Thank goodness Clay was keen on checking the weather report for the 18 of us before we headed to Kolob for the weekend - seems we would have gotten snowed-on all weekend. So, luckily "Grandma Honey" was gracious to let us come stay at her house in St. George instead. My brother Scott, sister Jen, their families and Watsons all headed down to So. Utah to have some fun. Saturday was jam packed with fun in Snow Canyon, which I highly recommend for anyone with little kids. There is so much to do! We went to the lava tubes 
in the morning (picture with Lucy standing in the bottom) and Clay set up a top rope for all of us to kill ourselves trying to climb. Uncle Martin was awesome to spend most of the afternoon with the littlest kids in the sand dunes. What great uncles/dads they have! I was belaying Claire for an hour, but it was totally worth it to see her make it to the top. She wasn't going to give up for anything. I wish I had that kind of tenacity!That night we went to In-N-Out Burger, which is now open in St. George for all you So Cal peeps out there. It's as good as I remember, just not as big! You gotta get the cheese burger with the grilled onions...so good!
Sunday was spent out in the middle of nowhere digging around an open gypsum mine. Pretty cool to see a shiny pile of rocks.We then went to Red Rock nature preserve where we went on a hike up a little narrow canyon. We had to carry, push and pull kids up some sketchy rocks to get to some more sketchy rocks. We all felt a little adventurous with all these little kids. We got back to Honey's house in time to make a quick trip to the new fountain in the city center to splash around in and then for some homemade lasagne from Grandma Wilson. (I think she makes it real hard to live up to the precedent she is creating by doing stuff like that - I mean, who sends dinner for 18 people to a party they can't go to? I don't think any of us could be as involved and thoughtful as she is as a grandparent! Thanks, Mom) What a fun weekend! "Camping" at Honey's house is the best!
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Sounds like you guys had a blast! St. George was probably the perfect place to be... it was so depressing and rainy here on Monday. :( We are headed out this weekend... to 6900 ft, so pray it warms up for us!
How fun that the kids got to do some climbing, too!
I waaaaaana come!
Hurray for Bloggers!!! I just stumbled upon your page today!
When is it going to be warm enough to hike and have fun here?!?!
Seriously!!! I hear summer might make it here by September. I am so ready to shed the long pants and long sleeves! It is crazy they're still skiing at Snowbird! Good ol' Dave blames it all on Al Gore.
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