Friday, March 7, 2014

President's Day Weekend - St. George

Right after the school Valentine's Parties - we packed up the Suburban and headed to St. George.  Jack & Emily were playing in the Ice Breakers Soccer Tournament down there.  We were excited to leave the colder air of Salt Lake for a little bit warmer air in St. George.

We had a fun condo to stay in and Rich & Misty and their kids came too, which made it extra fun.   Jack & Emily both played 2 games on Saturday.

This was during Jack's first game - all the little siblings who are girls were gathered around coloring and talking.
 






That night, Rich & Misty treated us to pizza from The Pizza Factory - one of our favorites!  It was so yummy and it was great to have a condo to bring it home and eat it there.  All the restaurants were jam packed!

On Sunday, we met the Spackman's & Mosley's at Zions to do some hiking.  It was perfect, perfect weather and all the kids did a great job on the hike.   It took us several hours and got to enjoy time with our great friends.

 Our hiking group - minus Arlene who was taking the picture
 


 Emily & Kate Spackman
 
 Olivia Spackman & Lindsey
 

 Jack & Logan Spackman
 
 Jared even took a turn carrying Hailey
 




 Rich, Sophia, Misty & Max
 

 What a great group of kids!  (Jack and Hannah didn't get the memo to turn around for this picture)
 



Stopping for a little snack
 

 This little guy was such a good trooper!
 
 When we got back, the kids wanted to swim.  It was too cold for the big pool and apparently the hot tub heater had been broken, so it wasn't very warm.  But that didn't stop these kids from swimming.
 

On Monday, Jack & Emily played again in the morning.   Emily's team was playing for the final spot in the championship game.  They tied 0 to 0 and went into overtime.  No one scored again, so they did penalty shots.  Unfortunately, we lost 4 to 3.   They played so well though!



Jack's team did play in the championship game, but lost, so they came away with silver.   Not bad though, considering it's been winter and all soccer has had to be inside.

 
We drove home Monday after Jack's game.  We had a great time!  We feel every fortunate that our kids are healthy and have great coaches and we have great friends to do stuff like this with.

1 comment:

Stan and Pat said...

Looks like great fun. It's always fun to get out of town and just do a little family time!