Capitol Reef

Our last stop. The Grand Wash and Hickman Bridge.

Lots of caves and hiding places.

The end...where can I go next?

the lizard

For 4 days Canyon put all his time, energy and resources into catching a lizard. After many mis-attempts and probably a dozen of lizards missing half their tails..... Canyon finally caught his first lizard. In the past he has always relied on Shane's quick hands and masterful techniques to capture these little guys. Now it's his turn to shine....nice work Canyon. You can tell this one got away once because half of his tail is gone.. poor guy. He didn't get so lucky the second time around. They named him Bo Bo...That is what they have named every lizard they have caught since the year 2002 (no joke). After trying to make Ellie touch it for a few hundred hours he let him go free.. :) Canyon and Shane also tried to make Ellie hold the tails that were left behind by the escapees..yeah right like that would ever happen.

calf creek falls

This was my favorite hike that we did. The trail was a ways back but so pretty with nice sandy paths. The kids liked this one a lot as well. Canyon tried to catch lizards along the way. Ellie spent her time finding flowers and putting them to sleep on rocks. The waterfall at the end really is so so beautiful. It was the perfect place to hang out and eat lunch. To bad the water was way to cold to swim...brrrr......

organic baby food

I swear we brought Lucy baby food. She just seemed to prefer to satisfy her hunger by grazing off the land. Rocks were her favorite followed closely by reed that kept her happy for hours in the pack. I probably seem like the worst mother...letting her munch away while I snapped photos, but really whats wrong with a little organic baby food right?? Besides it was so fun to see her curiosity take over. She knew when to say when so I wasn't to worried.

yum....reed

So what does Lucy think about organic baby food??

(the drool,smile and the thumbs up says it all)

Kodachrome Basin, Escalante

This place was pretty neat. A vast desert land full of all sorts of slot canyons scattered about. We did a more kid friendly 4 mile round trip slot. It had a little stream with pebbles the whole way that made it so pretty and extra fun for our little hikers and us to :) This whole basin area had a lot of cool cool stuff that I am sure is amazing but involved harder hiking and climbing (probably not for kids.) Now I want to go back sometime and explore some more areas and see what I can find.

road trippin

What better to do when the resorts close but go on a road trip. We packed up and took off to Southern Utah for 5 days. We had never been to the Escalante Desert so it was fun to explore a bunch of new areas. We hiked about 15 miles in 4 days in different parts of Red Canyon, Escalante, and Capitol Reef (canyon and ellie included...they were amazing!) It felt so good to be outside enjoying the beauty and sunshine. We had a great time. First stop.....

RED CANYON

the last lift up

We had our last day snowboarding of the season a couple of weekends ago. We had such a great season this year with over 20 days of riding and a ton of huge powder days. This may not seem like a lot..it used to not be. But believe me with with 2 kids + a new baby bundle + a honey with a full-time job it was huge. It by far exceeded any expectation I had. I loved every bit of it. Although I am ready for Spring... I was sad to see it come to a end. I thought Ellie was deserving of her own little video clip for the ski season finale. At only 4 years old she is becoming quite the little skier. Tree trails and trying to race Canyon are her specialty. She wanted to try out some of the rails in the park like Canyon...but I strongly objected. She didn't like that to much..but hey at least she is alive.. phew!!

little retro onesie's

I started making these onesie's for Lucy a while back. I finally finished the last stitch a couple days ago. I took me a while to buckle down and finish this small project so I was glad they still fit. I think they turned out pretty cute. Now I am going to make some more only faster this time.. (hopefully). Maybe I will try out doing one with her name and a T-shirt for Ellie too.

Lucy was my little model here she is in her new retro onesie look.

onesie number 1
front and back views

close up details...... and Lucy during her best modeling behavior

onesie number 2

front view

back view