St George Hike and Lunch

Saturday we got up and had a big french toast breakfast! We all got ready and then headed out for the day. We drove around the scenic way and found a hike to go on. It was a really pretty hike and pretty easy for the kids. It was the perfect temperature that day too! 

We walked and found the arch and kept going a little bit. 

We passed a park ranger on our way back out and she told us some pretty cool stuff about the area we were in. I took a picture of it but it is hard to see. There are names on the side of the mountain which are early pioneer settlers of the St George area. She also told us about some of the animals and plants that are currently out. Pretty neat stuff. 

After our hike we were so tired and thirsty and it was after 3 so we headed to the Pizza Factory to get some lunch. It was really good and we were all so hungry! After we ate the girls and Spencer drove to do some more shopping and the guys took all the kids home. We shopped and then headed back to get the kids down for the night. My mom was really good at getting the kids to go to sleep by reading to them and telling them the first one to sleep got a quarter. The kids all slept together in the big loft area. The owner had made the loft into a huge kids area with a train set and kitchen and a princess bed, a princess carriage bed, a boat bed, and a pirate ship bed and a couple trundles. It was an awesome area for them and where they spent 90 percent of the time! The next morning we loaded up and headed to Sacrament meeting with my Grandma and my aunt Marjorie. Marjorie lives down there so we went to her ward which is a senior citizen only ward! We stuck out with our zoo of kids! After Sacrament we went back to her house and changed and then headed home. We made it home but it took us a lot longer because we drove through 60 mile an hour winds and rain. It was crazy! It was a perfect birthday weekend away! It was just what we needed, Andrew has been working so much lately so it was nice to get him to ourselves for a couple days!