The "Dream" Weekend

A few weeks ago I decided I really wanted to get out of town, and Mel agreed, especially since he could drive the new car. I planned the perfect weekend in sunny, clean-aired southern Utah. I thought the kids would love to hike, play in the sun, and Mel and I could catch up on sleep and reading while the kids napped and slept (in a hotel room, kids' bedtime is everyone's bedtime).
So here we are--the happy family on the Emerald Pools trail.
Here is Annie having fun playing in the mud with her "walking stick."
We had a nice hotel room that was decorated in the log-pole pine furniture, and we had a deck that looked out at the big red rocks (as Anna called them). Annie took the picture of Thys. They are both out of the deck.