Playin' at the trailer park...I mean RV park, and the big sand hill

We drove from Zions to Moab on Tuesday.  I-70 is not the greatest road to drive on, just FYI.  Anyway, after we got to Moab and unloaded we went to the RV park where Jeremy and Rachel were and had dinner.  Lucky for us, their site was right next to a little playground area.  Of course after being in the car all day, the kids were very excited to be out playing. (Why were they not completely tired from all the hiking?  Where do they get their energy?)  

So the kids played while I snapped pictures of all the cuteness.

Can you believe all the cute littles everywhere?

These two were best buds.  Let's be honest, all the girls acted like Lilly was the best thing ever!  She is pretty cool.  Most of the time these girls were really nice to let the little girls hang with them.

Thank goodness for basketball hoops.  Am I right Rachel?

Look close at this picture...Why the tongue Ryker?  

Little miss Jocelyn (who isn't little) and Little Lady.  Jocelyn LOVES babies!  Anytime Adelaide was awake and out of the hiking backpack Jocelyn was holding her. She is quite the little mother.  

But look, you can see how much Jocelyn loves her.

After dinner and playing we went down the street to a HUGE sand hill.  I love the hill.  It is one of the most favorite memories of going to Moab as a kid.  

See that group of people at the top?  That is us.  You might think that climbing a giant sand hill would be easy. Well, you thought wrong.  Feel the burn.  It was rough and you are completely out of breath from just walking.  Of course we thought we were superheros or something and tried to run up first. I made it about half way.  Then I realized I wanted pictures, so I ran back down and gave my camera to Jeremy (who was at the bottom with Adelaide and Clark) then went back up.  And this time I brought Hunter with me.  Skyler had to help with Hunter part way up, because holy cow, heavy kid, steep hill, and sand.  It was quite the work out. 

Running down the hill and Monte wiped out! Good times. 

The kids of course found a random dog to be friends with.  Surprise! Jocelyn is holding Adelaide.  (I hope Clark doesn't feel left out, but he is kind of heavy ;))

Love her.

Next, Arches and all the hiking.  I am getting tired again thinking about it. 

Stay Tuned!

Spring Break 2015-Zion National Park

Spring Break this year was a lot of fun.  We left Saturday and headed down to Zions.  

Here are a few kids on the Emerald Pools trail.  We didn't get very far, because there was a little mishap with the hiking backpacks (to carry babies).  We left them in Skyler's car...in SPRINGVILLE! Yep.  Good move.  So, my mom so very very nicely drove half way to us and Skyler drove halfway home to get them. Talk about a waste of a day.  Kind of disappointing.  (the backpacks were not for my kids, we were supposed to bring them for Skyler's brother's kids.  They have two 1 year olds.)  Anyway, we hiked up to the first pool and then headed back to the RV park (where the bro-in-law was staying) to let the kids swim.  Now wouldn't it have been smart to bring swimsuits with us?  I am not smart.  We left them in the house where we were staying. So, I drove back to the house and got them while the kids ate at the RV park.  Whew!  So far, we are off to a good start!

Grandpa with the boys at Emerald Pool

Grandma with the girls.

On Easter we came back from hiking and I had dinner planned.  I brought all the stuff with us for a "real" Easter dinner.  It was kind of late when we got to it, but, such is life.  After dinner we were sitting around enjoying just sitting for a minute, when I was reminded that I also packed a ton of stuff for an Easter egg hunt.  We ended up having our hunt in the dark using phone flashlights to try to find all the candy and eggs. I was fun and I am sure the kids will remember it forever. 

He is the cutest.

Grandparents with all the grand kids that came.  (only 2 of the 5 families)

We did a lot of hikes, but I didn't want to bring my camera with me. Too dangerous. Also, we were usually on cliff like trails and I didn't want to take my eyes off kids long enough to take pictures, so I didn't get very many.

This is when we hiked the narrows.  We didn't go the whole way because the water was pretty deep, but we did go some of the way.  The kids thought the water was fun until it got hard to walk in because of how fast it was moving, that was our cue to leave.   

Pictures across the river.  

That is all I have from Zions.  

We hiked Emerald Pools, Watchman's trail, Hidden Canyon (all the kids say this was their favorite hike), Narrows, and other little hikes.