Winter activities part 1

We had a very mild winter. We were able to go out and play a lot because it was warm.

We took a trip to St. George. It was beautiful sunny weather. We stopped by temple to snap some pictures.

It's very rare, but here's proof that it snowed in St. George.

Levi would say "Malachi, give me a hug", and Malachi would hug him. It was super cute. Levi said it over and over and Malachi kept hugging him :)

Malachi could slip through the temple grounds gate. He would slip through and I'd have to run all the way around to get him on the other side. Here's Malachi's "cheese" face.

We did get a couple good snow storms. We tried sledding a few times.

Grandpa pulled us behind the 4 wheeler on a tube. Levi enjoyed being pulled. He had to sit on my lap because the hole in the tube was too big for him.  Malachi preferred to ride on the 4 wheeler with Grandpa.

My boys love to read books. We go the library every 3 weeks to get new books. There was one book that was pretty simple. Levi could look at the pictures and recite the wording exact for every page because we had read it to him so much.

We took a trip to Zion and it was beautiful.

The boys rode their bikes around the Lodge parking lot. They then rode them over the river bridge and started up the Angel's Landing paved trail. I said to Adrian "Bikes aren't allowed on this trail." He chuckled and said, "And who's going to stop them, the tricycle police?" Well, about 3 minutes after the boys have continued to  ride up the trail, a ranger came walking down the trail. He told us, "bikes aren't allowed on this trail". So we had to turn around and go back to the Lodge parking lot to let the boys ride their bikes. We still chuckle about the fact that just after Adrian said his smart remark, there came a ranger.

We had a picnic on the Lodge lawn, threw a frisbee and kicked a ball around. It was great low chill time with the family.

We played by the river for a while throwing rocks in and drawing in the mud with sticks. The boys took their shoes off and dipped their toes in the water. That lasted for literally a second because the water was so cold. We had no agenda so we played by the water for a while just enjoying our time together as a family :)

Then we drove the Temple of Sinawava. There was no direct sun there and it was chilly.

Levi loved to literally roll around in the sand.

We played there for a while and tossed rocks in the river some more. Adrian and I took turns seeing how far across the river we could throw rocks.

Next we climbed the very short trail to view the Court of the Patriarchs. It was very sunny and pleasantly warm.

We enjoyed our day trip. It was great to get out for adventures with the whole family.