Catching up....

You might have thought that the Powell's have left the blogging scene due to our lack of posts. But that's not the case. It just seems that life has been crazy along with a few problems with the Internet. But alas....we are not gone! In fact, I have lots of posts to catch up on. About a month ago we went down to St. George yet again, that's the only place we know to vacation at. We went down with the Ruttenbur family and truly relaxed. It was very nice and the weather was very nice as well. We left on Wednesday night and unfortunately hit some bad weather in Beaver. The roads were just ice and two semi's got in an accident and had the freeway shut down. So we sat on the road for about 20 minutes and Nick decided to get out and talk to the semi drivers to get a status update (they have CB radios and were talking to others closer to the accident). He got out of the car and almost slipped and fell right there, it was that bad. We got a status update and let the other drivers around us know and then waited about another 40 minutes. Our girls were so good! We were there for so long but they didn't whine or fuss at all. But we got going and finally got to St George. The Ruttenburs showed up on Thursday night. Friday we went to Zions and did a couple of little hikes, again, the girls were all so good and they had a lot of fun. Anna, Lena, Emma and Kylee

Our only mishap was Maggie tripped and face planted in a puddle of mud. I wish we'd have grabbed the camera! It was sad but so funny. Poor Mags. Zions took up most of Friday so we headed back home and got some grub and just hung out. Saturday we decided to go to the park and the weather was so nice! It was sunny and warm. All of the girls had a lot of fun playing on the playground, blowing bubbles and running races. They raced each other two at a time. First Lena and Kylee, then Emma and Lena, then Emma and Kylee. Anna didn't have anyone to race so her dad was good enough to race her and let her win. It was cute. I'm sure her mom, Sowako, would have raced if she wasn't 8 months pregnant. This is Lena and Kylee racing

We spent all day Saturday playing and enjoying the sun. Sunday we packed up and went home. It was a short vacation, but still a lot of fun. Thanks to the Ruttenburs for entertaining us.