Sunday, August 1, 2010
Kindergarten Graduation
Tyler graduated from kindergarten. Some might call it celebrating mediocrity (name that movie), especially when you see how the kids spelt kindergarten on the board.
100,000 Miles
This probably isn't blog worthy, but as you can tell, I am updating with everything that has happened in the last several months. I went climbing with a friend and when we stopped to park I looked at the odometer of the truck and it was exactly 100000 miles. I just happened to have my camera (in a hope that I would take some climbing pictures, but didn't) so I took a picture. The truck is now almost 8 and half years old. It has served me well so far. Let's see how many more miles I can get out of it.
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Gila Valley Temple
In May, The Gila Valley Temple was dedicated. It is near Safford which is about 2 hrs and 15 min from our house. We met my sister and two of her boys there for the Open House in early May. The temple was decorated very nicely inside. The attention to detail was obvious. It was smaller than I thought it would be. It was much smaller than the meeting house that they built next to it. For size reference, the building next to the temple is the same floorplan as the building we meet in and the building across the street from Grandma and Grandpa. It was a good experience to take the kids through the open house and talk with them about the importance of temples.
President Kimball was from Safford. Supposedly one of these two houses (or maybe both, they are next door to each other) was his house. There is a marker at the church building next door, but it didn't indicate which house was his.
When we left Safford, after having a picnic lunch at a part with my sister, Tyler and I went to the Father's and Son's outing. I had driven the truck half way to Safford and left it in a Wal-Mart parking lot and finished the drive with Michelle and the kids. When we got back to the Wal-Mart, Michelle and the girls continued on the freeway and Tyler and I went and spent the night next to a dry wash in the desert. The only saving grace was that because of the wash there were lots of trees. Tyler had a great time playing with friends and sleeping in the tent.
President Kimball was from Safford. Supposedly one of these two houses (or maybe both, they are next door to each other) was his house. There is a marker at the church building next door, but it didn't indicate which house was his.
When we left Safford, after having a picnic lunch at a part with my sister, Tyler and I went to the Father's and Son's outing. I had driven the truck half way to Safford and left it in a Wal-Mart parking lot and finished the drive with Michelle and the kids. When we got back to the Wal-Mart, Michelle and the girls continued on the freeway and Tyler and I went and spent the night next to a dry wash in the desert. The only saving grace was that because of the wash there were lots of trees. Tyler had a great time playing with friends and sleeping in the tent. Catalina State Park
This spring before it got too hot, and while there were still some wildflowers blooming, we took the kids for a hike in Catalina State Park. We did a loop trail that ended up being along the creek for about half of the hike. There were several places that we had to cross the creek. The kids eventually gave up on trying to keep their feet dry and walked around with "squishity" feet. There are places where the desert really can be beautiful.
Yetman Trail
We had such a fun time on the hike at Catalina State Park that we took the kids out again about two weeks later. The Yetman trailhead is less than a 10-minute drive from our house. It is an easy hike with a real gradual elevation change.
I wish that I had video of Meagan hiking. It is more like a model on the catwalk than hiking. She is always swinging her hips and throwing her arms around. She is definitely a girly-girl.
We had a lot of rain this spring and so there were wild flowers everywhere. We were at the tail end of the season when we went.
We forgot a bottle for Erin. Yes, I know what good parents we are. So she drank out of the lid of a Nalgene bottle.
Our destination was this old ranch house from the 1930s. A guy who ran the newspaper in town lived out here with his wife. They thought it would help her health by being out of the city and in the desert. They eventually moved back to New York City. 
The kids all wanted to climb the walls.
I wish that I had video of Meagan hiking. It is more like a model on the catwalk than hiking. She is always swinging her hips and throwing her arms around. She is definitely a girly-girl.
We had a lot of rain this spring and so there were wild flowers everywhere. We were at the tail end of the season when we went.
We forgot a bottle for Erin. Yes, I know what good parents we are. So she drank out of the lid of a Nalgene bottle.
Our destination was this old ranch house from the 1930s. A guy who ran the newspaper in town lived out here with his wife. They thought it would help her health by being out of the city and in the desert. They eventually moved back to New York City. The kids all wanted to climb the walls.
Capitol Reef National Park
When we left Fish Lake to start heading towards home we decided to take the scenic route. We went to Capitol Reef National Park. We saw some really interesting rock formations.
Chimney Rock
We took a short hike down the narrows to see the petroglyphs, pioneer register and the natural water tanks. 
Everytime I turned around, Tyler was holding hands with his cousin's friend. I am not sure if I need to start worrying or not.
These are the tanks from below. It is just a series of cascades that have eroded pools into the sandstone. I didn't get any pictures from above. We hiked up as far as Rebecca and Tyler could handle. Each of the pools had tadpoles in them. Some were really small, and others were really big.
Chimney Rock
We took a short hike down the narrows to see the petroglyphs, pioneer register and the natural water tanks. Everytime I turned around, Tyler was holding hands with his cousin's friend. I am not sure if I need to start worrying or not.
These are the tanks from below. It is just a series of cascades that have eroded pools into the sandstone. I didn't get any pictures from above. We hiked up as far as Rebecca and Tyler could handle. Each of the pools had tadpoles in them. Some were really small, and others were really big. 
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