Ellis Family: Fall Break.

The kids had a fall break (usually it would be UEA but it was later this year since we started school later) from school this past week so we headed to St. George to enjoy a the warm weather longer. The first day oncwe we checked in to our room there wasn't much time to do much so we took the kids to pirate island. It's a restuarant, but they have an archade area fro the kids to play in while they wait for dinner to come. It's was a great place for the kidsto get their wiggles out after being in the car all day. The place is all decorated like a pirates island. We ate in the tiki hut and the archades where in the skull cave. The kids liked that. After we got back to the hotel Marc and the kids went swimming at the pool. It was also a good way to use up that left over energy.

The next day we got up and drove over to Zions national park. There we met up with Marc's Mom, Jonathan,Jared, Jaime, Jensen, Jenna, and Jaxton. It was a fun day. The weather was great. Fall in Zions is so pretty. We got to hike, have a picinic and the kids got to play in the sand and get really dirty. Connor was so dirty his hair looks a gray red color from the dirt. The kids loved getting to see and run around with their cousins and getting to see Grsndma Ellis. We didn't do any really big hikes, with the little kids and me be pregnant, but we did the little ones. One was weeping rock. It wascool to see how much water was running out of the rocks. On the hike up we came across this taranchula, he/ she was so big and I hate spiders. The kids liked driving through the mile long tunnel and trying to hear the echo of their voices.

The next day went went over to snow canyon. Marc had never been there and I relized I had been there with a collage class many years ago. It was cool to see all the lava rock every where. The kids liked climbing on the rocks and in the holes. My sister Jen and neice Sadie came with us. We hiked along Jenny's trail and the petrified sand dunes. That day it was 90 degrees and so hot. We took the kids back to the hotel that afternoon and let them swim to cool off and take naps. That night Jen, Kyler and Sadie joined us for dinner at Chilis. We celebrated Jen's birthday because it was the next day and Sadies which is on the 24th.

The last day on our way home we stop and drove through Kolob canyon. We had never been there and wanted to see if there would be fun places to hikle for another trip. We found a couple of places we would like to come back to. Kolob Canyon is located at the north end of Zions. You get to it from I-15. Our trip was fun and it was great to get away and beable to see family. It was a nice way to start off fall.