Break in St. George.  The kids had school off on Thursday and Friday, we went left town to have some fun!  We stopped at Cove Fort on the way, and took the tour.  It was good to learn about that area, and all abou the fort.

The kids did well on the drive.  Lizzie got grumpy and yelled a lot.  She has found her voice and she's not afraid to use it, to get attention or food!

It was hot and sunny in Southern Utah, and we spent all our time outside. We went hiking, swimming, played at the park, saw the temple and hot tubbed too!

We spend most of the day Saturday in Snow Canyon.  We played in the sand dunes and then did two hikes with the kids. 

It was a gorgeous day, and the red sand was pretty and so scenic. 

We hiked in to this slot canyon.  The kids loved exploring and making their voices echo.

Elizabeth was good in her backpack.  She seemed to have fun, she loves being outside.  She didn't get any decent naps the whole trip, but she did great, even being so tired.

Our second hike was to the top of these petrified sand dunes.  The kids loved climbing the rocks, and getting a good view from on top. 



Danny helped Taylor try to catch lizards.  We saw a lot of lizards and even caught a few.  Taylor was in heaven doing this, he wanted to stay all day and look for lizards.  He loves those reptiles!



Isaac was a stinker on the trip.  He was being really high maintenance and whiny.  But he loved doing the hikes.  He emptied about two cups of red sand out of his shoes after hiking. 

We asked Isaac what his favorite part of the trip was and he said
" I really liked looking at the map." 
We all laughed, because he held a map of Snow Canyon in his hands all day, and kept pointing to it and asking "Is this where we go?" 

Lizzie managed to get a little rest while sitting in her backpack on the grass. 

We stayed in a hotel, so we had to eat out a lot.  This is tricky with four kids, but everyone did pretty well.  We all love burgers!

Here's the crew all snuggled up ready for bed.



The St. George temple is gorgeous,

It was a nice, relaxing weekend!  We love southern Utah in the Fall.  I dread the cold, snowy winter weather!