Goblin Valley

Our first camping trip of the year was at Goblin Valley.  What a neat place this was to visit.  Goblin valley has TONS of rock formations that look like Goblins.  

The Three Sisters

In the valley

Taylor was a trooper

 

We found a nice little off road trail to take which gave us a good view of Molly's Castle.  There was a lot of soft sand on this trail.  This created a bit of an adventure.  Especially when we got to a spot where there was a bit of a hill, with a slight drop off.  In an effort to not get stuck, Bryan gunned it a bit.  As we went down the hill and made it back up the other, we heard a couple of loud thumps.  We knew there were some rocks that we were using to keep traction.  We thought it was only hitting the running boards.  So when we got out of the sand we stopped and took a look at the truck.  The rocks hit more than the running boards.  It ripped the driver side bumper off and bent the feather of the U of U hitch cover.

We went back to the valley the next night to take in the full moon.  We've heard that it is really neat at night on a full moon.  And it was.  The moon made the rocks cast lots of eerie like shadows.  There were a lot of people there at night taking it in like we were.  There was a scout group there as well playing capture the flag. We played a bit of Sardines while we were waiting for the moon to come up.  It's a great place for hide and seek.  Just be sure to put some boundaries on it.  Otherwise, someone may never get found.

Taylor slept in the tub - it was a perfect fit

Taylor at 3 months

Taylor at 6 weeks

 

 

 

 

 

 

More pictures

We finally got a camera bag for our camera.  As I was putting everything into the bag and listening to Daniel practice his piano, I decided to see what pictures we had on the camera that hadn't been removed.  I realized I haven't cleared the camera since Christmas.  I found some cute photos of Taylor that I didn't know we had.  I thought I'd share.

I saw someone posed like this and thought it was a neat idea.  So I thought I'd try it.  Taylor is about one week.

She's not that old and apparently I've already failed and figuring out what her needs are.  She's given up on me.

Bath time!

 

 

Taking a snooze!

 Or at least trying to.....

Happy Birthday Taylor!

Taylor came to us on December 18.  She weighed 7 lbs. 12 oz. and was 20 in. long.  We are very excited to have this precious addition in our home.

 

 

 

 

 

Happy Birthday Megan!

Megan had a birthday a few weeks ago.  I've always tried to make a cake of their choosing.  But with my limited abilities in cake decorating, it's getting more difficult for me to make the cake they want.  This year, Megan told me she wanted a My Little Pony cake.  I was determined to figure something out that would please her, but her vision of how she wanted it was beginning more than I knew I would be able to do.  So one day I told her that I would bake the cake and frost the cake and she could decorate the cake.  I didn't realize she wanted to do it with frosting, so I didn't make enough frosting for her to use.  So she just ended up placing the ponies around the cake.

Megan received this umbrella.  She was so excited about it.  Lucky for her, it was raining the next morning.  She and Daniel were outside in the rain before I had a chance to get out of bed.

Halloween

We had a great Halloween month!  We went to Bryan's sisters Halloween party.  Megan made her own mask.

 

We carved pumpkins - I should say the kids carved their own pumpkins.  Daniel knew we would be carving soon and so one day he came up from his room with a drawing of how he would like his pumpkin to look.  Megan didn't come up with a blue print, but she did the carving all on her own.  The only help they got from me or Bryan was cutting the top off and helping to clean the pumpkin out.

 

We topped the Halloween season off on Halloween night with going to a movie and walking around the Oquirrh Mountain Temple.  We saw Dolphin Tale.  That was a great show.  The whole family enjoyed it.  It was only the four of us and two other people in the entire theater.  Halloween's a great day to see a movie if you don't want to be in a place full of people.  The kids wanted to walk around temple before heading home for dinner and bed.