Fife Family Trip to Zion

At the end of March we went to Zion with David's family. Randy and his family were there as well as Papa Craig, Grandma Teresa and Uncle B, unfortunately Tim and his family could not join us, and they were missed.

We rented a cabin/house just outside of Zion. It was a huge house so there was plenty of room for all of us. During the day we would go hiking in Zion and then go back to the house and relax in the hot tub. After those long days, Connor and Skyler were so worn out, they would go right to bed.

We really had a lot of fun while on this trip.

Bryan was determined to bring this log from the other side of the river, and finally Papa Craig went in as reinforcement, shoes and all. They finally got the log over.


Picnic lunches every day


Look out point



Papa Craig and Cassie's classic muscle photo op



The twins had a lot of fun throwing rocks in to the river, we learned that Sky has quite an arm! He had a blast doing this, and could stay there all day if we let him.



Fife Fam



The kids!
Imagine how hard it was to get this shot!



Who is that in the distance...Grandma Teresa and Randy?






The little ones had it easy riding in the back packs. Bryan was such a trooper and always had one of the twins...like he had a choice though. I (Cassie) tried to carry them, and they wanted nothing to do with me!



Chilling at the water falls

More ZION photos




The deer we saw on our way home to the cabin



EATER EGG HUNT

The Easter Bunny fame while we were at the cabin. The kids made out like Bandits...and so did the animals, who scored a few eggs left out on the porch







While at the house, the boys would have so much fun playing outside. They like the snow, and loved to make snowballs. Connor would dribble the basketball, and it was really impressive. They also would trek through the mud, and that drove me nuts. Connor decided once to park it in a sticker bush, and wasn't too thrilled with that outcome. Luckily somebody brought tweezers.

Sky at Gymnastics

Skyler has been taking gymnastics classes for the past few weeks. He loves jumping down the loooonnnggg trampoline, but doesn't really do it the way he is supposed to. He has fun learning on the bar. He also enjoys jumping on the trampoline and doing his sit-down/stand-ups. He is one of the only kids in the class that can almost do it. Skyler does really well with taking turns and listening to the teacher. While Skyler is in gymnastics, Connor is in the Community Center's day car which has a park...so he would rather be there anyway...and sometimes I think Skyler would prefer to be there as well! On Fridays they do an open gym, so I sneak Connor in to that, so they both get to kinda run around and do what they want.

On the long trampoline


practicing his sit-down/stand-ups with his coach
before attempting on his own


Waiting his turn with the other kids in the class


Hanging from the bar


Trying to smell his nose

Fun at the pool

We have been having a lot of fun spending time at the pool. They closed the pool we normally go to, so we haven't been going as much in the evenings, but we are trying to pick up the habit again. During the day a different pool has a parent/tot swim time where they open up the little kid section of the pool. The boys love to go down the slides. It is nice to go at this time because we don't have a lot of competition, which we would have here in the evenings.

Skyler and Connor


Connor


Connor


Skyler


Skyler

New Years Eve

For New Year's Eve we went to a friends house and did some dinner and fireworks. It took the boys a minute to get comfortable with the fireworks, but once they did, they loved them, and were sad when they stopped.


Sky and David




Connor enjoys watching the show

Christmas Fun

Christmas Eve

We had a lot of fun celebrating Christmas. We had Papa Craig, Grandma Teresa and Uncle Bryan (aka Jesus). Grandma Erma was around for a bit as well. We had the Fife's famous tacos for Christmas Eve, then we let th boys open up their new pajamas to sleep in. After that, to keep with the true meaning of Christmas Papa and Grandma told the story of the nativity as best they could to two 2 year old using a felt board. After the boys were in bed we had some fun playing Scrabble and opening a few gifts of our own.








Christmas Day

The boys had a lot of gifts to open, and were kind of overwhelmed. Once they opened a few, they wanted to enjoy them, so we set the gifts aside and let them open them throughout the day. We are so grateful for all the wonderful things that our family and friends gave to us and have really enjoyed everything.




Grandma Connor got this cool digital photo frame from her kids. There were pictures of all her family, kids and grand kids. We tried so hard to help her understand it, but I think she might need some reminding.

BTW...if you are curious about the Uncle B being Jesus, it is a funny story. I have been making more of an effort to teach the kids about Christ, but am at a loss how to do that with two year olds, and we don't have a lot of things around the house geared toward two year olds. Anyway, I have an I-SPY bag that happens to have a small picture of Jesus in it. I was sitting with Skyler before bedtime doing the I-Spy, so I found the picture and asked Skyler... "Who is this?" He thought for a moment, looked up at me and grinned is cheezy little grin and said..."Uncle B!" At the time Uncle B had longer hair and a beard. Anyway, as embarassing as this is for me to admit this failure in my parenting, it is kinda funny.