St George

We spent past weekend down in sunny St George and had such a great trip.  Jack was so excited to go!  He loved counting down the days and picking out treats for the car ride.  When our trip was two days away he kept saying "our trip is tomorrow, tomorrow."  I love the way his brain works.  We went with our friends that Steve has been friends with since high school.  They have 3 cute girls and one on the way (due in a few weeks)!  Katie was a good sport being 8 months pregnant!  Especially with all the hiking we did.  The kids had so much fun together, and couldn't have been better.  Lots of pictures on this post!

The 3 little buddies hiking in Pioneer Park

Ella liked exploring the red rocks a little, and eating the broken glass on the ground a LOT.

Dad took Jack up the scary stuff that Mom and Ella couldn't quite traverse.

A family picture up in Pioneer Park.

The next day we went hiking in Snow Canyon.  These three were awesome hikers!

The trail took us to a lava tube.  The fun Dad's took the older kids exploring down inside of it.

Here's Jack climbing out.  I guess he got pretty scared while down there.  It probably didn't help that I said a bear might live in there right before he went down.

Ella was ready for a nap about halfway through the hike, but she was a trooper like always.

We came back and cooled off with a dip in the pool.  Have I mentioned I love St. George weather!

She was pretty content with the pool, a sucker, and a swim barbie.

Ella seriously has no body fat so every hour or so she would get cold and have to go warm up with Dad for a bit.

Go home day was Sunday so we took the kids to walk around the St George temple.  It was beautiful!

Cute Ella at the temple.

Steve and Pete with all the kids.