Coming down
Marcella obeying our wishes and posing for an odd photo op
Sandstone
Desert Bloom
Thursday, May 08, 2008
Sulfer Creek
Any seasoned Capitol Reef hiker knows Sulfer Creek is the crown jewel of the park. In the six times or so we've hiked it, I don't think we've ever encountered other hikers. It has some narrow sections (though it isn't a slot canyon), beautiful vistas of the variegated geology, and simple wet sections where you've got to go in the creek. This year, though, some of us finished without the water going much above our ankles. I didn't even fully dunk my boots.
Kanien is a master hiker. She did every hike with us and enjoyed them all. I can't think of a better hiker!
Mom caught Miriam attempting to push Chris off this cliff.
Here's another group shot
Last Few
Marcella in the carrier
Kristin
When we woke up in the morning, it was cold enough to keep me in bed. The campground is surrounded on all sides by mountains, situated in a natural bowl. The sun wouldn't hit until 9:00 or later, so breakfast was pretty uncomfortable.
Miriam and Chris
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Dad's Birthday!
We all had so much fun at Dad's birthday Dinner, I just had to post a few pictures from it. Here is the whole gang.
Marcella was being a good sport. She thought it was funny to try to pretend she was sleeping, only I caught her trying to eat and sleep at the same time. Silly girl.
Marcella took the biggest bite of cake I have ever seen. I wish i had a picture of her trying to fit it in her mouth. It was so funny. We still laugh about it. Kids are the best ever!Saturday, April 12, 2008
Sick again?!
While I am yet sick again, I think this year alone has killed me a couple times, I am feeling a little better. Since Jon is at the store trying to find something for me to keep down, I thought I would post some cute pictures of the past couple weeks to try to cheer me up. So I hope you are in for a picture over load cause here goes.
We had a very fun and exciting Easter. Saturday was filled with lots of Easter Egg hunts and the Annual Grandma Wallin Easter party. We were on the go all day. At my moms house we colored Easter eggs, and Since Jon was gone I wanted him to color some with us when he got home that night, so we kept debating on whether we should do it because it kept getting later and later. Finally Marcella said I want to color them, so I started to round up some newspaper or something to put down so we could dye the eggs and not everything else we own. Out walked Marcella from her bedroom and sat down on the kitchen floor, pulled out her washable markers and said ok I'm ready. So here starts our new tradition. It was pretty fun and less messy.
This is Easter Morning, Marcella found her basket under the desk along with a baby doll and some treats. She loved it. She is going to be a great big Sister!
I think this is the only peep she ate and then she decided she didn't like them, I was down with that since I love Peeps, they are the best ever!
This would be Kristin, She spent the weekend with me since Jon was gone and so on Easter she got to find her Easter basket. It was pretty hard to find though, thanks for being a good sport!
Here is Marcella in her Easter outfit, I love it and I can't wait til we can go to the Tulip Festival to get some cute pictures of her in it, hopefully this week will be nice enough we can go out.
At my moms this year we did a pinata. Marcella had fun giving it a couple hits. She afterwards told me, "I don't like Bulls." It is a long story maybe for another time, but the pinata was a bull and she was a little freaked out.
This would be my husband Jon right before he did this:
Yes for a second time, breaking a hockey stick while trying to break a pinata. We all had a good laugh, especially because it was Jason's second hockey stick that Jon broke and Jason wasn't even there to see it.
Marcella enjoying some Easter Chocolate. Her mouth looked so much worse before this, but we were all laughing so hard at her that by the time we took a picture the chocolate was all gone from her mouth. She was being so funny!
Last week I had Hannah for a few days while her mom and dad were in Hawaii. We had a lot of fun. The first night we went swimming here is the before picture
and the after. I felt bad I forgot the camera, because they both had a lot of fun. And the big key, they both went right to sleep after we got home, it was perfect!
I love this picture of Hannah. She is so dang cute! She has the biggest eyes out of anyone I know, and I love that she loves wearing necklaces. She is so cute!
We thought it was warm enough to play outside, but Marcella said no way. We had only been out for a couple minutes when she said we had to go in, it was too cold.
Hannah on the other hand would have stayed outside all day long. She was having so much fun running around, that it was hard to get a picture of her in focus. Let's say after a few minutes Marcella won the battle and we had a sad Hannah on our way back inside.
We went up on Sunday to listen to conference with the family, and in between sessions the kids went outside to play on the tramp.
This would be Marcella watching Jon jump and do funny tricks. I thought Marcella was being funnier about it than Jon though hence all the pictures of her and not him.
Hannah kept getting sad because she wanted to jump on the tramp, but it completely freaked her out, so she didn't want to jump. Life is so hard sometimes! Poor Girl.
Last but not least, Marcella. Here she decided that instead of running inside to go potty it would just be easier to pull down her pants and go on the cement. It would have been great except she got her pants and underwear wet. This is when life is hard being a girl!
We had a very fun and exciting Easter. Saturday was filled with lots of Easter Egg hunts and the Annual Grandma Wallin Easter party. We were on the go all day. At my moms house we colored Easter eggs, and Since Jon was gone I wanted him to color some with us when he got home that night, so we kept debating on whether we should do it because it kept getting later and later. Finally Marcella said I want to color them, so I started to round up some newspaper or something to put down so we could dye the eggs and not everything else we own. Out walked Marcella from her bedroom and sat down on the kitchen floor, pulled out her washable markers and said ok I'm ready. So here starts our new tradition. It was pretty fun and less messy.
