Bowen's First Birthday Party

It is a tradition in our family to have a lamb cake for your first Birthday. Bowen just wanted to get back to the water. We had his party at a park in Washington. It was pretty sweet with a nice playground and a water pad. When it came to opening presents we had to show him there was something cool underneath the pretty paper. Bowen and Dayler had tons of fun with their cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents. Thanks every one for coming.

We Bought A House!!!

We actually closed on the house on the 6th, but then we went to Tooele for an early Easter celebration. It is a fixer upper, so we have been busy with that, plus we had a few things keeping us busy. Easter, births, birthday's (Bowen's first), and Dad's heart attack. He is doing good now. Any way here are a few pics of the house, we didn't get one of the Master bedroom (coral pink), or the kitchen with the worst linoleum I have ever seen.

Kane County with Rylie

My cute niece Rylie (pictured below) had to do a report on Kane County, so since they were down for a visit we went with them. She decided she wanted Zion canyon since the east side is in the county, and Kanab aka Little Hollywood.

We started out hiking just to the lower emerald pools, but the kids didn't want to stop, so we made the big loop to all three pools.

I knew that there were a few movies that were filmed in Kanab, but I had no idea it wasn't just a few. Rylie had a huge long list of movies filmed there.

Nashville Tribute Band

Way back on March 20th we went to see the Nashville Tribute Band at Tuachan with Mark's parents, Doug, and Kami. The kids had a blast with the baby sitters and their cousins. If you have never heard this band you should look them up. So far they have two CD's. A truibute to the Prophet Joseph, and a tribute to the Trek. It was a lot of fun!

Zion With Laura

Way back on March 19th I went to Zion with my sister Laura. We had a lot of fun and got a few hikes in. Dayler always talks about going hiking with Laura.

This trail is the overlook, the one just after the looong tunnel.

I'm So Tired.

Bowen is so hard to get to sleep, so when he zonks out on his own it is so nice. This is him taking advantage of a cushion sticking out. I would have expected this from Dayler or Mark, but not Bowen.

Obsidian Hunting

Last Wednesday Mark had the day off, and for those of you who know Mark you won't be surprised that he wanted to go look for obsidian. He found a website that showed the locations of places you could collect obsidian, and one of the best in the Western U.S. just so happens to be 2 hours from our house. This is a picture of the ground there. Every black rock you see in this picture is obsidian. CRAZY!!!

We left because it started to get too windy. Then we almost got lost in the sand storm. Thank goodness for the markers on the side of the road. We could only go 5 mph, or we would loose the road.
Looking back at what we had just driven through.

I think there is now a sand dune on top of the obsidian.

For the Short time that we were there we had some pretty good luck. I have never seen such big pieces of obsidian. It should take Mark a while to chip all this.