Zions Hiking

I know I have said it before but one of my favorite things about living in Utah is the National Parks. We LOVE being so close to such spectacular hiking places. Last weekend the weather was unseasonably warm so we ran down to Zions for a day of hiking. As we were walking to our first trail head we saw this guy looking down at us. How cute is he? Needless to say the boys were thrilled to see a Mountain Goat up close and personal.

One of our favorite hikes is the overlook trail. This is the first time the boys did it hiking on their own. Some parts are a little tricky so we wanted to wait until they were old enough to pay attention to the trail. They both did great!
Once you get to the top you get a truly breathtaking view of Zions.

Check us out hiking in short sleeve shirts in Jan

Its a popular trail and we were lucky to have someone else at the top with us to take a family shot. (pretty rare to see all four of us)

Because the Overlook trail had gone so well we decided to do the Riverwalk too. Maybe a little to optimistic on our part. Its much lower in the park and shaded for most of it. (which makes it wonderful in the summer) There was still snow on the trail and it was c..o..l..d. We did plan ahead (well Dew did) and brought hats, gloves and sweatshirts.

Even cold temps could not deter from the natural wonder. I just love how Zions changes with the seasons, each one has a beauty all of its own.
We noticed (after someone passed us and said "oh what cute twins") that they boys were dressed almost exactly alike..oops. We do get that comment a lot and Luke now answers back "we aren't twins I'm older".

Throwing rocks in the stream was a highlight for the boys.

So was climbing on every available rock.

Because things are never dull with us we did have some "excitement" at the end of the day. I won't go into details here but will say yet another "opportunity" (I have had lots of them I should have learned by now) for me to learn that I need to be prepared with extra everything before we leave the house.....