I know I promised an update long before now, but there never seems to be any extra time. Since I am so overdue I will only blog about NOW and try and post past stuff a little later. Both kids are back in school and seem to be doing well. Josh LOVES kindergarten and HATES having to go to bed early. Zach is doing well though it is obvious he misses his friends, teachers, and girlfriend that went to the new school. He isn't quite as excited to leave in the morning but is doing well all the same. We had the chance to go down to Zion this weekend with Christians family. His Mom and Dad treated us to stay in an incredible hotel, more like a condo, right at the park entrance. We only had to walk out the front door and across the bridge to be inside the park. The boys had a blast hiking and playing with Grandma and Grandpa and Kennedy. On our first day we got to go on an outback Safari ride where they take you above the canyon and into a little ghost town. It was neat to see it that way, though I got major car sick! I had the chance to scare the heck out of Josh on one of our hikes. In Zion it is not uncommon to have a tarantula cross the path right in front of you. It has never happened to us before but this time there were 3 of them in a row. Josh was looking at one of them from a distance when I snuck up behind him a gave him a little push to get closer. He screamed at the top of his lungs and the spider jumped toward him. Although they were still nowhere near each other, I think I almost gave him a heart attack and he RAN as fast as could to get away from the spider and "Mean" Mom. While we were there, the family treated us to a movie on the big screen and we got to see Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs in 3D. It was hilarious (or I was exhausted) and the kids loved it! Thanks Mom and Dad Terry for such a fun trip!!!!
In front of one of the buildings in the ghost town
We are ready to hike!
The boys on the Pa'Rus trail
Checking out the river on our hike
The kids all earned their Junior Ranger Badges
4 comments:
WOW!! A voice from the past! I'm so glad to see that you've updated your blog again! That family trip sounded so incredibly fun and Neil and I are sad that we had to miss it. The boys looked like they had a blast. Awesome.
p.s. Shannon said that you were reading a new 'vampire' book -- is that, by any chance, the amazing Mortal Instrument series (City of Bones, City of Glass, etc) that I told you about?
yeah...so glad to "see" you again!! Looks like a fun trip! You guys get to do the funnest trips!
Wahoo for awesome family trips! I love your new background too!
Looks like fun! I want to go back to Zions now, it's been several years.
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