Sunday, June 14, 2009

Zion's National Park...

We spent memorial weekend and Alan's birthday at Zion's National Park.


Where some did a lot of hiking...







Hiking the narrows where the water got a little high...
Amazing views in the narrows...

Hiking Angels landing. The boys got up real early to do this hike. Which was a tough hike for anyone let alone little boys.

Horse back riding for all...


Ice cream is best enjoyed when hot and tired. Heavenly.
These three are the best of friends. Lucky little girls.
Hiking works up a big appetite.
Jacob and his cousin Andrew got really interested in becoming Junior Rangers. Jacob really wanted the badge. You had to fill out a packet and do certain tasks. The last day they got their badge. Jacob took it seriously and started a recycle box at our house. He proudly empties it every day now.


The weather was amazing. Not too hot or too cold-perfect. If you haven't taken the time to go to the National parks you are really missing out. Being outside is a highlight for all the kids and I find it some of our best family Vacations.


11 comments:

Sarah said...

looks like so much fun! we need to take our kids out more to enjoy mother nature in the "wilderness" instead of the neighborhood park. :)

Crazymamaof6 said...

awesome! looks like a great weekend. lots of hiking! wow!

Casey's trio said...

What a beautiful place! And I'm sure your kids will have lots of memories of all the fun studd you did:)

Shannon said...

Gorgeous photos. Looks like it was good fun with great people. Can't beat that!

Susan Anderson said...

Looks like great fun, and it's so cool for the kids to have cousins close like that. All of your children are darling. And the horseback riding makes me jealous.

=)

Rachel Berry said...

Wow it's so beautiful there! I have always wanted to visit and now after seeing the pictures that you shot it makes me want to visit even more!

Looks like a super fun trip & how fun to spend it with family!

:)Rachel

Are You Serious! said...

♥ How fun! It's beautiful and I love all the pictures! :)

girlytwins said...

So cool. It does look amazing. I can't wait for the girls to be just a little older to go hiking :)

Jessica said...

Wow what an amazing trip. It looks gorgeous. My boys are happiest when we are doing things like that too. I love National parks. I will have to put that one on my list. Love the swimming in the narrows.

Our family chaos said...

It was such a fun trip. i am so glad I have you to enjoy family vacations with you. The pictures turned out so great.

Mike and Shelby said...

I HIKED THE NARROWS SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO GO BACK! WHAT A GREAT FAMILY VACATION!