We spent this years memorial weekend in Zions national park. Craigs family invited us to all go and stay at the lodge in the park. It was a great trip. We did some hiking, horseback riding, exploring,eating, Ice cream, etc. We also celebrated Alans birthday when we were down there. I was so amazed at how much fun it is and how convenient it is to stay in the actual park. It was awesome. The kids did major hiking. Especially the boys. Andrew and Jacob did Angels Landing (scary hike) with their dads. They took it like a couple of champs. When they got back all they wanted was ice cream. They really desearved it after that adventure. Here are some of the pictures from the trip.
The narrows Hike (cali and I just walked to the water part) The boys did the whole hike.
here is Andrew flexing at the top of Angels Landing. Holy moly that kid is strong!
One of the things you can do for the kids is buy these jr. ranger booklets for a dollar. The kids have to fill out information about the park and help pick up trash etc. When they have finished they say a pledge and get jr. Ranger badges. The boys were thrilled to accomplish this. They are so cute!
We decided to head down to Phoenix for a family reunion for my mothers family. We drove...yes it was very LONG but we made it. We stopped at the Hoover Dam. Craig & the kids have never been there. It was awesome to see such an amazing structure. If you look closely you can see the new freeway overpass over the Hoover dam...very cool!
After the reunion we decided to go see the Grand Canyon. Craig & the kids have not been there so we thought we would take a detour. It was beautiful. The pool at the Hotel was closed but they did have a bowling alley. We had a great time. We did have luch at wendy's and it was sooo expensive. Talk about price gouging in a tourist town! It was REALLY Bright outside so the kids are squinting in a lot of these pictures.....
Do you see a key? Well we didn't either. Turns out these have a micro chip in them that allows you to push a button and start the car and turn off the car. Who has herd of such a thing. Starting a car with a button? Go figure. These new cars are really to high tec for us. We had to ask someone how to start the car because we couldn't figure it out. Let's just say it was an interesting car with touchy brakes too!
and we also got spoiled by a spa day and lunch with Craigs cousin Denise.
On our last day there we went to Sausalito and had lunch at the Spinnaker. It was so gorgeous so we took some pictures and went to the wharf.
