Our family went to sunny St. George, Utah for our spring break. This year, we had a whole week off to enjoy. Shane has an aunt and four cousins who live around that area. We stayed with his cousin and his wife, Sean and Teresa Moon. They live in New Harmony right against the mountain that hides the Kolob Peaks which is part of the Zion's National Park. We spent most of our time in St. George at Shane's cousin, Shannon and her husband Jared's home. They have two little girls, Maycee and Kallee. Taylor was in heaven playing and having sleepovers there with the girls. Maycee is one grade younger than Tay. There, the kids played outside and rode street caboodles down their street. Parker enjoyed the sand box in their backyard. We had a few of our meals there meeting with all of the family and enjoying each other's company. While we were in St. George, we were busy the whole time doing fun things. We went to a Wildlife museum, went to the Kolob Canyon, had a picnic and played at an awesome park, enjoyed Zion's National Park, played at a rock/splash park, went swimming at the Washington Rec Center, hiked and rode four wheelers, and enjoyed a session at the St. George Temple with Mom and Debra. We also enjoyed great meals together, loved visiting our relatives, and even enjoyed a few games of Rumikub! The best part was escaping the two feet of snow still on our ground back home. There were a few days that were cooler, but compared to here, it was still a nice, warm, needed getaway as a family. We traveled with Shane's mom so that she could visit and stay with her sister there for the week too. It was a lot of fun. I must say, spending between 7-9 hours in the van does get old with a whinny two year old! All in all, the kids did exceptionally well considering the time spent driving. I'm proud of them for keeping their complaints to a minimum. I also was thankful for modern technology aka dvd player and two nintendo ds systems. What in the world did our parents do when they had to travel with us as kids???? Actually, Brennen is in the first book of the Harry Potter series and read over a hundred pages while driving. I'm glad he enjoys reading. I WANT TO WARN ANYONE READING AND LOOKING AT THIS BLOG THAT IT HAS BECOME MY JOURNAL/SCRAPBOOK. Now that I can print these up at the end of the year for a minimal price, I will be using it more for scrapbooking too-HENCE- an extreme amount of pictures. This will be boring for anyone other than my family; however, look at your own risk of boredom!
Our trip consists of FIVE separate posts beginning with Zion's National Park.
OUR FAMILY AT ZION'S
Brennen, Kellie, Shane, Taylor, and Parker
Sean Moon-cousin, Brennen, Kellie, Shane, Ula Harris-mom, Shannon Redfearn-cousin, front row: Parker, Maycee-cousin, Kallee-cousin
Parker enjoyed his freedom out of the stroller. After about half of the day, he was crying for his stroller!
There were
a ton of places for fun pictures there.
Brennen looking cool
Taylor enjoying a warm rock.
I watched a few kids on Friday for my neighbor. I broke out the Easter crafts and the kids made bunny masks and water color painted. They had a lot of fun. Parker loved painting. It made me miss my preschool days a little! I am so glad I was able to have this time with Parker and a couple of his friends.
Our kids are so lucky to have two sets of grandparents who love them so much. They are spoiled a little I think! 
