zions

after our ogden family reunion we headed south with the saylors family for a few fun filled days in zion. mom and dad rented a couple of "cabins" at zion ponderosa ranch. they weren't really cabins at all, they were pretty nice homes. it was nice to be just with the saylors family for some bonding time. paul and cathy and family couldn't make it so we missed them. 

Heres the fun things we did:

we went hiking in zion national park. all of us on the same hike!

drew and i love zions. we go there quite often

niya is becoming a local there. she loves hiking. she usually never makes a peep along the trail. she just takes in the scenery from the comfort of the baby bjorn

i was pretty impressed that my dad did a part of the hike with his still healing back.  drew found him this nice walking stick. he looked pretty funny in his hiking get up

the one lung-er made it too

the kids had fun and kept up really well. i was the one that was lagging in the back

at the end of the hike everyone went swimming in the river except for me, drew, niya and my parents. they had a blast

we prefer the pool to the river. we spent the next day hanging out there

everyone just relaxing

later that afternoon we took a horseback ride. drew being sooooo allergic to horses stayed behind with the baby.

the trail was a mega dust bowl but we still had fun.

my mom brought poppers since we were there for the 4th of july. we didn't get to see fire works but we had a little fun with out own

we mostly just had fun beating each other with them. you can get a good sting if they pop on your bare skin

our last adventure before it was time to leave was zip lining. it was definitely no zip lining in costa rica but we still had fun doing it.

we all went our separate ways later that day. its always sad to say good bye. i really love spending time with my family. thanks mom and dad for making such a fun vacation for us!