Spring Break!

This last week was Spring Break, and we took the opportunity of spending a week in St. George with Aaron's parents. I don't know what the weather was like here, but I do know that it wasn't in the 70's EVERY DAY-except our last day! Yes, we were spoiled, and the kids LOVED it. We spent every moment we could outside doing things. Hiking, playing in the water park, hiking, playing at the park, hiking...you get the picture.

Alexis' favorite thing to do in St. George is go 'play' on the red rocks. She is my dare devil and loves to climb, jump, and hike her way through. She isn't afraid to try any route, and if it weren't for tiny members of her family, she would have gone everywhere she could on those rocks...but little, wobbly, in-experienced legs kept us to the safer routes through the bluffs, although given the chance, Elliott also would have gone everywhere.






McKenzie fell in love with this ladder at the local park. She would climb up and then take the slide down, and run back to the ladder to climb up again. I had to pull her away when it was time for us to go and it took a moment for her to accept the idea. She also LOVED crossing the balance steps (I don't know if they have a name, but this is what I'll call them here), she loved moving back and forth, and more than anything else, doing it HERSELF. This idea of independence is comming out with a vengence. She wants to do everything and insists that she can do it herself. This USUALLY isn't a problem, and we have enjoyed watching her learn by working through the problems that arise with doing things herself.



Tuesday morning Aaron and I were able to go to the St. George LDS Temple with his grandparents. They returned home with us, and got to meet Elliott for the first time...I wish I had rememberd to take pictures, but this mental memory will have to do. It took about an hour for our children to warm up to Grandma and Grandpa Murri, but after that there was no turning back. Alexis played ti-tac-toe with Grandpa, and McKenzie and Elliott were right there trying to figure out how they could also take part.

Tuesday after lunch (Elliott took a morning nap while we were at the temple) we returned to the bluffs, and when it got too hot to play, we went to the city water park. THe Water park in St. George is amazing. There is a foutain you can run through, a river you can walk down, and water falls you can play in. Elliott LOVED every second! He spent most of his time playing in the water falls, just getting his hands wet; he would sit down whenever he thought someone was going to come move him! We had to leave the falls to go to the fountain, and once he understood that he could run through the water he was back in water heaven. It was a perfect way to cool off and spend a lazy afternoon.


That night we attempted to hike to the temple quarry. Elliott fell asleep in the stroller (how he managed with all the bumps and obstcals that exist in a stroller is beyond me) and McKenzie refused to walk after the first 100 yards, so I put her on my back at which point she started to fall asleep. To keep her awake we played eye spy. This worked suprisingly well, until we got back in the car, at which point she fell asleep and didn't wake up until 9:00 that night, ate a late dinner, and went back to bed.

Wednesday, just as the weather channel promised, was cooler with a chance of rain. It was cloudy and overcast, and we did get some sprinkles, but we didn't let that stop us. We went to Fiesta Fun and played miniture golf with Grandma Marshall, played in the arcade, and played on the indoor playground. We met Grandpa Marshall for lunch (mongolian BBQ), and then returned to Fiesta Fun to let Alexis and McKenzie ride the mini-go-carts, and--much to McKenzie's dissapointment--Grandma Marhshall and Aaron (with Alexis as a passenger) rode the go-carts.

Thrusday we woke up early and headed for home. We left St. George at 9:00, stopped in Sciepo for a potty break and a petting zoo, stopped in Provo for lunch, and got home around 6:30, just in time for Aaron to go to Round Table (it's a Scout thing).

Did I mention that this little town (Sciepo) in the middle of no where Utah has a petting zoo...with a baby zebra!?!