There is a waterfall in Alpine, Utah that you can literally slide down like a waterslide.  This new favorite outdoor spot has just made it to the top of a new list I'm making called, "Cool things God makes to help your kids enjoy the outdoors!"

The benefits to kids who connect with the outdoors while they are young go beyond good physical health. They have also found the kids who get outside to be mentally and socially healthier as well.  Not to mention, the great source of vitamin D being outside can have.

So, for our third installment of getting your kids outdoors, I was browsing the internet for things to do. I did a search for outdoor spots close to our home, and I found two cool places on climb-utah.com that I couldn't wait to take the kids to.  The first one I found, was literally 2 miles from my home!  A hot spring!  We brought the kids to soak in the tub on Friday night and the water was amazing!

Then Saturday, we found the Alpine Water Fall, natural slide.

I love that we can find fun things for the kids to do outside so close to our home.

The waterslide was so much fun, and I even took a slide down! The water was FREEZING, but I felt peer pressure from my kids (and my husband), and I gave in. Totally worth it!  The hike up to the waterslide was only 1 mile, but since I wasn't sure how long we were going to spend up there, we brought drinks and sunflower seeds.  Everyone was glad to have some for our walk back to the car.

If you are from Utah, or traveling to Utah soon, check out the Family fun section of Climb-Utah! Climb-Utah.com is literally the best site we've found for outdoor adventuring.  You must check it out (and the site owners video of the Alpine Sliding Rock is WAY better than mine!!)

So, now onto our meal ideas for this week!

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