Zion

This past week we had the chance to go to Zion National Park in Southern Utah. Luke had an opportunity to be in a photo/video shoot for Patagonia. It was an awesome experience, we met some amazing people, had a great time, and we loved being in 85 Degree weather. We still can't believe the opportunity we had and will be anxiously waiting to see the results of the week.

 I took my camera, but only pulled it out once so we don't have many photos. The girls played in lots of sand, dirt, and rocks. We forgot to bring our hiking backpack so we didn't get out on any hikes this trip...I don't know how we missed that on the packing list, seriously. 

I am sure we'll be back again and we'll get out to explore more. We camped most of the time we were there and there was a great beach next to the river at our campground. We had fun playing by the shore. 

Luke also had the chance to run the Zion traverse trail. It's basically a trail that runs east to west in the park and covers 48 miles. He and Krissy ran it hoping to become the new male and female time record holders. I've included a few photos of the end of the run...Luke put all that he had into it and it shows. I'm not sure that I have ever seen him so wrecked before, but it was worth the push. He beat the record by 10 min, running 48 miles in 7:48. Krissy also did amazing and ran it in 9:09 also a new record!

Brynlee also celebrated a birthday. She is 5 now! We didn't go all out like I did last year, thank goodness...it was more simple this year. We spread it out over several days so she had a lot of fun. She invited a friend to outer limits to play, we had family over for dinner, and then we had cake in Zion National Park. She has grown up so much lately, she is an amazing big sister, she is a great helper for me, and has a very sweet personality. We love you so Much Big Girl!!!