Spring Break at the Cabin

We had a fun week going up to the cabin and having a little time to relax and spend time together as a family. We left on Wednesday afternoon around 4pm because Brett had a very busy day at work so I had to do all the packing and preparation….it takes forever to get everything ready for a trip! The girls are getting better at helping pack their own clothes and things so that really helps. We arrived around 11:30pm so we made pretty good time, we just went through the Wendy’s drive through for dinner. I think it’s easier to travel in the evening with the kids because the sleep for half the trip and it is much more peaceful and Brett and I can talk and enjoy the drive. When we came home on Sunday it felt like the longest drive ever because the kids were awake the whole time.

Thursday we just spent the day hanging out at the cabin, Alana went sledding with Tom and had fun playing in the snow. There was still quite a bit of snow but it was really starting to melt. I met up with a friend from our ward who was up there with her husband and showed them the cabin. Brett had lots of meetings and just worked all day. He is trying to catch up from the week he had to take off when he was sick with Pnemonia. Mom and Dad, Spencer and his boys arrived around 9pm that night.
Friday all the boys went skiing/snowboarding up at Brianhead. Mom and I and the kids spent the day going down to Cedar City for the warmer weather. Mom really hates the snow, and the younger kids don’t like it much either. The drive down to Cedar is always beautiful, we went shopping at a couple stores and had lunch at Costa Vida then let the kids play at the park. It was in the low 70’s and beautiful. The boys got back from skiing and said they had a great time except for Avery who broke his arm! Brett snowboarded for half the day and skied the other half. He decided he liked skiing better. Tom and Brett didn’t wear sunglasses so their eyes got a little sunburned and were red and sore. I wished I could have gone skiing but I’m pretty tied down with a nursing baby right now. The last 5 years I have been nursing or pregnant! Oh well I know that motherhood is wonderful and one of the greatest and most important works I will do in this life.

Our squirrel finding the candy!

Saturday we went to Zion’s National Park. We took a picnic lunch and enjoyed a couple hikes. We did the Riverside walk by the river and saw lots of squirrels. It is an easy path for the kids and very pretty. At the end of the trail someone had left their backpack and a bag of jolly ranchers and goldfish and the squirrels were getting into them. One squirrel ate a big jolly rancher and a starburst. After a lunch break we did the middle and upper Emerald Pool hike. This hike was a little tougher for the kids, Brett carried Allden in the backpack and I had Alydia in the little front pack. Alana hiked on her own and Addy hiked with Papa he gave her a piggy back ride a couple times. No matter how many times we go to Zion I always enjoy the beauty and the great outdoors.

Our family with Grandma and Grandpa Pratt (Lisa's parents)
Brett carried Allden on his back for the entire hike!

Tom and Alana hanging out.