Martin Luther King weekend

Sunday afternoon, we headed for a little overnighter at Zion National Park. We stayed in Springdale that is before the entrance of Zion, or gateway to Zion, is what they like to call it. I haven't been in years & we live so close - I feel like we need to take advantage of all our beautiful surroundings.

Since it is the off season {which who knows why - it was 60+ degrees & beautiful!}, alot of the restaurants, hotels & stores were closed. We stayed in a cute lodge & ate at a fun little restaurant - one of the few that are open for the winter. Then we walked around Springdale which is kind of a fun little town. We went back to the hotel & got in the hot tub. It was big enough the kids just swam in it. We had a beautiful scenery surrounding us.

The fam. with the big rocks behind
We watched a movie Sun night & ate lots of snacks. It was fun just chillin with my homies in our hotel room

Crazy Ezra...he was so hyper but then just zonked out before 8:00

There was still snow on the eastern side of Zion. It wasn't too chilly though. We had to get out & take a few picture of how beautiful it was

Ezra honestly did not want one picture taken of him. I took this without him knowing & when he saw me take it - he freaked out & said no more!

We hiked to the emarald pools which is just a small hike to these beautiful falls. The bottom of it was all frozen & it looked awesome.

There was snow on the trail where the sun didn't touch but it honestly wasn't that cold. It looks alot colder than what it was.

We packed a lunch & enjoyed it at a nice little park across the street. Then we headed to the imax theater to watch the SeaRex, then headed for home. It was a short trip but perfect. Ezra cried most the way home {til he fell asleep} to go back to the hotel & not go home. He was pretty upset when he woke up & we were home!