Well, we just got back from going on our annual vacation with the McMurray family. We normally go to Jackson Hole in October for 4 days but this time we decided to go to Zion National Park and stay in a few cabins down by the east entrance. The car ride down was a bit long with some whiny kids but once we got there the cabin was awesome and we enjoyed being with the family.
On Thursday when we got there we relaxed, unpacked and went on a small 1 mile hike with several members of the family. Then we came home and had dinner before going to bed early because we got up at 5 AM!
Our family at the end of the hike
Me and Timmy hiking
On Friday we went on a longer hike to the Emerald Pools and it was a lot of fun (thanks for the use of the Snugli Heather!) After the hike we had a late lunch and headed back to the cabin. Justin went on some small hikes with his brother in law Christian, we had dinner, put our kids to bed and went in the hot tub, I mean warm tub! It started out at 100 degrees but by the time we got out it was only 96 degrees, bummer!
On Saturday Tim had gunk in his eyes and we cleaned them out before meeting up with the family to have the kids go on some short horseback rides. Tim wouldn't go and we looked at the petting zoo before heading into the park. We went on a few short hikes to the weeping wall and the riverwalk at the end before the Narrows and then headed back to have lunch at the picnic tables at the visitors center. We went home and then Justin watched the kids while I went on a hike in a slot canyon with my brothers-in-law Christian, Ted and Rich and my nephew Jake. It was awesome, my favorite hike by far! We went home and had dinner and put our kids to bed for another fairly sleepless night. (We were up several times most every night there!)
Me hiking with my brothers-in-law
Timmy smiling near the weeping wall
On Sunday Tim was really struggling with gunk in his eyes and we had a small sacrament meeting with the family and started home. My car broke down just outside of Scipio so we called roadside assistance and had our car towed to Nephi. My dad and Rusty met us there and we towed my car back to Murray. We had dinner with my family and then my mom took us home. Because she was going to come and help me with some babysitting on Monday anyway, she decided to just spend the night. Sunday was such a long day and we were soooo happy to be home. Our kids did much better sleeping that night and we were very grateful as parents.
On Monday morning I took Tim to see Dr. Silas and he was diagnosed immediately with pink eye. We got the drops and started attending to his eyes! My mom had some crusty eyes on Monday morning and my eyes are a little red so we are taking the drops a bit too. Even Justin has had a dose to make sure his eyes don't get it. What a bummer! At least we didn't get the stomach flu like several other members of the family!!!
All in all it was a fun but long trip. If we knew he had pink eye earlier in the trip we would have gone home to have Tim treated instead of having him suffer all weekend long and potentially infecting several other members of the family. Oh well, he is started to feel better, yeah! I will add some pictures another day when I'm not sooo tired!
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5 comments:
I'm sorry Timothy got pink eye, that is no fun. All of my kids have had pink eye at some point in time-Ender gets it the worst. Sorry your car broke down, what a hassle! I'm glad your family could help you out. Have a great week. Hope everyone gets better.
I love going to the mountains! Your trip sounded like a lot of fun. Poor Timmy, I hope he feels better soon. At least Allison didn't catch it.
Ugh.. Pink eye? I have never had it in my life, but Bobby got it last summer the night before I was going to DC for our anniversary! talk about bad timing...at least my mom-in-law was the there to take him for his drops and take care of him.
glad your trip was fun. i absolutely love jackson hole!!
That is so funny Chaise called you! I was looking at my dialed calls the day after she called you and I saw that your number had been dialed and I thought I must have dialed it by accident so I didn't think much of it! I hope you enjoyed a sophisticated conversation with my one year old! :) She has hid in her room before because she knows she isn't supposed to play with my phone and when I have found her she is talking to Brian. I'm just glad I don't have any ex-boyfriends in my phone. That could get embarassing!
You added pictures! I like the family picture of your first hike and that last picture of Timothy-he's so cute! Looks like you had fun, I'm glad.
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