Saturday, September 20, 2008

Labor Day weekend....

We spent Labor Day weekend in VERNAL - I know of all places "Vernal", but there was actually a lot of fun things to do there. There are 2 different, really GREAT lakes there....so of course we did some boating.
Paige drove the boat...

Brayden napped on the boat.
This is Brian and Paige swimming like Michael Phelps or as Paige calls him Michael Phillips.

Paige LOVED swimming in the lake, she just had to know for sure that there weren't any sharks in it.
I got up on one ski the first try - Brian was surprised, and to be honest so was I...it's been a couple years since I've skiied - with being pregnant last summer and all.
Brian got up too....which was fun to see. He made and on going joke about how his life jacket must have shrunk - we all laughed and then had to think the same thing when we tried ours on.
And this is how Brian would get into the boat....graceful don't ya think?!!?
We went on a 3 1/2 mile hike to see some petroglyphs...it was actually really neat to see.

Paige had lots of help from her walking stick...notice how great her hiking shoes were {ya, mine were the same}...but we still did just fine.
We found a fun park to play at.
Lastly we swam at the hotel pool...we sort of froze our butts off, but it was still fun.
OH and it wouldn't be a complete trip without this picture of Paige and the HUGE pink dinosaur.
It was quite the weekend...I'm still paying for it. I unfortunately got hurt while tubing behind the boat and I'm still in an enormous amount of pain. It looks like I'll be heading into the physical therapists office or the chiropractors this week....I can hardly do anything. So sorry about the slacking on the blog...I'm doing good just to keep the kids alive these days. It was still fun to get away....but of course always nice to be home. We hope you all had a great extended weekend as well...{hopefully pain free}.

12 comments:

Diamond in the Rough said...

I love the pink dinosaur. That is awesome. I'm glad you guys all had lots of fun. Your kids are the cutest:)!!

Hope said...

Hey, don't knock Vernal. Some of the best people I know are from Dinosaurland! (My husband's married to one!) :)

And you're right...there's actually a lot of fun things to do there, especially if you enjoy being out doors!

Glad you had fun. The pix made me a bit homesick! And AWESOME skiing there, Heidi! You rock!

skousenscrolls said...

Good job slalom skiing Heidi. Sorry you got hurt tubing, hope you feel better soon. Glad you guys had lots of fun!

jjertmann said...

I hope you get feeling better! Looks like you guys had a lot of fun though.

The Hyding Place said...

Looks like Paige loves the water. That is so fun. We haven't been to Dinosaurland, but have wanted to take our kids there.

Shanna and Brent said...

wow... i didn't think there was so much fun stuff to do in Vernal... looks like you all had a blast!!!

MiNdY said...

Looks totally fun! Im glad to have assurance there is fun stuff to do in vernal because I think we will be taking a trip soon! Cute pictures.. You look like an awesome skier ;) and Love Brians graceful self getting in the boat!

sweet pickles said...

Looks like a good time. So sorry you are hurt. That's the WORST. Nothing like trying to be a mom
a) on painkillers
b) in lots of pain.

Hope it's getting better!

Annie Miller said...

We were about 45 minutes away from you at LC Ranch in Altamont. Small world! Cute pics :)

sweet pickles said...

Hey-
I got Ike's costume at Target. They have a pretty good selection in the store and even better online.
Also check the Disney website. They are a bit pricy but tend to get cheaper as Halloween is closer.
Good luck!

Amy said...

So fun! I can't believe Brayden napped on the boat. Looks like you had a great trip:)

Alicia Fife said...

You go girl!! I love to see you water skiing... you are awesome. I miss you.
AMF