| moab may 2013 |

We took a trip to moab this year. This is the first time I have ever been to Moab, and I was really excited to be able to go. We rented us a condo, which was wonderful! It was a nice 3 bedroom place that allowed for everyone to sleep in their own space...which equals a happy family! We were really excited for this trip and couldn't wait to take the kids to this beautiful place. We had all sorts of jeep trails planned out that were not too hard or rough so that everyone could enjoy. We also found a bunch of geocaches to explore while we were there. We have really grown to love finding the geocaches. Mitchell calls them our pirate treasure and loves that we even have a "map" (gps) to guide us along.

I would have to say this is one trip I hope we make a tradition, I really enjoyed it. We jeeped, hiked, swam in the pool at the condos, at the best pizza ever...and even napped. Doesn't get better than that!

This is one of the geocaches the kids found, they put their already found parachutes in for exchange of  a quarter...Mitchell loves money, so it was quite the exciting discovery for him.

We took a wrong turn and ended up at Dead Horse Point, we got out to enjoy the awesome scenery. It was quite breath taking.

We even found some dinosaur tracks. We had to hike up quite the steep mountain, and it was a cliff hanger sort of hike (I didn't like watching the kids scamper around too much!), but Mitchell wanted to see the tracks up close and personal. He thought it was the coolest thing ever. 

We loved this hike, you hike up through a tunnel in the mountain and walk all the way through to a beautiful canyon. It was fun discovering all that Moab had to offer!

| af canyon jeeping |

Bryan took us all on a jeeping adventure a few weeks ago. He took the YM camping here the other weekend and wanted us to see it too. It was ABSOLUTELY beautiful. The trail was fun, tight, and VERY bumpy. I may have even held my breath a few times hoping we wouldn't end up with some body damage. Trees were flipping into the windows and all over the doors. The boys were grabbing at leaves the whole time and laughing so hard every time they caught one. I still can't get over how pretty it was up there. I am glad we have found time to see what the world has to offer!

The boys were natural boys and spent most of their time throwing rocks.

Kayla took a picture of us...not too shabby kayla!

| memorial day hike |

We took a little hike up the Hidden Falls Trail in Draper on Memorial day. It was a perfect little hike for the kiddos, and the weather couldn't have been better.

  

| Mitchell's 3rd Birthday |

Mitchell turned 3 on May 1st! Needless to say I love this little man. He got to pick what kind of cake he wanted. A pirate cake and party theme it was! He was excited to go shopping and find all the stuff we needed and then helped me pick out which little pictures to use for the photo shoot props. I love how excited he is about life. He is a ball of fire, keeps us on our toes, but in the same turn he can and is the sweetest little thing. He always gives me the softest hugs and makes sure I know how much he loves me. Happy birthday Mitchell!

How old are you Mitchell?? He is trying so hard in this picture to show three fingers. So cute!

This kids smile is priceless!!

| hiking adventures |

I took the kids hiking up draper canyon. The goal was to go hiking once a week through the summer, sadly it never happened. Although we did do quite a bit of hiking this year so I guess it's ok! This was a perfect little hike for the kids. Not too hard and they loved seeing the temple. We went with our friends, which always makes hiking more fun too!

Cohen and Allie kept holding hands while we hiked, it was super cute. Love little baby love!

Bug inspections was in progress here!!