Spring Break- Sand Hollow Reservoir

Our Spring Break was FABULOUS! We took the kiddos down to Hurricane (right by St. George, Utah) to Sand Hollow Reservoir. It's this great reservoir that hooks right up to Sand Hollow, which is a big ol' mountain made out of red sand.

It was pretty crazy waking up to snow on Thursday morning and by that afternoon being in such nice weather. It was still pretty chilly, but lots better then snow! We did lots of hiking around on the rocks when we got there...I just LOVE to hear my kids say "This is the best camping trip ever!"...they say that a lot but it means a lot to me because it shows me that they are really enjoying themselves.

On Friday we drove over to St. George and went to Snow Canyon, another state park where there are lots of hiking trails through petrified sand dunes and red rocks. Again...lots of fun but then the wind picked up and we were forced inside...which turned out great because by then we were exhausted!

Saturday we took a long drive trying to find a way to get to the sand dunes by truck, rather then 4 wheeler...no luck, which was a bummer as the kids had brought along sleds that they wanted to try using on the sand dunes. We eventually ended up at this gorgeous beach (at Sand Hollow) that is made up entirely of soft red sand. It was still pretty chilly but the kiddos had a BALL playing in the sand, burying each other and playing in the water. I can't believe how much fun we had that afternoon and NO money was involved...no toys were involved...no whining, just harmonious siblings getting along having fun together. Ok..yeah, that only lasted until we hit the showers a few hours later, but it was FANTASTIC while it lasted! But darn it! I sat there and took video of some GREAT moments and wouldn't you know it...the brain here never pressed record. I sat there and took video on pause! AHH! And Kira had done the FUNNIEST dance around Austin while he was buried. Guess I'll have to scrapbook it. I also missed out on a great wrestling match between Dave and Austin in the sand, but ya can't catch it all or you miss out on stuff yourself. But I did capture the kids "swimming" in the sand. And yes, just in case you are wondering- pockets were full of sand and now my laundry room and dryer are full of red sand. I guess the sand in the pockets was helped along a little by good ol' Big brother Austin who thought it was great fun to put sand and worms down everybodys shirts, shorts and in Ella's pockets...but it was funny! Oh well...it was well worth it! And just so you know...Austin didn't find the worms in the sand, they came from a left behind container of fishing worms. :)
We packed up and came home on Sunday and the kids begged and pleaded to stay longer. I'm pretty sure the consensus was that they would all live in our trailer pretty happily if they could. And you know what? Crazy as it seems Dave and I are actually considering it. Maybe living in a motorhome for a year and traveling the U.S with our kiddos while they are still kiddos isn't such a bad idea...something for us to think about.- yeah..a lot to think about!