At home we still have a lot of snow on the ground. When the opportunity came to escape the cold and drive down to warmer weather for a long weekend we jumped at the chance. St. George is a great getaway this time of year.
After church today we decided to visit Snow Canyon. It’s a nice little state park with lots of fun activities for our little ones (thanks for the recommendation, Ben).
First we had a picnic and played in the sand dunes. Except for Claire, the kids had a great time. Claire didn’t like getting dirty, but she had no problem eating the sand that frequently coated her tootsie-pop. Gross.
After about an hour in the sun at the sand dunes we were getting pretty hot. The temperature must have been pushing 70 degrees. We decided to explore a near-by slot canyon called Jennie’s Canyon. It was a quick, short hike and the kids enjoyed the shelter from the sun and loved playing in all of the nooks and crannies of the slot canyon.
The kids were pretty wiped out after a fun day in the sun. We’ll return tomorrow with our sunburned noses and rosy cheeks, ready to wait out the remaining months of winter.
MightyJohnsons 
How fun! We loved Snow Canyon too–we even had to stop and watch an “endangered” little turtle cross the road. Ben made some silly comment to one of the rangers about eating it for dinner and the guy got really offended 🙂 It was pretty funny. Have fun down there!
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It was SUPER FUN having you all down for the long weekend! Your timing was impeccable–we are overcast and raining with temps in the 50’s this week. Sometimes the stars just line up perfectly, huh?
That was quite a transition for Jake; first not wanting to touch the sand because of its bacterial qualities and then within just minutes being “buried alive.” Too fun…
We’ll be looking for you all back again in late March or whenever!
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Oh how nice! I am in need of a little warmer weather about now, who decided to make Feb so long anyway?
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