Spring Break in Sunny Southern Utah

After watching it snow all day today, I'm missing being in the warm weather we had last week during Spring Break.  We went and stayed in the St George house with some of our cousins and did a bunch of activities outside while soaking in the sun.  Our first adventure was the North Rim of the Grand Canyon.  This was not my idea of fun, to go look over a sheer drop off that went down thousands of feet.  But, Paul went here years ago with Bryson and Garrett and was anxious to take the rest of the family. 

I wish I had a picture that would do this place justice, I seriously couldn't even get close to the edge.  We let the kids crawl out to the ledge to look over, I was freaked out the whole time.

On the way to the Grand Canyon, we stopped at this old school house to have lunch. I seriously can't believe that people actually had lived out here in the middle of nowhere.  

Here we are with the boys (minus Bryson, plus our cousin Ritchie) driving along the bumpy rough roads to the North Rim.  We listened to a lot of Sponge Bob singing alongs, then luckily Paul and I got control of the i-pod.
One night we went over to the Parkers (Paul's sister's house) and had a little swim party in their new pool.  The boys were in heaven, finding all sorts of crazy things to do.  After watching my kids with fear at the Grand Canyon, jumping off this fence didn't even make me nervous.

Logan wanted so badly to get the pool, so I got his swimming suit on and handed him to Bryson, only to hear Logan cry to get out.  Bryson really tried to help him, but he only wanted me, and I wasn't about to get in the water (it wasn't that warm). 
Here we are just playing at the park.  We had a blast just be in the warm weather, Tanner loved climbing trees and Garrett and fun tossing the ball back and forth with his Dad.

Logan had fun playing miniature golf in the backyard with his Daddy.
One day we went to Fiesta Fun (this was the highlight of the trip for the boys).   The boys had a great time playing on the bumper boats and the bumper cars.  Mckay wasn't too sure about getting all wet and shed a few tears, but as soon as he got off, he was begging to get back on.

It was fun to get away for the week and just play.  Now we are trying to get back into the groove again - i.e. homework, bedtimes, piano, and soccer.  I actually am excited for summer, just to have a little break from the routine and have more playtime with boys.  Ahh, summer, it seems like forever away today with all the snow out there.