Spring Break!

We had a lovely spring break. Part of our spring break was down in South Utah. We headed down Wednesday evening, ate lots of junk food on the trip (a stop at Dairy Queen) before stopping at Grandma's for some yummy soup. Rhett and Marlo and their family came as well.

I caught the kids playing a kissing game. It went on for a bit and I never could catch them actually kissing. I stopped them when it was getting a little much and too close to french kissing. :) I hope this embarrasses them when they are older.

They then started flicking their spoons around the car. Notice Maren's binky- we got her off the binky and potty trained right after this trip!!

We took a beautiful hike up the red cliffs in the late afternoon. I don't think I had been there since we went camping with my family several years earlier. I'm so glad they introduced us to this place a long time ago and Devin still makes yearly camping trips there.

Kallie got stuck between a rock and a hard place.

Cute cousins. Morgan is such a great cousin. She is always helpful and takes care of the girls.

Ty guy

Rhett navigating the walk one handed

Love this Popser Wopser

My kids didn't even flinch. I love it.

I could empathize with Van who is scared of heights. He did it though! He was awesome!
I think I have lost some of my fear of falling from canyoneering. This didn't even scare me although I would proablaby have been a little shaky in the past.

The next day, Thursday, we went to Sand Hollow for some fishing. I went on joy ride with Kallie and Maren and a few other of the grandkids. Kallie had a huge smile the whole time. Maren thought it was pretty fun too. Then grandpa took some of the older grandkids and Brigg out fishing. Koby, Rhett, Marlo and Kallie went for a little hike and I took Maren to Joy and Chris' house for a nap. I ended up taking a nice nap as well. I don't remember what we did that night but had great food and probably played games.

The following day, Friday, we headed to Zions Natl. Park to do some hiking. Rhett, Marlo and family had never done Angel's Landing before. I was a little concerned about the little kids but we figured we would hike part way and call it good. Well, we kept going. And going. All the way to the top before the scarier hold-onto-a-chain-and-don't-fall-off-the-massive-cliff part. The trail is 5 miles long and an elevation gain of 1,480 feet. I knew Brigg could do it but Kallie hiked the entire trail all by herself. I was so proud of my kids. It is a steep climb. Grandpa made it too!

Kallie feel asleep on the bus ride back.

Kids taking some down time

While Maren eats... bread of course.

Saturday we went to the local rec center for some wall climbing, basketball and swimming.

The kids had some more down time watching a movie on grandma's tablet. We also had turkey noodle soup. Yum! There was an abundance of good food the entire trip thanks to grandma and Joy. Fun times!

Sunday morning we went to church and hurried home to my first Relief Society presidency meeting (that lasted 4 hours). Whew!