Arches National Park

We spend the first night in a hotel and we really enjoyed the pool
I think Luke enjoyed it more than anyone.

Me, Luke, Danielle, Taylor and Sydney- I have the cutest nieces and nephews!

When we got to the park, Taylor was kind enough to set up a store so we could buy snacks and drinks before going on our hikes. She is quite the business woman.

I love Arches. This trip we kept busy...

We hiked- at least the adults hiked, the kids got rides a lot

We played in the sand

We hiked Landscape Arch

and Delicate Arch (one of my favorites).

We roasted marshmallows. Taylor caught on pretty quickly how to cook a marshmallow. She cooked me one of the best roasted marshmallow I have ever had. Thanks Taylor!

The weather was perfect

Last year got a little chilly- okay freezing. We even had some snow!

The kids spent a lot of time in tents with heaters in 2008

This year the weather was a lot better- notice the shorts

and lack of coats . The kids actually played outside a lot

We even had some really beautiful sunsets

I just had a wonderful vacation at Arches National Park in Southern Utah. Being there brought back a lot of memories, my family used to go to Arches every year for spring break. This trip only part of the family could come, but it was still so much fun. I love camping and hiking to see all the beautiful places we have so close to home. Too bad we had to come back to work, although I am glad to have running water- I miss that when I am camping.