Cedar

The family and I went to Cedar City a few weeks ago for a family reunion. It was for Lew's dad's side of the family. The actual festivities began on Monday afternoon, but we left on Sunday afternoon. On Sunday night we went to Margot's hotel (Lew's sister) for a dip in the pool. Our pool was ice cold. After about 10 minutes in our pool, we had to call it quits because no one was daring to go in more than waist deep. Margot's pool was a lot warmer and a lot of fun to play with her kids. Margot and her husband, Brandon, told us about a few places that they explored so we decided to find a few of them in the morning. I have not really been to southern Utah very much. Wow! It is beautiful there! I had not imagined how pretty the desert can be?! We went to Cascade Falls. There was a really cool tree there. Look at how pretty the twisted branches are.
The views are fantastic. Here is a horrible picture of the family...

The hike to the falls was only about a mile. It was a pretty easy hike with a lot of scenery. Here is Lew singing a lullaby to the kids.

The cool thing about the waterfall is that it comes from a lake that it is a ways away from the falls. The falls come from the bottom floor of the lake and it trickles through the ground and rocks and comes out here to make the waterfall. Lewis jumped over the railing and felt the water. He said it was freezing cold.

Check out little Zane. He has started to pull faces and do silly things in all of the pictures. Little butt. We found a few geocaches along the way. Ruby got this green lei from one of them. Lew was still freezing the whole way back to the car.

This is a little picture of the trail. You can see some people in the white shirts walking on the trail. It looks really scary and steep, but it was not bad at all.

This is a picture of Navajo Lake. The water was warm and crystal clear. I think we will try to go back there in the future and camp overnight.

We then went back to Cedar City for a picnic with the whole clan. A tradition for the family reunion is to play tennis. The picnic was at a Junior High with tennis courts. Uncle Joey brought the kids some kites and Zane flew it like a pro.

Later that night we went up to the cabins at Brian Head that were rented for the week. They were not the typical cabins. They were gorgeous! They were bigger than any house we could ever afford. It was fun to dream!

We went for a hike and made leather bracelets. That night we ate dinner and then had a surprise birthday party for Larry (Lew's dad). He turned 60 and we had a roast for him. It was great hearing all the funny stories from his 4 brothers and 1 sister. Each of his kids and their spouses also shared stories about Larry. Larry is a fun father-in-law with a great sense of humor. I'm glad that we were able to go to Cedar City for his party. It was a fun, but short trip. After the party we drove back home so Lewis could go to work the next morning.

This is a shot of Lew's family that could make the trip. Oh, I love summer!!!