March Madness in St. George

At the end of March we went on our 2nd annual Payne/Jensen trip to St. George for the beginning of the March Madness tourney.  Once again, we had such a great time.  In fact, we enjoyed it so much we extended our stay for a couple of days.  Here are a few of the things we did while we were down there...

                            First we started at Fiesta Fun where we got in some batting practice, played arcade games, and rode some rides.  The kids loved it and could have stayed forever. 

Quincy, Miles, and Addie... these 3 loved having so much together!

Driving the go-carts.  It was so funny to watch these 3 toddlers try to manage the go-carts!

Then we ate at the WORST mexican restaurant ever...

Seriously... both years we have somehow found the place that deserves an award for the worst service and food possible.  Last year was Ted and Allen's, and this year Pancho and Lefty's wins.  The only good thing about it... an experience that we will always remember and can now laugh about.  

The next day we headed out to Sand Hollow State Park.  It was still a bit too chilly to thoroughly enjoy it but was still a great time at "the beach."

Cute Jen and baby Griffin...

We started out Saturday with a visit to the Tuacahn Farmer's Market.  There wasn't much there, but what they did have was pretty awesome!

 Seriously... what other farmer's markets have camel rides?  After we paid, Quincy was too scared to get on so they told me I could ride with her.  It was pretty great.  

Dad's and kids go for a wagon ride...

Later that day we headed up to Springdale. It is the cutest little town right before the entrance to Zion National Park...

Here we made up for our awful restaurant experience.  Oscar's has the BEST hamburgers ever!

On the way back we found a little ghost town called Grafton where we climbed a mountain, and found some awesome buildings that were still standing. 

These 3 are the sweetest...

 On Sunday we were supposed to be headed home, but Devin (who is the best husband ever) knew that I wasn't ready to head back to snow.  So he called his boss and asked if he could work from St. George for a couple of days.  What a guy!!  So instead, we spent Sunday walking around the St. George temple and Visitor's Center.  It is gorgeous and I was even lucky enough to do a session one morning.  If you haven't been inside, I highly recommend it! So beautiful, with so much history. 

Relaxing in the hotel...

Our hotel also had 2 awesome playgrounds for the kids...

We spent the next 2 days hiking through the Narrows and swimming at the hotel...

At the opening of the Narrows.  Believe it or not we were all able to make it through!

We had been having so much fun that Quincy missed quite a few of her regular naps.  Eventually the fatigue won over and she completely zonked one day...

We had such a great time and it was the perfect way to escape from the teasing March weather in Sandy.  We loved spending so much time with the Jensen fam and look forward to next year!