Mother's Day

We have a Mother's Day tradition of hiking the Saturday before. We decided that it would be fun to go up to Zion and hike from the Visitor's Center to the Museum (it's only .8 of a mile), watching the video of Zion's history, catching the shuttle to the Lodge, and having lunch. We got a little bit of a slow start though. Bryan and Ethan went to the Father's and Son's campout Friday night and Ethan ate WAY TOO MANY cookies. He promptly threw up when they got home. So we had to wait for him to get over that before we could leave.

But we had a fun hike. It took a while because Courtney insisted on carrying her own camel back and it was slowing her down. But the kids did great. Ethan counted the lizards he saw on the hike. I think he got to 16.

Lunch was good. I was surprised how empty the Lodge restaurant was, but the food was good. After some ice cream for dessert, we took the shuttle back to our car and started for home. Both Ethan and Courtney fell asleep, which was great!

When we got home, we stopped by the video store to rent a Harry Potter movie and then had a family movie night. It was a great day.

On Sunday, Bryan and Courtney made me breakfast in bed (Ethan woke up at the end) and then I got some presents (some books and some nice smelling body spray and lotions). Dinner was my favorite made by Bryan and then we had my parents and my aunt and uncle (Kathy and Don) came over for dessert. It was a great time. I love having family around.

Here are some photos from the hike: