Brianhead Family Vacation

Last week we decided to take a last minute family vacation.  We rented a 2 bedroom condo in Brianhead for the weekend.  We packed up and headed out on Friday.  We made it a whole 45 mins before they had to go to the bathroom...haha...it did get better after that though.  Our new van came with headphones for the DVD player in the back.  I didn't know if the girls would wear them but they did and it was HEAVEN.  We turned on Frozen and didn't hear a peep from them.  Then we were able to listen to our own stuff in the front.  Love that feature!!

When we got there our condo wasn't ready...some mix-up...and wouldn't be for 2 1/2 hours...what?  I was not happy.  We made the best of it and played on their playground, then went and ate dinner.  We taught them to go down the curly slide together in a train, and they thought that was the funniest thing, they loved it. I had promised the girls they could go swimming that night so when we finally got to our room when it was exactly time for them to go to bed, we changed and went to the pool.  They were so tired when they finally went to sleep.  They still didn't sleep one minute past 7am however (they never do!)

It was a fun weekend.  We swam a lot!  The girls got so much more used to the water, which made me so happy.  By the end of the trip, they were both kicking their legs, and Siena was blowing bubbles in the water. Both got dunked under a lot and seemed to be ok about it.  Mostly they liked sitting on the steps and splashing us and giggling their heads off.  Jaron also loved the water and was so happy and content to sit in his floatie and splash.  He is a little water boy and is not phased by it at all.  It was pretty quiet at the resort so many times we had the pool to ourselves.

The girls thought it was so fun that there was a TV in their room so when they woke up each morning I would turn on Curious George for them and they would lay in their beds watching.

We went up to Cedar Breaks National Monument, which the kids could've cared less about but I thought was fun to see and very pretty.  They were not liking having their picture taken that day.  The one of them smiling was complete bribery (I had to carry them back to the car, both of them!)

They next day we found a mile round trip flat hike to a waterfall that we went on.  The girls did great and walked the entire time.  There were a few steep parts that I was worried they would slip and go down the edge but they were good to hold our hands.  Siena did slip once, scared me to death and loud scream did erupt from my mouth.  I caught her and she was fine but sheesh it scared me.  They loved the waterfall and eating their little snack by the waterfall.

On a little walk behind our condo...pretty huh?

On our way home we stopped by our favorite park in Fillmore that we stop at almost every time we drive south.  Here are the girls together in what we call 'their swing'  It was the first swing we put them in ever. Can't really see Aria, it's the best picture we got though. Click here and here for previous years.

It was a fun little trip and nice to get away for the weekend.  All the kids did so great and I was so happy that we didn't have any issues with any of them. They all slept great (well Jaron had one rough night) and were in pretty good moods the entire trip.