Our Weekend With the Pendy's

In the middle of July Jon's sister Arryn and her family (the Pendleton's) came down to visit us for a weekend. We had a blast with them and even ventured out to a couple of places in So. Utah we had never been before, namely Cedar Breaks National Monument and Kanarraville Falls. I guess it takes someone with an adventurous spirit to drag us homebodies out into new territory!

On Friday, we broke out the waterslide for the kids since it was broiling hot that day. The kids had a lot of fun squirting at each other and trying treacherous tricks down the slide. Here are a few pics of the action:

On Saturday, we went out to Cedar Breaks where we stood in awe of the beautiful scenery and hiked around a little bit. Thankfully, we also managed to keep the kids safe despite some "too-close-for-comfort" encounters with steep cliff dropoffs. After hiking around a bit we went to a campground area for a "picnic dinner", and then Jon and I headed home with Brooklyn and Landon while Jacey stayed behind with Mike & Arryn and her cousins for the ranger's program and star gazing. She had a lot of fun and it was amazing how much she learned about planets and constellations there. Here are some pics of our day at Cedar Breaks:

The "Amphitheater"There were beautiful wildflowers everywhere

Cute Girl Cousins!

Jenna and Jacey taking in the spectacular view!

Jon fell off the side of the cliff and needed to be rescued!
(Okay, not really, but it made for a really cool picture!)

Standing in front of the 1,000+ year-old tree

Baby Landon just goes where we go!

On Sunday, Landon and I stayed home while Jon and the girls and Arryn's family set out to do what we thought was a short hike to Kanarraville Falls. About 4 1/2 hours later, the extremely weary crew returned after hiking for hours through slot canyons to the falls. They had a lot of fun but were exhausted! Apparently we tempted fate again that day because I heard afterward that there are usually a bunch of rattlesnakes on that trail! Luckily they stayed far away that day and no one got hurt! Here are some pics of their adventures to the falls:


Thanks Mike, Arryn and kids for making the effort to come see us! We had a great weekend and look forward to your next visit!