St. George-- Snow Canyon

St. George Hiking day...

We patiently waited for the day the weather was supposed to get above 30. These CA kids just couldn't handle much less. Unfortunately it was still only 24 when we headed out that day. We headed to Snow Canyon and went for some hikes. I will admit I was NOT excited about this hike. Its one thing to deal with me freezing but to deal with two freezing kids on top of being miserable myself did NOT sound like a treat. We just don't own a lot of warm clothing! But, of course, Papa Ross made sure we all had a blast and quickly forgot about our freezing noses and fingers.


The first hike was up on the red rocks where there were a bunch of little frozen ponds and lots of ice to break and throw that thankfully distracted Zach who was in full-blown meltdown mode within minutes of getting out of the car since it was so freezing!

Brady was bundled up and in the front pack (which kept mom warm too!) he was happy as a clam!

We sort of look homeless. I think I had like six layers on. I had on at least four pairs of pants. I had to borrow clothes from Clint and Papa Ross.

"ice skating" with Papa Ross. I'm not going to pretend that I wasn't totally paranoid that the ice was going to break and my kid would fall in the freezing water. It wasn't deep but seriously for a 3 year old it wouldn't take much, right!? Especially when Uncle Chris managed to make a huge crack in some of the ice.

ice-- so fun to eat, throw, break and it got him to finally wear some gloves or "globes"

keeping warm

The second hike we did was in some sand dunes. It reminded me of being in Yuma minus the freezing weather. The kids loved it. Its funny how they wanted to just sit and play in the sand even though it was weird red sand and freezing cold.

Zach and Summer running down the hill

The big boys decided to race

They were slowing down by the second hill

They were crawling on their way back

The last little hike we did was in a little slot canyon. It was cool and just the right length for the kids.

Papa Ross with Zach, Ali, Summer and holding Cadance who managed to escape all of my pictures from this trip! I promise Grandma Janice was there too but she also seemed to escape from pictures a lot

Aunt Jenny, Uncle Chris and baby Axelgard about half way through baking

The whole trip was about Uncle Bret coming home and this was the only picture I got with him! I'm bad at this!