Bells Canyon

Last Saturday we decided to go for a hike up Bells Canyon. It's about 4 miles round trip to hike up past the lake and go all the way to the first waterfall. We didn't leave until about 5:30 in the afternoon so it wasn't too hot and we got to the falls just before sundown. It was a hard but great hike. The falls were beautiful and so much bigger than I expected. There was so much water too which kind of surprised me given our dry winter. We hiked back down quickly because it was getting dark but we made it to the car just as it was really getting too dark to hike. Our dog, Ace, loved it and was completely exhausted when we got home... and covered in mud. We all slept really well that night. :)

Photo slideshow personalized with Smilebox

Lawn Star

Sometimes Tanner gets a bit bored with mowing the lawn.  Therefore, his creativity comes out, as illustrated by the star mowed in our lawn.  :-)

Making Cookies! (Adam and Rachel)

Buckskin Gulch

Josh went backpacking through Buckskin Gulch over the Memorial Day weekend with some friends.  Below are a few pictures.  It looks like a really fun place to hike.

 

 

 

 

 

Dad, Since When Did You Write a Book?

You may remember when Adam learned that David knew how to speak Spanish. Well, long before Adam was born, David wrote and published a book called "Bad Boys of the Book of Mormon". It's a great little book and we have several (or many) copies around the house. Needless to say, we thought Adam knew all about it. Last week, David had put one on the stairs and Adam happened to sit down and pick it up and start looking at the cover. He turned it over and saw David's picture. He read the little bio and then looked at David and said in a very astonished voice, "Dad, since when did you write a book?" Poor youngest child....

Spring Break in San Antonio

We went to San Antonio, Texas, to visit Julie and Micah and their family for Spring Break. We had a great time. Thank you to the Bahr family for having us. We loved every minute of it.

Slideshow design created with Smilebox

Getting Organized!!

We have this little area inside the door from our garage.  We call it the mud room even though it really isn't a room, it's just a hallway with some hooks and a built-in box.  It really hasn't been working well.  As you can see in the pictures below, we end up with piles of stuff on top of the box as well as on the floor which makes getting into the bathroom (door to the left) just about impossible.

Before

 

After

Now we have a little more organization in our life.  At least everyone can keep their own mess in their own cubby holes and the rest of us don't have to dig through it to find our own stuff.    :)