Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Busy Spring

It has been a busy spring! I've been having so much fun I haven't taken time to blog about any of it. But I thought I'd do a big post with pictures of some of the highlights of the spring. For Spring Break we went camping at Arches National Park. It was awesome!!! Here is James with the kids standing in the North Window.

James and Cody climbed up into one of the arches of Double Arch for this next shot.


Here we all are on the walk to Double Arch.


The most difficult hike we did was to Delicate Arch. It was pretty steep and about 3 miles long but we all made it. I was so proud of all the kids. Here is Shelby at Delicate Arch.


When I was a teenager our family went to Arches and my dad loved the trees. When I saw this tree it reminded me of one our family took a picture in back in the day. So we decided to take one here too.

Here are Dallin and Shelby standing at the bottom of the Turrett Arch. They look so small compared to the big arch.

We went mountain biking while we were there. It was supposed to be a simple trail that would be good for trailers. I was surprised with how difficult it was. We were going up steep hills and deep ravines. But it was a lot of fun. The kids were tough to stick it out!


I really enjoyed the bike ride, but I was so sore afterwards! I wish bike seats were more comfortable!

Here we are at Landscape Arch. I think this hike was the favorite one for the kids. We went in the evening and there were very few other people on the trail. The temperature was perfect and it was a beautiful evening.


Here we are at the Delicate Arch viewpoint.

The girls!

The guys!

All of us at Delicate Arch. I really loved our camping trip to Arches. I can't wait for the next camping trip.

We also went hunting for Geodes again with some of James' family. We took a different route to get there and it was much shorter this time...like 2 hours shorter! We also rode with Joe in his Tahoe so we didn't have to worry about damaging our car this time. We had a great time and found a lot more Geodes this time.

It was much more fun to do the activity as a family and not have to repair a car out in the middle of nowhere.


My cute boys!

My cute Shelby!
I put piggies in Darcy's hair and she loved it! I was so surprised because she usually pulls things right out of her hair. But this time she left them in all day. She is a little cheeser when it comes to pictures. She loves having her picture taken and she poses so cute for the shots. This pose came when I said, "Look how cute your hair is Darcy."
Shelby had her Kindergarten play last week. She was a lion and did a great job on her part.
Here she is just before the play. I'm so proud of her.
Shelby's class went mini-golfing for a field trip and I was able to go along to help the kids. We had a great time golfing together.
Dallin's school had a 3k race this year and both Dallin and Shelby competed in the race. Shelby ran a shorte course since she is in kindergarten. Dallin ran the full 3k.
Dallin was 3rd place out of all the 2nd grade boys. Way to go Dallin!
Here is Shelby getting ready for her race. She did a good job and ran her hardest!
It's been a busy spring but lots of fun. Can't wait for summer!!!
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3 comments:

Shayna said...

FUN FUN FUN... cute pictures! We have got to get together and do lunch again with Angie. Also I want to get family pictures sometime this summer! I want to wait a little while to get Cole a little older so maybe aug or september... so make sure you save time for me! Let me know of some cool places and how much you charge!!!

May 26, 2010 at 3:35 PM
Sandra Nixon said...

Wow, you had some really great shots of your trip to arches, i love them! Thanks for posting the great update.

May 28, 2010 at 9:16 PM
Sher said...

Fun updates, cute pics of your family!

May 31, 2010 at 2:24 PM

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Funny Quotes

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