Fish Lake

Holly is a determined woman.  She wanted to take her boys for a mini-vacation to fish lake, so she planned and it out and did it.  And because she's amazing and fun, she invited me and my boys to come along!  Which we were excited about. 

Holly picked us up early Wednesday morning, and we were on the road, headed to Richfield before 8:30 A.M.!  We stopped at the Wal-Mart to pic up some picnic supplies that we had not yet purchased.  And found, in the deli, the best kids meal ever!!  It had a sandwich, a whole apple, a juice box and a small bag of animal crackers for $2.50!!! Cheaper than McDonald's, healthier than McDonald's and MORE food than McDonald's!  Hooray for Wal-Mart deli in Richfield!

Then we drove up to Fish Lake (about 40 minutes further) and had a picnic at the shore.

We played on the lake, inquired about boat rentals (too risky with our little people and not enough adults to manage) and checked out the lodge and scenery before heading back down the mountain to the Holiday Inn Express.

Ben and Nathan

Ashton

Kade

Carter

We got all checked in and rested for a few minutes before hitting the pool.  We played, for almost a whole hour, with the pools to ourselves.  We only had to share it for about 10 minutes at the end of our swim.  The kids did great!  They're becoming very independent swimmers.  Ashton took me to the hot pool and had some 'momma time.'  He wanted and received some individual attention talking to me about what ever came to his mind.  And he patted my shoulder and liked it when I gently tickled his footies.

Luck was NOT with Kade, he shuffled over to the lounge chair, fell HARD and banged up his eye.  Poor kid! After we showered up at the pool we got dressed and drove to the nearest Pizza Hut for dinner after taking a food vote.

Bed Bridges

Ben was dying for me to take this picture!

Kade Bridge and Ashton Swig.

After the bellies were full and it was getting later we proceeded to Pajamas, sprite, and cookies - that were not very delicious. Cartoon Network was showing Lego Legends of Chima, which all of the boys devoured with zeal.  There was planking, and boy shenanigans.  But I  am VERY impressed at the amount and quality of sleep everyone had!!  I know that I (and I assume Holly) was worried about rowdy boys not going to bed, or babies being noisy at night - but there was little of it!  Everyone was pooped and slept SO WELL!!

The next morning was easy going.  Breakfast at the hotel (very nice and filling) and back to the lake with leftover pizza and other foods for picnic and lake day two.

We followed a trail along the lake, threw more rocks, picked up sticks, did a little shopping at the c-store, and packed up as a cool day was headed toward a rainy day. The weather was a lovely 68-70 degrees.  Boats were all over the water.

Carter and his Power Rangers

On the way home we really hit some weather!  We stopped briefly at Cove Fort (so I could use the rest room) and it is SO BEAUTIFUL!  I really need to go back there for a proper visit!  But we had sleepers, so I got a very quick look around.  We missed the Indian Stake Park due to sleepers, rain and wind - and then made a DANGEROUS roads stop in Beaver at the McDonald's for ice cream and play place.  It was raining SO hard we could hardly see the vehicles in front of us!!  So we stayed and played for a longish while.  Then we stopped by Cedar City at the Museum there, since the boys were asking about it.  But it had closed at 5, and we arrived at 6.  So in the 7:00 hour we were ushered home, tired, HAPPY and with vacation fulfillment! 

Thank you Holly for your awesomeness and fun vacation!! We had a great time!