Summer Fun

There is a little part of me that doesn't want summer vacation to end.

Our days have been filled with laziness and water fun and many books.

But most of all it has been filled with family and friends!

Soon school will start and we won't have as much time to hang around doing nothing

while having a ton of fun doing it!

Having lived in Southern Utah for 15 years it is crazy for me to realize

we have not seen all the local sites.

Xavier and Bruno came for vacation and we remedied this a little bit.

Parowan Gap is a literal gap in a mountain that enabled

people to cut through instead of going around.

On the rocks are ancient petroglyphs.

No one knows for sure what they mean,

for us they meant we got to climb rocks and hang out as a family!!

Bruno is getting so big and had fun climbing rocks.
Who can climb the highest??

Ian and Nathan hiding in small and big caves!

I think this one means that if you follow the railroad tracks, past the second exit you will find McDonald's... either that or these people saw a giant centipede and had to document it or no one would believe it was as big as they said. It really was ginormous!!!

And I think this proves that even people in the 1800's liked to carve their name in rocks!

Powder Puff Derby

The Achievement Day girls had a Powder Puff Pinewood Derby.

Anna and Emily were excited to design and build their cars.

Anna made a cellphone car.

And Emily made a candy bar car! (A mr. goodcar)

Good job ladies!!

Picture Perfect

Here it is... proof that my children can be bribed to look like they behave on certain occasions. One might actually believe that they are enjoying themselves

and are happy to be in sunny California

and not being yelled at that if they don't smile nicely

and look at the camera that a pair of scissors will find their way

into their rooms in the middle of the night to remove most of their hair.

Hey...whatever works !!!