Final Camping Post

Arrived at the Caverns!!

There was an elevator for those who would like to just ride down instead of trekin' down the over mile hike but did we do the elevator???!!! NO WAY dude! We wanted to experience the whole thing and I am so glad we did!!
My lil' explorer...
Beautiful.
We also went and saw the bats fly out of the caverns at night. Woosh. That was impressive. You can't take pics of the bats but here is Ree Ree and I shortly before the bats made their exit.
And, the kiddos found a tiny baby bunny and with daddy's help they caught it.

Unexpected Waterfall

While on our camping trip, we took a day trip to this park. We knew they had a waterfall but weren't expecting such an amazingly breathtakingly beautiful waterfall in the middle of the dessert. It was so awesome. The waterfall led to this natural pool of spring water that was about a cool 54 degrees.


So, I was looking at how beautiful it was. We were out there in the middle of nowhere and literally had the waterfall all to ourselves. It made us all praise God for His marvelous creation. I have never seen a waterfall so beautiful, it was very similar to waterfalls we saw in Hawaii years ago. But, what made this so wonderful was it was in the middle of the dessert so it was so unexpected. As I was looking, I thought to myself that my kids literally may never see a waterfall like this again and I wanted them to experience it in the fullest. It was chilly outside and the water was VERY CHILLY but it was just calling my name. I did something totally out of character and with no swimsuit I just did it! I took the plunge, fully dressed :)
As you can see (above), I was very proud of myself! Since I was the first, the hubs had to follow (of course) and then (of course) came biggie and the itty black haired boy....and, believe it or not, we even got Reesey to follow!!


You can see the waterfall behind the kids here too.


I love my family! :)

Punkin Carvin (in December, sorry again!!)

(Originally posted on Dec. 4 2010 and moved to Oct. 31)

My last halloween post....sorry!!! :)





Right after this photo, totally unprovoked my little guy put his hand on his friends back and said "Me love you".....aww :)








And finally, my friends who I missed their Halloween party...Kit's first Halloween and we weren't there :(........So sorry, LL!!!! Our Eldest's soccer was a little all consuming at that time of year and he had a big game that night...geesh. Happy Halloween, Kit (in December!!)

Halloween in December??

LOOK, I hate to make excuses but it's been a little busy around here....so, people out in the blog oh sphere (those of the few faithful who remain)....I give you....a Halloween blog (or maybe two) in December :)

The eldest is dressed up but I am sorry I have not been given clearance to tell you who he is dressed up like...if I did, I'd have to kill you.
The cutest little cat in the hat in the world if I do say so myself...
Bawwk Bawwwkkk
Pinocchio is back there somewhere
Some of my eldest's favorite storybook characters...Frog and Toad
And, another classic tale...
Enjoying S'mores by the fire. It is times like these that Reeser's temper comes out. You mess with this girls chocolate and she will take you out, no kidding. Kinda like her mom, I guess.
This photo shows the kiddos personalities quite well.

Eldest- Looking for something better to do with his time.

Middle- Perfectly posing for the photo Just like I asked

Youngest-Being very silly

Hubs-Just bein' hot like he is.....

Went to Mim's house to Trick or Treat
And, finally, to end the evening....a meeting with the Almighty. (this guy was just a random guy out trick or treating that my husband thought we should ask to pose with our innocent children. See, again, this shows our personalities....the hubby thinks just because someone thinks to dress up like Jesus they must be a good guy and not be out to kidnap my children. I, on the other hand....think this guy must be a weird pedophile and he dressed up like Jesus to attract my innocent children....Who are you more like?)

On the Road Again....

Time for a Camping Trip!!!!

Loaded up and ready to hit the road with bapa
The next morning. I am so glad bapa got these chairs...uber comfy. We had one day it was slightly chilly out in the morning (we were hoping for more) so we took advantage of it and enjoyed warm clothes and hot cocoa.

Ummm....like father like son....woh boy, I have my hands full people.
Team work getting firewood. Or, posing for a picture....one or the other, either way=sweet.
Possibly the best part about camping, the yummy big breakfast.
And finally.....Jee has learned to potty in the potty (more to come on that in the future, I hope..I feel a blog coming on about that). Anyway, he also figured out how to pee pee outside while camping (oh the joys of boyhood). Welp, Jee Jee took it one step further and also found it quite humorous to poop in the great outdoors as well. Nice. Real Nice. This was after the first time he did it (note: photo has been edited to protect the guilty from embarassment in the future...and to protect me from DHS). Apparently, he thought it was very cool to have mommy and daddy laugh so much and pull out the camera that he thought he would make a habit of it...it happened several more times on the trip!!!