Goblin Valley 2009

We had our annual family camping trip to Goblin valley. We were able to stay at the campground and it was great. We had a huge pavillion and lots of room for everyone. There were bathrooms and showers (great for washing the kids off after being in the dirt all day) The went to the Valley of the Goblins (sandstone rocks that the wind and water have transformed into these weird shapes. Saturday we went on a hike up Little Wild Horse Canyon. We got really far until there was water that we didn't want to hike through. Brett, Scott, Ali, Tyler and Celeste went up farther. It was crazy to walk thru these super tight slot canyons. The kids did a great job we had to carry them most of the way down but it was a fun time. Saturday night there was a wind storm. I wa already in the tent and had to run out and start throwing stuff in totes so it wouldn't blow away. The tent held up thru the rain though, NO LEAKES!! YEAH! I was super happy about that. Sunday morning it looked like there was going to be another huge storm but it missed us. It was a great trip and can't wait for next year!! Sitting on a Goblin
Kids on the goblins

Hiking thu Little Wild Horse Canyon. There were some points that we had to have adults helping kids and each other to get over the bigger rocks. I'm glad we have such a great family!

Looking down on the slot

We came to some water that was too deep to cross (plus it was freezing) Brett wanted to see how far it went so he straddled the ways and got almost to the end of the water when he fell in. It was a great hike!!

Where's Waldo?

My friend Hailey asked me to do Where's Waldo? for the church. Of course I said YES!! We dressed goth and walked around gateway until the youth in the church found us. We got lots of looks, glares and people trying to be sneaky and take pictures with their camera phones. But we had TONS of fun! Thanks Hailey for inviting me! My friend Paula has better pictures....her blog is www.sheridansix.blogspot.com.

Khloe

Today was Khloe's picture day....here she is in all her glory!!

Gotta love the kids!

The kids were great today while we worked on the house. I was really worried about them outside when one of us wasnt out there. But they really are great kids, they will just play by themselves and be good. Its great. They were pretty funny today. This is what happens when I just want to get things done and I don't really care what they do. Khloe helping me remove wallpaper, she did a great job!
the castle they built with the scrap wood.

We have a leaky sprinkler faucet in the backyard. The boys were being really quiet so I went to check on them, this is what I found

After this they found a little tupperware bowl and started dumping water on themselves, also probably drank a little of it, not the best thing in the world. The county we will in has untreated water you can use for your yard, its called weber water and you're not supposed to play in it or drink it. But I'm sure they will be ok. I was just happy that they weren't screaming and crying at each other!