More Camping

You and me baby

Red Rocks, fire, s'mores, hiking, wild flowers, amazing sunsets, ancient ruins...elements of a great time. Tyler and I went on a little camping/hiking adventure this weekend for our belated anniversary. We hadn't been camping alone since before we had children-it was AWESOME! I love being with the girls, but I have to say, having that time with Tyler was so great. We really are best friends and there isn't anyone I would rather being spending time with. We were at Comb Ridge which is FULL of Anisazi ruins. We hiked through three canyons and to the top of a mountain all before lunch! Now I call that productive. I love this little corner of the earth that we call home.

Fun

Camera practice

The girls love "shoe time". That's when Daddy comes home from work and they get to take his work shoes off. Don't ask me why that is so fun for them, but they look forward to it:) I'm practicing with the camera, so expect some random pictures here and there.

A few things

I'm so bad about posting some of the crafty things I have done, but I love getting inspiration from other people. These are a few things I have made for my enterance. The bench was a $5 thirft store item I repainted and modge podged. The coat rack was an old bed post I got for free! I drilled some holes and glued the dowels into it. A little paint fixed it right up. The mirror with hooks was a $5 item as well. I added a little paint to that to match everything else. The frame was something I put together from things I had around the house. I used some rub on's for the 'J' and some scrap paper for the back. I had the old frame from a yard sale and it was thick enough for a shadow box. I'll be better about posting this stuff from now on.:)

Mother's Day

Photography Class

Tyler got me a very nice camera for my Birthday because living in a place like we do, you HAVE to know how to take pictures! I went to an all day photography class and learned how to use my camera. It was a fun day, and I loved all of the experimenting. Here are some of the pictures I took.

Girls and Goats

Cloe is getting big, I like to call her "bull-dozer" because she crawls around and growls. Such a QT. Our friends have some mini baby goats that were just so cute, we had to get pictures. Bria was very cautious as always, but Allie got right in there and loved on them. My friend has some cute blondes of her own...her oldest is an "Alli" too.

Hiking

We took Tyler's family up to Comb Ridge where there are a ton of Anasazi ruins. It was a fun hike, but a little too much for the little girls. We were hiking up and down steep cliffs with no trails...when will we ever learn?
These are some dinasour tracks, it's a little hard to see in the picture, but there are two tracks one right in fron of the other. Starting at the bottom left and the second at the upper center. There are three toes. Cool stuff.

Easter

We had a great Easter. That tricky bunny hid the baskets in the chandelier this year. We went on a family picnic on Saturday and Grandpa Jack helped Bria find the eggs. I loved having Conference intertwined with the Holiday. What great messages! I'm listening to them again. You can download them from LDS.org onto your MP3 player right now. Such a great system. Happy self-improvement:)

These funny girls

I sure love these girls. Cloe is showing her personality more and more every day. She loves to be loved:). Allie and Bria have been on this "make-over" kick, (Thanks to my neice; Gabby, for introducing that to them) Allie got some play make-up and she loves to "get ready for the day". I know it's only the beginning of what's to come...*sigh*

I've been thinking-

I know I'm a bit on the extreme side....but seriously, I think books need ratings. I love to read. I love going to the library, picking up a book, and after carefully reading the back; taking it home to enjoy a little down time. The thing is, I have become super-cautious about the whole process- because you really don't know what you are getting until you start reading. The whole "don't judge a book by it's cover" is for real. I feel like I have to limit myself to books that have been read by someone I trust, or sticking to christian authors. I just wish there was a better system to provide us a little more insight as to what we are getting, just like movies. Anyways, those are just some thoughts, anybody agree with me and my super "molly" ways:)?