For Christmas my mom and her hubby got us a hotel room in St. George and tickets for Dillon and I to take the boys to the Little Mermaid play. Such a great present! We headed out Thursday morning. On our way there, one of the exits (Scipio, for any of those interested) had a petting zoo by the Flying J. It was so nice to stop and eat lunch there and let the kids have fun.
A zebra! Although you couldn’t pet it…
The goats you could hold—the rabbits you could hold, if you could catch one (which Dillon did). There were a few animals that you could get right up to. The kids loved it.
Then it was to our hotel for some fun.
Carson was so lucky to have his birthday while we were there. 
One of his presents was a remote control truck, which he took everywhere with us and drove it as much as he could. 
We went to Snow Canyon Friday morning. Very beautiful!
I love how Bailey walked with her arms out, balancing herself. And oh my word, she had SO much sand in her shoes! 
Devon decided that he LOVES to climb and hike. He kept saying how much he loved it. He really did a great job and thankfully isn’t really afraid of heights much.
We went on a couple easy hikes. This one had some pioneer names that we hiked up to.
Once up though, the younger boys and I kind of had a little panic attack, because it was steep and high! I’m trying to calm Carson down in the next picture, although I was a little weak in the legs at this point too. 
Too bad you can’t tell in the pictures, but do you see Bailey in this picture on that little rock down there? Yah, it was high. Dillon took her down first and came back to help the rest of us. 
She was so good and stayed put the entire time we were headed down.
Dillon has no fears, I swear, and got us all down in no time. It wasn’t so bad after all ;). Normally I can keep my fear of heights under control, but once the boys were up there and Dillon with Bailey, I kind of had a little moment of panic that we wouldn’t be able to keep them all safe!
Jenny’s Canyon was so amazing. I felt like we were in Indiana Jones.
More swimming after the canyon…
… then we ate dinner with family at IHOP and headed to the play! 
Tuachan did an amazing job on The Little Mermaid. They had some great effects and we all loved it. And of course before we headed home, we had to drive past the temple! Isn’t it gorgeous?!
We were so busy on Carson’s birthday having all sorts of fun, that we didn’t have time to eat his cupcakes until the way home the next day. 
A pretty quick trip, but so much fun, and again, such a great Christmas present! It was fun that Carson could celebrate while on vacation, as well.