February's Over; March Begins . . .

 See you again next year!

The Young Men had an outing to Moab - camping Friday night and then doing a couple of hikes on Saturday.  Ben had the day off on Friday and so he and our two boys headed out early. They secured a campsite, set up a couple of tents, and then went out to dinner:

 Yum!

The rest of the YM weren't arriving until after 9, so they had some time to spare.  So then they went to a local diner for dessert:

 Wow!

 As Ben wrote in his text, "The boys like this campout."  Haha.

 The rest of the group arrived, a fire was enjoyed (although it was quite warm . . . like 60), and then the kids annoyingly stayed up and were loud until about 2:00 am.  I think Ben Mormon-cussed at them (them = all the YM in the two tents) at 1:00 am by telling all the boys to "Shut up!"  It didn't work . . .

 Good morning!

 Cooking breakfast!

 Eating breakfast!

 Here's the group at the trailhead to Corona Arch.  My family has done this a few times - except for Ben, it was his first time.  It's a cool hike to an awesome arch. (The little guy in front, Dreyden, is the YM's president's son.  He is awesome and did awesome.)

 Miles, Jonas, and Kaden.

 Corona Arch.

 Kaden, Dreyden, and Jonas.

 This is the beginning of the hike to Delicate Arch.  Jakai and Miles.

 Miles and Delicate.  It was Miles' and Jonas' first time to this arch.

 The YM (plus a dad)!

Super cool.

 Fun.

 The weather held out for them until they headed back from Delicate.  Then it started pouring and everyone got soaked.

Eating some grub in the dry trailer before heading back home.  I think it was a great time for everyone!  Some of these boys never get an opportunity like this and so it's pretty great.

And what did we girls do?!  Well we lived it up by watching 2 chick-flicks on Friday night:  Father of the Bride and Sleepless in Seattle.  Loved them both.  On Saturday I had a Relief Society meeting and the girls just stayed home, finished their chores, jumped on the tramp, etc.  Later that afternoon we went to the other gym's meet here in town.  They do a different style of gymnastics (think more of a recreational league - as opposed to the junior-Olympic league our girls do) and so it was interesting to see.  Seating was horrible, though, and I'm still suffering from a kinked neck.  :(

Anyways, a good way to start out the new month!