Snow trip!

We are lucky to be a short 25 minute drive from Mt. Charleston, so when "winter" rolls around we like to make as many trips up there as we can! Over the year I collect all the best snow clothes I can for the kids so we don't have freezing, wet, crying kids! (well we get those anyways ha ha!) We have good boots, snow bibs, gloves, hats, etc. We are ready! 

Our first attempt was cut short due to freezing rain, it was SO wet. There was snow but the rain was not fun. So we pulled over and the kids got out to play in the snow for a few minutes. Jeremy is a trooper and they all played soaking wet for about 45 minutes! I stayed warm in the car with Beau :) 

 they were soaked but lasted longer than I thought!

Our next trip was great, it was crystal clear skies, and they had just gotten a good amount of snow. We have the perfect little spot, they have heated bathrooms, and hot chocolate! 

 SO gorgeous!

 Beau was nice and warm in the Ergo!

 Owen climbed to the top of this pile of snow and told me he was going to go over the other side. I said, if you go over that, I cannot come help you. The snow was easily 18 in deep and and I had Beau on me. Sure enough he goes over and I hear him yell for me, My boot fell off!! Of course!!

 warm in the car!

Hoping to make it up there a few more times!

St George, Utah- Family Babymoon!

After our summer vacation we decided to take one final trip as a family of four! We headed to St. George, Utah and Zion National Park! We want to see as much as we can while we are out this way, it's hard between school, 3 kids, work, etc etc but this was an easy 2 hour drive and a lot of fun! I mean, they have a Chick Fil A! I'd even go back just for a day trip :) These are out of order, hey Im already 5 months late on this, we'll call it a win that it's even posted!

 We passed through Arizona on the way to Utah!

 Our first stop before we could check in to the hotel was Pioneer Park. It was still pretty hot, but the sights were very pretty!

 They have a cute downtown splash park the kids loved.

 We spent the first day in St George, Pioneer Park, chick fil a, hotel swimming, out to dinner, and played in the splash park!

 The next day we took a trip up to Zion! I had no idea what an undertaking it was. We took several shuttles just to get to the park and then shuttles inside the park to different trails. It was so beautiful! Definitely a sight worth seeing.

When the kids talk about Utah they talk about the hotel pool...I mean if that's all it takes we can stay here ha! Oh and Hannah told me her favorite part was the hotel breakfast! 

 I think all the wildlife we saw was one lizard ha ha

 And the best picture of the day...Owen was DONE! He said even his ears were sweaty ha ha ha

 At the downtown splash park!

I can't get over how young and blonde he looks!

 Chick Fil A, worth the two hour drive. But it was PACKED.

 Downtown had a cute carousel!

 We chose the easiest trails for kids, but they were a good hike for all of us!

 Whew, 8 months pregnant, it was HOT

 We saw deer and horses!

 We REALLY wanted to do the riverwalk hike but Owen was extremely tired and we just couldn't hike several miles just to get to the water but next time for sure!

And he was DONE!

On our third day we got fishing licenses and wanted to fish but every place we went was packed with boats and didn't have great fishing spots, so we decided to head home. It was a fun trip, we'll definitely go back!