Spring Break

Kids had spring break last week.  We drove down to St George after school got out on Friday, then spent Saturday with my SIL's family at Zion's National Park, hiking and playing in the stream there.  We all hiked the short hike to Weeping Rock (picture), then Jared, Walker, Scott, and I went on another hike to Hidden Canyon, and Emily and Morgen took care of the smaller kids.  We all had ice cream afterwards, and I believe Eliza's ice cream cone was equally distributed between her outsides and insides.

Sunday we went to church with them, then drove out to Los Angeles.  We were very lucky- all of Jared's traveling meant we were able to get a 2 bedroom suite with a complete kitchen and living area.  Boys got one room (with its own bathroom, thank goodness!), Morgen slept on the sofa sleeper in the living room, and Jared and I shared the other bedroom/bathroom.  All that space was wonderful!  Especially the part where we had 3 tvs, so there were no wars over what to watch :)

Monday we spent at the pool, doing nothing much (which drove Jared nuts, but he was very understanding and didn't run around the hotel screaming because he was bored...).
We also watched some tv, and bought groceries, and did laundry, and planned what we wanted to do for the rest of the week.

Tuesday was our Disneyland day.  It was quite crowded (which drove Jared nuts, but he didn't run around the park screaming either.  The man has a lot of patience and self-control.), but we managed to ride most of the roller-coasters.  Hyrum rode everything once, then decided he wasn't a fan of the Matterhorn, or Space Mountain, so he begged off of those rides, and I sat out with him.  We stayed until 11pm or so, then everyone was tired and we headed back to the hotel.

Wednesday we spent at the beach- Goff Cove in the Laguna Beach area.  We had a beautiful spot, lots of shade in the morning, and a bit even into the afternoon.  I sat in the shade and knit (and kept myself from crisping to a nicely done shade of red), while everyone else played in the water and sand.  Walker built a rampart of sand next to Jared's moat, then bet him as to which one would crumble under the tide first.  Walker's rampart won.  I do need to point out that his was also 18 inches further away from the tide line than Jared's.  Location is everything!
Thursday was also a beach day- somewhere in Corona del Mar, but since I wasn't driving, I didn't pay attention to the name of the beach.  Lots of cool tide pools, though, and plenty of sand and sun and surf.

Friday we went to the California Science Center in LA, which was free, and quite crowded, but still an interesting visit.  Then we stopped at a yarn shop (hooray!) where I spent about 15 minutes by myself.  This is where I got my souveniers :).  Jared took Hyrum and Morgen to the pool until dinner.  Walker slept (he is, after all, still growing), and I did laundry again. Whee.  Then we packed everything up and went to bed.

Saturday we drove all the way back to Midway, stopping for lunch/dinner at a Japanese buffet in St George.  I have to say that the driving went remarkably well, especially considering our vehicle- we had 5 people, plus luggage, crammed into a Ford Focus.  But we listened to audiobooks (the Ranger's Apprentice series by John Flanagan- excellent YA fiction) whenever we were in the car, and had an almost pleasant drive!

Here's the trip in knitting and yarn: all projects were begun and finished during spring break :)