Valley de Goblins y Verde River

Last weekend we had a family reunion in Green River. It was great to see everyone together, especially our family from Arizona. We spent one day at the Green River Crystal Geyser. The geyser is an old drilling pipe(I could be wrong with that fact) that now irrupts with water every 8-16 hours. So you get there and hope you see it. Around the geyser are orange-yellow rocks. It's really cool when the water is running down them. What's not really cool is the sulfur smell from the water. Poor Alli would gag every time she got a good whiff.

The next day we went over to Goblin Valley. The two children hindered us from doing any extreme hiking, but for those of you who enjoy that stuff, I would recommend it to.

With no reported injuries and minimal meltdowns, it was sucessful trip. Thanks to Grandpa and Grandma who put it all together and were the official sponsers. We had a blast!

Haha, JD's face
Poor Macie is severely pigeon-toed. This is really how she walks. Good thing that face is so cute!

exhausted!

Alli Babe

Chuck wouldn't look at the camera

The Valley of Goblins

the geyser finally going off

You could always find Macie sitting in the dirt somewhere.

Haha, Alli's face!

Day 1

Wish us luck!

macie's party

macie turned one two weeks ago and we had a little party. we had a bbq in my parent's backyard complete with an inflatable waterslide and mini pool. macie had such a good time with all her friends and family.

now a little more about macie...

she is currently weighing in a 23lbs. she loves food in all it various forms. i haven't found anything she didn't like. seriously.

she doesn't talk much. just the occasional "hi". which does set her behind, but her sister talks enough for the both of them.

she started walking right around her birthday. which took her craziness to a whole new level.

she's very stubborn. and loves to throw fits if she doesn't get her way.

she's independent. she could care less where i am and what i'm doing. she just wants to get into everything and make a mess.

she loves alli. if i leave alli's door cracked, macie will go in and go right up to alli's bed and wake her up. they love playing toys together.

she loves to lead the music at church.

her favorite foods are bananas, crackers, cheese, yogurt, pasta, fruit snacks, peaches.

she's a bizzy body. never just sits. she's always into something.

she loves stairs.

she only cuddles when she's extremely tired or sick.

her favorite song is "single ladies" and likes to chime in at the chorus "uh uh oh"

she has the darkest, smoothest skin. and with that chub, it's hard not to sqeeze her.

she sleeps 12 hours at night, sometimes more :)

she is such a funny little girl. and although she is a handful, we love chasing after her and cleaning up her messes.

This little chicky is ONE today!

cruel and unusual punishment = infant life jacket

just look at those cheeks.

this isn't cruel and unusual punishment, just the cutest thing ever

where did my baby go?

I had a "sobering" moment at the doctor's office the other day. I was there with Macie. She had some funky virus over the weekend, that apparently was just a virus. But that's not the point. As I sat in the waiting room (for 50 minutes) I looked around at all the mom's with newborns. And it finally hit me that my little Muckle Chuck isn't a baby. I kinda wanted to cry, kinda. Where did the time go? She's always been our little baby and now I have TWO crazy toddlers. Sheesh!

Macie always makes this weird face. I think it's hilarious. Especially when she does it to random people at the store.

PS Hold the "Maybe it's time for another one" comments. Not going to happen anytime soon.

We're back

We've been here. Now we're home and oh the stories to tell. LP is always an adventure.