The Tangrens

We saw this as the last weekend that we'd have total freedom of when we did our vacationing before we became like the rest of the cattle making their plans around the school schedule. Not that we don't already arrange our plans around a much less flexible work schedule, although technically he can take time off any time but in reality it's not the case.

We started our festivities on Saturday going for a hike on the Grotto trail.

Derek had taken Hyrum and Noah with him to YM the Wed before and they had hiked this trail. Hyrum LOVED it so we decided to do it again.

This time we had snacks and we stopped very frequently to have them. But we also took pictures on our stops too

Along the way there were these fun bridges across run off dry river beds and little streams. I was nervous about Hyrum crossing them but he crossed them like a champ.

Then we got to the Grotto. It was beautiful.

And fun

On Monday we got out of town and went to Park City. It was low key and unhurried. Just what we needed. We did a lot of swimming, and both boys had time of floating without us touching them...but of course they both had swim devices on. We'll get there someday.

A little shopping ( we were just down the street from the outlet mall and I have some baby showers coming up) and one big Alpine slide. I only got pictures of them taking off onto the lifts to get to the top of the slide. Derek got some video on the way down but the file is too big to put on the blog.

We also had fun in the hotel. We checked out every last chair in the lobby and found a gaming room we'd not found before. Derek also gave the boys a little more freedom than they have at home.

Maybe a little too much freedom

There you have it. Perhaps not as flashy as other's Labor day activities but it was just right for us. Hyrum wanted to move into the hotel and live there forever.