Okay, so I just found this post that I never posted. I never finished writing it! Sheesh!! I did have a baby at the end of the summer that year, so probably what part of the problem was along with being SO busy that summer! Anyway, I thought I might as well post what I had written:
So many fun memories--where to start I don't know and I don't have the time for detail--I think I will just make a list to help me remember and add detail another time.
So many fun memories--where to start I don't know and I don't have the time for detail--I think I will just make a list to help me remember and add detail another time.
St. George--one of the highlights of our summer!
Our first family vacation with just our family that we have taken since Aubrey was a baby. We left Sunday morning, stopped in Filmore (Jon's families' stomping grounds--they built their first house down there and his dad was the county doctor). We went to a Sacrament meeting and then visited an old family friend. Then we headed out to Cove Fort, ate lunch, went on a tour (the missionaries were very excited to do a tour and it was a little too long for 3 little kids, but it was fun and there was some really neat stuff). I do enjoy old-fashioned things!
Then off to St. George!! We checked in, went to dinner and then got in the pool! The kids LOVED the pool! I was really surprised how much they enjoyed it and weren't afraid of it in the least! They had to wear arm floaties of course since they don't know how to swim. Aubrey and Jonathan would jump in at the deepest parts over and over again. All three of them would "swim" all around the pool and just had a blast! The next day we did some touring--Brigham Young Home, DUP, hiked Snow Canyon (the kids are a little too brave and were freaking out their pregnant mother hiking those cliffs!!). Then we went to the Dinosaur museum--which isn't that exciting, but our kids loved it and enjoyed the little intro-movie thing. before leaving for St. George I looked up parks and whatnot on-line. They have a great city website and they have a ton of great parks and several with splash pads. So we had a picnic ready and we went to a splash park. We ate and then played. It was an awesome park! The kids loved playing in the water, then on the toys, then back to the water. Jonathan loved the water the most and loved stepping on where the water would be shooting out. Aubrey was very good with him and helped push him on swings--it was really cute. We went back to the motel, changed out of the wet clothes and then it was off to the St. George D.I.--they have great summer clothes down there and our main reason for going is pretty funny--the motel room had a really nice huge flat screen tv--but we couldn't hook our DVD player or Nintendo into it--you could only watch cable on it, which we don't waste our time with--commercials and lack of choice on what to watch. So we decided we would see if DI had a cheap TV to buy and watch what we wanted to and play nintendo (2 things we had really wanted to do as a family in the evenings). And yes, DI had a pretty decent TV for pretty darn cheap! Everyone picked out a toy and I got some cute maternity clothes. Then we went out for dinner and back to the Motel for swimming. Then popped popcorn and started a movie--The Music Man--which the kids really enjoyed but got too tired to watch the whole thing!
Then off to St. George!! We checked in, went to dinner and then got in the pool! The kids LOVED the pool! I was really surprised how much they enjoyed it and weren't afraid of it in the least! They had to wear arm floaties of course since they don't know how to swim. Aubrey and Jonathan would jump in at the deepest parts over and over again. All three of them would "swim" all around the pool and just had a blast! The next day we did some touring--Brigham Young Home, DUP, hiked Snow Canyon (the kids are a little too brave and were freaking out their pregnant mother hiking those cliffs!!). Then we went to the Dinosaur museum--which isn't that exciting, but our kids loved it and enjoyed the little intro-movie thing. before leaving for St. George I looked up parks and whatnot on-line. They have a great city website and they have a ton of great parks and several with splash pads. So we had a picnic ready and we went to a splash park. We ate and then played. It was an awesome park! The kids loved playing in the water, then on the toys, then back to the water. Jonathan loved the water the most and loved stepping on where the water would be shooting out. Aubrey was very good with him and helped push him on swings--it was really cute. We went back to the motel, changed out of the wet clothes and then it was off to the St. George D.I.--they have great summer clothes down there and our main reason for going is pretty funny--the motel room had a really nice huge flat screen tv--but we couldn't hook our DVD player or Nintendo into it--you could only watch cable on it, which we don't waste our time with--commercials and lack of choice on what to watch. So we decided we would see if DI had a cheap TV to buy and watch what we wanted to and play nintendo (2 things we had really wanted to do as a family in the evenings). And yes, DI had a pretty decent TV for pretty darn cheap! Everyone picked out a toy and I got some cute maternity clothes. Then we went out for dinner and back to the Motel for swimming. Then popped popcorn and started a movie--The Music Man--which the kids really enjoyed but got too tired to watch the whole thing!
Climbing the Red Rocks
The Dinosaur Museum
The Splash Park--Aubrey is pushing Jonathan on the swing
The kids being silly
Tuesday--we got ready and got on the road headed to Grafton and Zions National Park. We went to Grafton on the way there (a small ghost town up a canyon just before you get to Zion's that my anscestors helped settle). It was fun to see that it is being fixed up and restored. There were little lizards all over and we almost caught one!
We continued on to Zions--ate lunch, attended a "kids" workshop/class" that was really boring--but Aubrey enjoyed it. They did have several "Stuffed Animals" that the kids really enjoyed seeing--the highlight for Mariah being a bald eagle--her favorite animal. Then we got on a shuttle and started a hike. The kids did an awesome job and I loved how they thoroughly enjoyed nature and the beauty around us. They even saw a frog, hundreds of tadpoles, lizards, and a mouse! And they even held the mouse--it was quite cute and they were amazingly brave. Mariah was especially sad to leave the mouse. She wanted to go get some food for it and take it home. Then we went to a museum and headed back to St. George. We went out for dinner, went swimming, and then back to our room and finished watching "The Music Man". It was such a fun day!
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