St. George

Since the boys didn't have school on Monday we decided to make a trip out of going to the MWC tourney. We rented a 2 bedroom condo in St. George and stayed there for 4 nights. We drove down Thursday night and Friday morning we went to Pioneer Park to climb on the rocks. The boys were in heaven. We asked Jacob what he wanted to do that day for his birthday and he choose this because he and Adam "are very good rock climbers and haven't been able to do it with all the snow." We got lots of comments on our BYU gear from the fellow park goers.

Can you see the temple in the picture below? It was a beautiful view and just right outside of town.

Lots of places for active little boys to explore. Matthew loved keeping up with his brothers and wouldn't let me help him at all. We had a few spills because of his stubbornness.

After the rock climbing the older boys went swimming with their dad while the younger boys took naps at the condo with me. Then we drove down to Las Vegas and went to the basketball game. Saturday we went to Snow Canyon and hiked a great little slot canyon called Jenny's Canyon. This picture was taken at the overlook.

And this picture is inside the slot canyon. There was a large bird's nest on a ledge in the canyon. The bird made all this noise and then came flying down. It scared the boys to death. Matthew went running screaming "mommy!" He was too scared and wouldn't let me put him down for the rest of the hike and I had to carry him. Not so fun for me! There were baby birds in the nest and every time they squawked Matthew clutched my neck in a death grip.

Snow Canyon has some great sand dunes where we ate lunch and then played. Of course our car still bears evidence of the trip there but it was worth it.

Lastly Jacob, Adam and I hiked up these petrified sand dunes while the other boys and Dad slept in the car. Again the boys thought the rock climbing was the best. I thought the view was the best.
After Snow Canyon we all went swimming and then picked up some pizza to watch the MWC championship game. The game was sooo frustrating and that's all I'm going to say about it.

Sunday we went to church, then to the St. George Temple,

and then toured the Brigham Young home. We had a great older sister missionary as our tour guide and I really enjoyed it. I think it's important to take my children to these places especially the temple. There is a special spirit there that's no where else and it's great to answer Jacob questions and get him excited for when he can go.

On Monday we all slept in and had a relaxing morning before driving home. We stopped at Cove Fort on the way home but the kids weren't as interested in that. In fact Matthew was a holy terror even though I let him take his blanket and have a pacifier. I was very happy when we got home.

We had a great little vacation and besides the drive down and Thursday night when David had a release going on, he managed to let work go. A big accomplishment for him!! But I was reminded how exhausting vacations really are and was happy to get back home. Especially to my king size bed...I don't know how anyone can sleep sharing a queen size bed. However I am missing the 75 degree weather. I'll think we'll be back to St. George sometime. There was lots to do and the condo was a fabulous. I'm still a terrible car traveler and David still has a horrible sense of direction but family vacations are important and it was lots of fun!