Grand Canyon Day 3 and Headed Home

The drive to the Grand Canyon was not what I expected at all. I was thinking -- middle of Arizona, hot flat desert. Nope. It was a beautiful, curvy mountain drive through the Kaibab National Forest. And also, it was NOT hot -- quite cold actually. 

We got a couple glimpses of the Grand Canyon when there were small breaks in the trees, but our first stop was at this Desert View Watchtower. It was 7 stories tall with a spiral staircase to the top to overlook that part of the canyon.

                     

The Grand Canyon was absolutely amazing! These pictures just don't do it justice at all. But it was incredible! Something I think everyone should see. 

Here's another lookout spot. So huge! No end in sight, and so deep, we couldn't even see the river in the bottom.

And, after all this driving, Lucas finally fell asleep in the van... at the Grand Canyon, which was the point of going...He won't remember it anyway, but would have been nice to have him in this picture! Yes, Emma and Jacob are both holding their tablets. They wanted to take their own pictures of the Grand Canyon.

On the way out, we spotted two moose!

We drove all the way back to Provo after this, then to Twin in the morning for a few visits, pick up the dog, and headed home. For our first road trip -- it went amazingly well! The kids didn't fight or complain about being in the car, we all had a fun time together, and it was such a beautiful and scenic drive! We'll definitely being going on more road trips in the future!

April 2019

Spring Break Day 1 & 2

For Spring Break this year, we decided to go on our first long road trip all the way to the Grand Canyon. I've always wanted to see it, and the kids were excited when I mentioned it, so away we went! We began on April Fool's Day -- which was a bad idea... After having SO much fun at the Provo Rec. Center swimming -- Emma stopped swimming because her stomach was hurting. Less than an hour later, she was throwing up -- in the van-- with food poisoning from Burger King! We thought about turning right around and driving home in the morning, thinking it was the flu, but she woke up fine, and everyone else was good. A not so fun April Fool's for us. And Jake forgot to pack any jammies. Luckily, the rest of the trip continued fabulously.

Day 2, we made it to Page, Arizona. It was a very pretty, scenic drive. Lots of different kinds of mountains.

We made a stop at the Glenn Canyon Dam Visitor's Center, and walked on the bridge in front of the dam. It was VERY high.

 All my dino's by the dinosaur prints they had there. 

After checking in at the hotel, we walked over to explore the canyon's edge. The best dam view!

The ripples in the rocks were pretty cool! They were all over the canyon's edge.

We ate Nemo's Fish and Chips -- and they were delicious! Finished the night off swimming at the hotel -- which the kids think is the best part.... Silly kids, we can do that here in Meridian!

April 1-2, 2019

Prison Party of 5

Jake really wanted to check out the Old Penitentiary -- so here we are! I'm a little concerned that Lucas can pull the perfect thug picture so easily...

 We had come here years ago, when Emma was a toddler. It was a bit more uncomfortable this time with two readers asking what some of the listed crimes were... And then the solitary confinement cells and hanging room. Yikes!

We enjoyed walking around the WW2 museum there and checking out all the weaponry. 

 Bunch of rebels...

 I think we sufficiently scared the kids of prison.

 March 2019

March

Brad's got a friend that is working on improving his photography, and asked if he could come practice on us. I grabbed some selfie's with the kids while he was setting up. Cute kids!

Lucas had a graduation from his library Kindergarten All-stars program.

 He has loved this class, and calls it his "school". He was so excited that they gave him a shirt, and he wears it any chance he gets. This kid and the faces he pulls when a camera comes out... LOL. 

 Our first day of Spring break was super windy, so it was a perfect day to fly kites! All the kids were able to get them up and flying!

    

 March 2019