What I've been up to.

We've been on the most awesome vacation. This coming Thursday Eric will fly home but I'll be staying another 2 weeks. I'm in vacation mode and I'm loving it!

Our first stop was Vegas; we stayed at the Luxor a couple of days. We swam, shopped, saw a Vegas show, gambled and ate too much. Our next stop was St. George. That's where we are now. It is hotter here then I've ever experienced in my life. Everyday has been around 110. Eric’s parents rented a large beautiful home for all of us to stay in during the 2 weeks we are here. The cousins are enjoying the pool mostly and hanging out with each other all day.

There are some really fun things do to here. Snow Canyon was one that we hiked around for two days. The rocks are east enough for kids to climb and they feel invincible.

Zion’s was our next attraction. Eric and I took the kids and hiked the Narrows. I've never done that before and it was fun. You basically hike through a river for miles and miles. The scenery is stunning and the water is nice to be in because it's SO hot out!

As we were driving around Zion’s park, we saw a mountain named Angles Landing. It's a steep mountain (5700 feet up) with a gorgeous view at the top. The appeal of this particular climb is that it's so steep and you climb up the ledge of the mountain. The first half of the climb is all switchbacks. REALLY steep and REALLY narrow. The second half of the climb (the top half) is all rock climbing. There are chains provided so you don’t fall off the ledge. It took us several hours, but we made it to the top and took a billion pictures.

We've also seen a few plays. There's an incredible outdoor amphitheater right on the mountain side here where they have AMAZING plays. We saw Cats last week and several days later we saw Tarzan. Both were SO artistic and well done. My mother in law and sister in law and myself also took off one night and went to see Pride and Prejudice. That was super fun as well!

In two days the reunion will be over and everyone will all go their separate ways back home, Eric included. But the girls and I are heading up north for two more weeks to see my family. I love vacations and I'm bummed out that Eric won’t be with us anymore in a few days. We've never been away from each other for so long!

Now for some pictures!!!



SNOW CANYON:
Mountin hopping Elle:

Eric on the side of a mountain:

Family Pic:

Finding shade from the 112 degree heat that day:

HIKING THE NARROWS:

Wading through the shallow part:

Getting deeper:

Family picture on a rock:

Amazing scenery!!:

Pretty narrow:

Squeezing my fat butt through a small waterfall:

ANGELS LANDING!!!

Notice Eric teetering on the mountain ledge...

Here I am hiking up, notice the cliff next to me:

Climbing climbing...

Enjoying the view:

Sexy Eric checking out the view:

Here we are near the top:

On my way back down, carefully trying to not slip and fall down the cliffs on either side of me!:

KIDS:

Here are the kids at the ampitheater:

Ampitheater picture:

The kids with cousin Lucy taking a pic with one of the cast. Elle had a crush on this cat, he's a 10 year old boy... you can tell she's totally blushing in this picture

Here's me with one of the Cat casts:

The girls with cousin Rachel in a bedroom from St. George rental house:

One of the MANY times Pinky fell asleep at the oddest times. Vacations wear a kid out!