Zion, dear Zion

Having lived in Rexburg for over 4 years and never making it to Yellowstone while we lived there is just pathetic, but it took us moving to St. George to end up making a trip back up there to Yellowstone for a family reunion. I was not about to let that happen to us again. So, we ended up taking a little trip to Zions (which is basically in our backyard), after living here for almost 4 years. Our new goal is to make it to more of the fun areas around us.

The girls thought it was the greatest thing to sleep in a hotel (because they never have), but they were so excited we couldn't even get them to settled down to sleep. After our exciting night in the hotel we spent the next day hiking in Zions, even little Shay with her short legs. The sleepless night before started to show later in the day, but the girls loved it.

These girls will find anything to climb. Along the emerald pool trail there was this small break off that looked like a climbing wall and Emma just had to try climbing it.

Apparently it's exhausting being carried around all day.

Right at the end of the day these two decided they were best friends which usually isn't the case if Emma's around. They held hands and had to sit by each other. It was sad when Shay wouldn't let Emma sit by her because Kiana was, but it was sweet to see these two bond.

All our adventures...

This last weekend was the famous St. George Marathon, which is a crazy weekend for us becuase Steve is gone most of the week prior to it and all day Saturday working the marathon. I decided to do the Mayor's walk with some friends. The Mayor's walk is walking the last 2 miles or so of the marathon. I bundled up the kids because it was super cold (50 degrees) at 7:00 in the morning and packed them in the stroller, met up with my friends, their kids and strollers, and Atlas, my friends' mini horse/dog who pulled her through the race more than she walked him. Here we are at the start.


Emma's running toward the finish line!!! She has ambition. For those of you who want to know she is going to do a kids triathlon in November. We might just see her running to this finish line for real someday.



Onto our other adventures for the day. After watching the marathoners and cheering for some friends from the ward for awhile and seeing an old friend from high school (Natalie Arnold) as she was coming up on the finish line, we had to head to both Emma and Kiana's soccer games which just happened to be at the same time that day. It was a crazy day.
Kiana is playing soccer for the first time and she is rocking it. She has watched Emma play for the past two years and has learned a lot. She kicks the ball really well and on this day she made 3 goals. She loves it and I think she is only going to get better. Hello my sweet Kiana! I'll have to post some more pics of both of them playing soccer. Emma is doing really well also.

BTW, she is so little that the soccer uniform drowns her. Her shorts are pulled as tight as they go and they are rolled up, but she still complains about them falling down.