spring break

We spent spring break in St. George with my parents, my sister, and her kids.  What a great week!!  Really, what could be more fun for my kids than having an entire week off of school and spending that week with their cousins and grandparents?  Not much!  We packed a lot into that week, too.  Swimming, golfing, tennis, frog hunting, bike riding, ripstik riding, kite flying, Easter egg hunting, and eating out (of course!).  We even managed to squeeze in a little "history tour" one afternoon as well.

The kids started off the trip with plenty of candy after having an Easter egg hunt on Saturday afternoon.

Luckily, the Easter bunny found us Sunday morning even though we were out of town.

The first few days were a little cool and windy.  Perfect weather for hunting for frogs by the river ...

riding bikes and ripstiks ...

and flying kites.

Even Grandma Net got in on the kite-flying action.

Monday it rained.  Hard.  So we went to the Sand Hollow indoor pool.  The kids thought it was fabulous!

One afternoon, my mom took us on a little tour about my great great grandfather ... James Montgomery Whitmore.  He was in the first group of settlers sent to Dixie by Brigham Young in 1861, and he was killed by indians in the St. George area (Pipe Springs, AZ) in 1866.  We visited the land where his home was, his gravestone, and the encampment site for the early settlers.  There is now a monument there that tells about the "Dixie Pioneers."  Very cool.  (And Luke's favorite part of the whole trip, I might add!)

The rest of the week was spent playing at the park, swimming, and playing tennis and golf.

  

All that, plus: one kite stuck in a tree, one trip to Instacare, one lost ripstik, one new ripstik, daily visits to see a hog, and lots of great memories!