New Years 2011

For the New Years 2011 weekend my family all went down to St. George (minus Will). We spent Friday hiking at Zion National Park. It was a completely different feel to it than in the summer but it was a good time. Because of snow and ice most of the hikes that we wanted to do was closed so we were able to do 3 smaller ones to show Bill & Nicci the canyon. Some photos of the adventure are below.

Dad's new walking stick.

 Scott at the Emerald Pools.

 Looking across the valley walking back from the Lower Emerald Pool. 

 Deer on our walk to the Weeping Rock. 

 Scott & I at the Weeping Rock.

The Weeping Rock. 

Group photo--silly one (can you tell that Nicci & Bill were embarrassed to be by us?) ;) . 

 Nicci & Bill on the tree.

Mom & Dad at the tree (after dad was trying to give Mom CPR). *Note: this was not the only photo I have of mom smiling* 

Part of a pond along the Narrows walkway. 

After Zion's we went to Mesquite, NV and gambled into the night (we got home at 2:30am). After a few hours there Dad came out on top with the big winnings and the rest of us were either even or down a little. New Years Eve we slept in and lounged all day. That night the kids made dinner, taco bar, and we were able to bring the year in style.

 Captain being a lazy boy.

 Mom working on the impossible candy cane puzzle. We were able to get the boarder done but forget the middle.

 The kids making dinner. 

 Champagne and party poppers.

 The streamer part of the Years Celebration...

 Nicci, Bill, & Olie after New Years!

Today we were able to sleep in and then go shooting. We had a nice range of guns to have fun with and Captain even got to go along. I don't want to know how many rounds were shot but there was quite a few when we picked up the shell casings!

 The guns for the day. 

Scott shooting.

Captain giving Scott a kiss (hence the wonderful face by Scott).

We came home from St. George today to have a nice day to do whatever. So we think we are going to go up and ski for part of the day and then come home and clean up Christmas. :) Happy New Year!!