Snow Canyon

We had a great Valentine's Day/President's Day Weekend. Here's our little Valentine after church on Sunday. She looked so cute. Tige had flowers delivered on Friday. I thought that would be all, but Saturday he surprised me with a beautiful charm bracelet. There were jeweled slides with the kid's birthstones and a silver heart one for Tige. We can add to it when we have our baby. I gave Tige our blog for 2009 that I had printed into a book and also some ice packs and covers he'd been wanting. Kason also got some legos and treats. He asked me a week before Valentine's what he was getting and I said "I'm giving a present to daddy because you give a present to your sweetheart on Valentine's Day." He said "aren't I your sweetheart?" Well, yes, I guess he is!


Then Monday morning we went to Snow Canyon State Park to try out the new child carrier backpack we bought so we could hike with Abby. We also took our bikes and had a great time. Kason and Abby were in heaven and grinned from ear to ear the whole time. We biked, then hiked the hidden pinyon trail, ate a picnic lunch, then biked some more. It was a beautiful, sunny day.

All ready to go.


Stopping for lunch at the top of the overlook.

Mmmm! Zingers!

Kason kept standing on the top of the highest rock and yelling "I'm the king of the world!"

Abby enjoyed getting out of the backpack and walking around as we ate lunch. She kept picking up rocks, but once hit her head on a big rock as she bent down to pick up little rocks. She loves being outside.

The boys rode their bikes from the trail parking lot down through the park. The plan was for me to pick them up at the park entrance, but they were having so much fun, they rode half way into town. I finally picked them up about 3 miles down the road. A pretty good ride for a little 6 year old. We decided he needs a bigger bike this summer with hand brakes.

Riding into Ivins.

The craziest thing happened on the hike after we'd eaten lunch. We ran into Abby, one of my old college roommates who lives in Fairview. I haven't seen her since her wedding over 13 years ago. What are the chances that I'd see my old friend on some remote trail in Snow Canyon? I was so excited to see her, I didn't even think to take a picture! It was so fun to run into her.

When we got home, I soaked in a hot bath for over an hour and read a book. What a great day. Of course, then my back was killing me all afternoon and evening. Hiking and biking 5 months pregnant is not easy task. I might be done hiking until this fall.