Fall Break

We went to Park City the second week of fall break. It was nice to get out of town. We spent time with friends and family and just relaxed at the place we were staying. It had an outdoor heated pool, hot tub, and sauna, so the kids really liked that. The two little girls really liked the bowl of candy they left out for guests at the sign-in counter!
PC's cousin has been asking for a picture of him with the kids so we finally took that and sent it while we were there.

We went on a few hikes too. This one was near where we were staying in Jeremy Ranch. The kids loved the sign because there was a picture of a man that said, "Thanks, Bill!" because it was in recognition of his work done in the community, but the kids just thought it was hilarious and continue to say "Thanks, Bill!" at random times.

The little girls got tired pretty quickly, so I headed back down with them and we had some snacks near the bottom where we sat on a little bench. The girls always want me to take their pictures. I just love them!

We also did the Living Room hike. It was a super hot day which made the hike a bit more rough. Shortcake and I went really slow and made lots of stops. We were almost to the top, when Shortcake said she was done, so Minnie and Rosie stayed with us, but soon after a man came down and said we were almost to the top and should continue on. Shortcake really wanted to see the "rock castle" as Uncle M had called it, so we went on and made it. The view of Salt Lake was pretty cool, though pretty smoggy as well. Shortcake was so happy to sit on her rock throne.

The leaves were gorgeous along the trail in places too.

And since East High (where they filmed High School Musical) was only about ten minutes from there, we finally stopped to make Minnie's dream come true. All four older kids were so excited! Tink kept going around and saying things like, "There's the tables!" "There's the railing!" It was so fun to see it and to watch their excitement. High School Musical was a big part of their growing up as they would not only watch them, but sing the songs and act them out all. the. time when they were little.

We went to Uncle M's for dinner that night. The boys all took the little ones to see and feed the ducks while us older girls stayed back and played Tenzie.

And of course, Tink's birthday always comes during fall break. She really wanted my sister to make one of her famous layered cakes. We had everyone over to her house for burgers and hot dogs to celebrate.

We were also able to meet up with our friend "A." She and her family came up for Tink's party but we also got to go down and do lunch one day with her and see her kindergarten classroom. It's so fun having a friend that both PC and I just love and have grown closer to throughout the years. The time together is always too short, but we take what we can get! And we remembered to get pictures with her this time!

We did Temple Square one day as well. We took the kids inside the Tabernacle since they had never been in there and we also did the Conference Center tour. Finished off the evening with dinner at Chick-fil-a inside the City Creek Center.

 

Our last hike was up to the PC in Park City. The storm was blowing in, so we pretty much ran down to get back to the car.

The morning we woke up to leave, we had snow. It was pretty. It had snowed a little the day before and we went to the pool, but this had actually stuck. It was a fun week!