More of Moab

I finally have a moment to catch up on our blog. Here are some Moab pictures. We had a blast and can't wait to go again. MJ loved sleeping in the tent, and hated the jeep when we were high up. We think she is afraid of heights. Lil liked the jeep, and liked playing in the dirt at all times.

Here is a picture of all four jeeps that went including ours. I stole this picture with three others off our friends facebook. I'm glad they posted them so I could have them.

After arriving in Moab at 9pm and setting up in the dark we were ready for bed. MJ woke up at 5am and said she thought she was going to throw up. We rushed to the bathrooms and while she didn't, I did. As the day progressed I felt nauseous most of the day and MJ threw up 4 times through out the day. Most were while we were jeeping. That wasn't very fun. The next day though we all felt better and we had no other stomach bugs.

We started our first day beeping (that's what Lil calls it) with Metal Masher.


Our friend broke something and so we took a break. It was a beautiful area to break down in though.


Since that trail took longer than expected my kids were done for the day. We made it back to camp and the kids played for the rest of the night. RB decided to go out again with some others to Kane Creek Canyon. They were supposed to be back by 8:30-9ish but didn't make it back until 11pm. I was scared but I knew they would be okay. RB popped a tire and they had to change it. Thankfully that was the only thing bad that happened. RB said the trail was gorgeous and it ran down in the water bed. I can't wait to go on it next time.


The next day we went on Fish 'N Things. This one is a lot of up and down on rock. It was fun.



RB let me drive toward the end of this run. It was a hoot driving. Completely different from being the passenger.

We also went to Hole-N-The-Rock. That was pretty cool but I never would want to live in a rock. The only problem was our tour guide wanted to go home and so we got a 5min. tour for 5 bucks. It reminded us of Disneyland.

Here is my favorite scenery picture that I took.


On the way home we hit major traffic in the middle of the day with no AC. I have no idea where we were at but it was down a long canyon. At the bottom it merged from two to one lane and that was causing a major back up. We were stuck coming down for about an hour. Once passed it we had zero problems, even through Provo and SLC traffic. Overall, it was totally worth it and I can't wait to go back.

RB's B-day

Wow, it's been awhile since I have posted. RB's b-day has come and gone on May 23rd. It was on a Sunday this year and it started by having blueberry muffins. Then while we ate breakfast he opened his presents.

Waiting to open presents and eating breakfast.


This was his big gift. He has wanted a 10" knife for awhile now. I should fine if I don't make him mad. hehe.


The girls picked out his favorite snacks of peanut butter m&ms and Oreos.


Dominion Intrigue to go with Dominion. Very fun game!


Lastly, books 1-4 of the Harry Potter series. Now he as all 7 hardbound books.

Happy Late B-day RB. We love you!

Moab Video

We had a great weekend! We went beeping in Moab. Since RB is done with school he made this video today. I'll post it for now until I have time to get some pictures on.


Here is the link to YouTube if it is easier to go there too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX0MMmBztmg.

Enjoy!

Crazy

Here is a little update. Things here are crazy. RB and I feel like we are barely holding on to our sanity. Teaching is winding down and the kids know it. Craziness in the classroom almost every day. I have to remind my kids every day that just because core testing is over with doesn't mean we stop learning and doing assignments. I don't know how RB does it with first graders. Craziness.

College is college. I've been frustrated, stressed, upset, worried, and even a feeling of giving up all in the first three weeks of class. Only five more weeks, only five more weeks. I have to remind myself every day to keep me from going crazy.

My girls are full of life, spirit, spunk, and craziness. Lil is quite the little spununcle right now and dealing with her mood swings can drive me crazy. MJ is a really big helper when she wants to be. They keep us on our toes and we love it!

We love Sundays even though we are busy with church. It is our day to forget about school, and school and just be home as a family. Man I can't wait for Sunday to come this week. This morning felt like to took three days to go by. We worked really hard in class doing lots of activities and word. It was only 11am when I looked at my watch... not even lunch time.

Well I've vented and said the word crazy enough times for now. So enjoy your crazy day and I will try to enjoy the rest of mine as I finish up this weeks assignment and submit it before midnight. Yea. :)

Sleeping Pirates

Okay so I don't have pirates that are sleeping. However, I do have one little girl that was so tired she couldn't stay awake after eating a brownie. Yes, her hand is down her pants. For whatever reason that is her favorite place to have her hand(s) while sleeping.


Now comes our pirate. MJ found a cup that I asked her to throw away. She came into the house like this just laughing the whole time.


My girls keep us going with fun filled surprises. Love them tons!