Zion bound

By looking at Dan's face, you can tell that He needs a vacation.

Can you tell that it is Tax Season again, so we packed our bags and

said our Good- Byes to Lehi and headed down south...

St. Gorge here we come...

We left Friday afternoon and got there about 7ish.

This is one of my favorite pictures of the kids; you can tell they are excited to being living the "hotel life" for the next couple of days.

So we decided to go and see Zion National Park the next morning after eating breakfast at Denny's. The kids thought they were lucky kids to be eating in such "fine dinning."
Also, I have to note: we were up, showered, dressed, hair done, out the door for breakfast at 8:45 AM! That is so not normal at our home. So much for sleeping in on vacation.

***Soap Box Moment** I know people are untiled to their own option, but keep it to yourself...while at Denny's a couple with one child, said "WOW" as we walk by, I like to think it was "WOW" - that is one good looking family, but it was more like "WOW"- I hope I don't have to sit by them. Maybe they were just jealous of our happy family of 6 at breakfast.

So here are the kids at Zions.
Each has their own rock to sit on; so no one can touch or poke each other.
"Leave your hands to yourself."
Can you tell we spent 4 hours all in the car together.

Some of the beauty that we saw while we were there.

Notice the family of deer we saw just a few yards aways.

We were truly in our nature's home and there was beauty all around.

Here is our happy family...can you say Christmas card potential?

Here is Kenzie and you can tell just how big and amazing the rock formations are.

The rocks are all around you as you walk the trails.

It was fun to look at the different colors of layers of each of the rocks.

Cassie thought it was fun to climb and jump and climb some more on the rocks, hope this doesn't offend any environmentalist out there, but it perked her interest for the time being...which gave Dan and I a break for a minute. She looks like lizard sunning herself on a rock.

It was a nice afternoon spent as a family, but as soon as we mentioned the word "swimming pool," the kids were ready to go back to the hotel...

Well, it was nice for as long as it lasted. So our trip to Zion's National Park was truly Zion at her best.

So the rest of the weekend we swam, shopped, and just made memories as a family.

Dan was able to clear his head and not have to see his computer the whole trip.

We even made it up to see the St. George Temple while we were there and if anyone can tell me why this temple doesn't have a Angel Moroni on top then, please leave me a comment. The kids were asking, and I don't know my church history like I should.