Cedar City Day 1

We enjoy watching Mark play baseball!

Mark had a baseball tournament over Friday and Saturday in Cedar City. This meant coming home a day early from Maple Dell, but Mark stilled earned 5 merit badges. It also meant that Mom scheduled a mini-vacation so that Dad wouldn't be mad about a baseball weekend.

Mark's team won the first two games on Friday but lost the second two on Saturday to close out the season. Mark had several hits and made a great play in the outfield. He was error-free (as usual) all weekend. We all had a great time watching!

After the games, we spent the rest of Saturday vacationing. Our first stop was one of those city ponds in Cedar City called Lake at the Hills. The boys splashed around in the water with Dad while Mom took pictures from the safety of the shore. It was a great way to cool off after those hot games.

The boys love when Dad throws them into the water.

Swimming makes every day better for the boys. 

All those smiles made Mom happy!

The Lake at the Hills proved to be a great adventure.

Since we are staying in an apartment with three bedrooms and a kitchen, we headed back so Mom could make us tacos. We've been having some trouble with the sink leaking, which has been annoying, but it is nice to cook rather than eat out.

The end of our day was a trip out west to a place called Iron Town. There are some old ruins of an iron mine that you can explore. The highlight was a huge beehive oven that was used to smelt the iron, but there were some other things to see, too. We did a short hike and Seth declared the day "Sunset Day" because it was so beautiful. He said we have to celebrate it by drawing a picture of the beautiful sunset every year.

We saw a beautiful Golden Eagle on the way out to Old Iron Town.

The Beehive Oven was cool, especially because you could walk inside.

There is a window cut into the back of the oven. 

There were other ruins like this old home.

We all liked the chimney. 

The boys thought this chunk of iron was amazing.  

There are two bunnies in this picture. A cottontail and a Jack Rabbit. Can you find them?

Here is the beautiful sunset that Seth wants to remember always.