This is Easter Morning, Marcella found her basket under the desk along with a baby doll and some treats. She loved it. She is going to be a great big Sister!
I think this is the only peep she ate and then she decided she didn't like them, I was down with that since I love Peeps, they are the best ever!
This would be Kristin, She spent the weekend with me since Jon was gone and so on Easter she got to find her Easter basket. It was pretty hard to find though, thanks for being a good sport!
Here is Marcella in her Easter outfit, I love it and I can't wait til we can go to the Tulip Festival to get some cute pictures of her in it, hopefully this week will be nice enough we can go out.
At my moms this year we did a pinata. Marcella had fun giving it a couple hits. She afterwards told me, "I don't like Bulls." It is a long story maybe for another time, but the pinata was a bull and she was a little freaked out.
This would be my husband Jon right before he did this:
Yes for a second time, breaking a hockey stick while trying to break a pinata. We all had a good laugh, especially because it was Jason's second hockey stick that Jon broke and Jason wasn't even there to see it.
Marcella enjoying some Easter Chocolate. Her mouth looked so much worse before this, but we were all laughing so hard at her that by the time we took a picture the chocolate was all gone from her mouth. She was being so funny!
Last week I had Hannah for a few days while her mom and dad were in Hawaii. We had a lot of fun. The first night we went swimming here is the before picture
and the after. I felt bad I forgot the camera, because they both had a lot of fun. And the big key, they both went right to sleep after we got home, it was perfect!
I love this picture of Hannah. She is so dang cute! She has the biggest eyes out of anyone I know, and I love that she loves wearing necklaces. She is so cute!
We thought it was warm enough to play outside, but Marcella said no way. We had only been out for a couple minutes when she said we had to go in, it was too cold.
Hannah on the other hand would have stayed outside all day long. She was having so much fun running around, that it was hard to get a picture of her in focus. Let's say after a few minutes Marcella won the battle and we had a sad Hannah on our way back inside.
We went up on Sunday to listen to conference with the family, and in between sessions the kids went outside to play on the tramp.
This would be Marcella watching Jon jump and do funny tricks. I thought Marcella was being funnier about it than Jon though hence all the pictures of her and not him.
Hannah kept getting sad because she wanted to jump on the tramp, but it completely freaked her out, so she didn't want to jump. Life is so hard sometimes! Poor Girl.
Last but not least, Marcella. Here she decided that instead of running inside to go potty it would just be easier to pull down her pants and go on the cement. It would have been great except she got her pants and underwear wet. This is when life is hard being a girl!
Thursday, April 10, 2008
It's a Girl!
Well...we left the contest open long enough to enrage all the participants, and hope you're all excited it's a girl! Jami Caldwell had the closest guess, as there are 639 gummies in the jar. We mixed normal size gummies with the teensy gummies to get a higher count. It's more than 2 lbs all together!
SEX
Here are the rules:
The quart jar contains gummy bears. The person who guesses how many are in the jar gets to know the sex of the baby first.
GUESS THE NUMBER
The contest isn't to see if you can guess the sex of the baby. But, if you have any of those "I feel like it's going to be a Boy/Girl" feelings, you might want to post it. Because if you come up to me and say, "I always knew it was gonna be a Boy/Girl," and you didn't post that here, I'll know you're lying.
One guess per person. It's the person closest to the exact number, whether over or under. The winner gets the jar of gummies, unless you live out of state. Then we'll send you a gift certificate so you can go buy some. And if you absolutely HAVE to know right this moment, you can bribe me to tell you, but be creative with your bribes! We'll post the winner, notify the winner, then post the results all tonight before we go to bed.
The quart jar contains gummy bears. The person who guesses how many are in the jar gets to know the sex of the baby first.
GUESS THE NUMBER
The contest isn't to see if you can guess the sex of the baby. But, if you have any of those "I feel like it's going to be a Boy/Girl" feelings, you might want to post it. Because if you come up to me and say, "I always knew it was gonna be a Boy/Girl," and you didn't post that here, I'll know you're lying.
One guess per person. It's the person closest to the exact number, whether over or under. The winner gets the jar of gummies, unless you live out of state. Then we'll send you a gift certificate so you can go buy some. And if you absolutely HAVE to know right this moment, you can bribe me to tell you, but be creative with your bribes! We'll post the winner, notify the winner, then post the results all tonight before we go to bed.
The Jar is BACK!
Some of you may remember this cute little jar that appeared here in July 2006. Well it is now making it's come back today. I just wanted to give all you early birds a heads up. Check back here today around 3 pm and you will be able to begin guessing. The only difference is it will be a new jar, with new candy, so NO EARLY guessers aloud! (Besides I haven't even found out, not til 1:30 pm.) I hope you all have a fun day and I will get back to you soon!
Thursday, April 03, 2008
Today..
Can I just say that there is nothing to get you up and hopping out of bed at 2:30 am than the sound of your child, who is laying next to you, saying again for the hundredth time, my tummy hurts and then proceeds to start throwing up. Let's just say that is how I started out my day, and I am not sure it is going to get any better...
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