Trip to Redman and then The Hospital

Thanksgiving this year was with Jeff and his family in St. George. It was wonderful weather and a chance for all of us to get outside. Mike and I were going to take the kids to a driving range, but Jeff invited us to go hiking. We decided that we were here for him and we should do as the St. George-ians do. So we jumped in the car and we were off to a fort that the pioneers built to protect people on the honeymooners trail. This is also a source of a spring. So we get to the fort and then Jeff said there's this little hike that is so cool from here and we get to see "the REDMAN" he was super excited, and really wanted to go, so again we were off.

This was not a path at ALL, we got a little lost in the dry creek bed and we were dodging bushes and my hair that I had done up nice and my BLING BLING pants were not up to a hike like this one. But we were off.

Madiysn and Aidan had a ton of fun. Here's Madiysn at the Fort.

Here are some petroglyphs we found.

WE MADE IT...The Redman, It was pretty cool, but really not a set hike more of a WONDERING. Mike stayed behind because Nicole was asleep.

The boys dug up a poor lizard that was hibernating. It was a pretty cool lizard though, we also got a ton of bones, cow bones, and little bird bones, from a coyote den and a lion's den.

It really was one big lizard.

Here we are starting the hike down. Aidan thought Jeff was the COOLEST ever.

OK so that rectangular rock just left of my head is where REDMAN is you have to just boulder your way up. Right after this picture disaster struck and Madisyn tumbled down a pretty good size hill and her chin ran right into a rock. Splitting her chin wide open. WHAT WERE WE THINKING... Anyways we hiked her out and carried sleeping Nicole out to then head to the hospital on Thanksgiving day.

Jeff tried to help with Nicole, but poor Madisyn just had to keep going with her jacket (cute justice jacket) catching all the blood from her chin. AGAIN WHAT WAS I THINKING...

When we got to the car her biggest concern was being able to have Thanksgiving Dinner with everyone, but with all of our pleading they ate without us, and we had to scarf down our meal super fast so we could make it to the Muppet Movie. This was probably the WORST Thanksgiving EVER, from now on we have decided that GOLF is a much safer activity for Thanksgiving Morning. Sorry Madiysn we should have just gone golfing.

She was super brave and sadly thats because this is her third time getting stitches. My beautiful girl and so many scars. Oh well.