Page Trip

We celebrated Brian's Birthday and some exciting news from Sarah!

 My Mom got 10 baby chicks -which Grayce had a hard time leaving alone.

 

 The two amigos -Grayce LOVES cousin James! 

He is so sweet and easy going -Grayce drags him from one activity to the next and he just grins and follows along :)

 Uncle Brian taught the boys how to play Frisbee Golf:

 

 I went mountain biking for the first time. It's kinda scary.  The smooth parts are fun since the bike just coasts, but I did a lot of squealing every time there were rocks going up or down. 

 Halfway around rim-view trail Brian's right pedal snapped off completely, so he had to ride his bike like a scooter the rest of the way, and still he smoked me!

 

 We took the kids to the lake, and tried packing everyone in one vehicle so we wouldn't have to pay for admission (to Glen Canyon Nation Park -Brian has a military card that gets his vehicle in free).  When we got to the toll booths however, the Navajo ranger told us admission was free before Brian could even pull out his card.  Brian was surprised and asked why.  The lady said "cuz".  So Brian prompted "cuz why?"  The lady got huffy and said, "Do you WANT to pay?" and then closed her window.  It had us laughing pretty hard the rest of the drive.

 We loved getting to see sweet Grandpa Washburn! 

He's living in Page now and we've missed him the last couple trips (he gallivants all over the country and rez visiting family and friends).  He's serving as a Stake Missionary and is loving it!

Flat Iron

Flat Iron is a portion of the Superstition Mountain that looks like an upside down iron.  It's only a 6 mile hike, but the last quarter mile is pretty much a vertical ascent and will get your legs burning!  My first time attempting this hike we ran out of water and had to turn back early, so I was determined to try it again before the heat of summer hits in full force.  My Mom was here this weekend to watch my kids while I attended the Phx Dental Convention, so I decided to skip the morning lecture and gathered a group of ladies from my ward to hike to the top! The week prior the temperature was in the mid-nineties, but the day of the hike it dropped suddenly to a high of 72 degrees.  We started out at 5am so it was cool and beautiful the whole way.  I feel like Heavenly Father knew how much I wanted to do this hike and blessed us with the perfect weather for it.  I am so very grateful for His many tender mercies.

K-1 Racing

The boys have discovered a new love. Racing!

Reese has always loved going fast.  He must have watched the original Lightening McQueen movie a bazillion times as a toddler. He also loved Herbie the Love Bug, which I thought was unusual but fabulous for a two year old to enjoy such an old movie.  His first power wheel car he would tip onto two wheels as he careened around and between picnic tables at the playground.  All the Mom's would gasp and cover their eyes thinking he was going to crash, but he'd squeeze through or turn just in the nick of time.  Edward calls him our Ricky Bobby.  When I first heard about K-1 racing I knew the boys would love it, but they have a height requirement of 50 inches, so I had to hold off till Hayden grew a bit more.  We've taken them twice this year and they love it.  Grayce makes a good cheer leader on the sidelines.