Timpanogos Cave

On our last day in Utah, we met up with Grandma Diane, Dayna and kids, and Danielle and kids, to hike up to Timpanogos Cave.  I hadn't been in yeeears and thought my kids would love it.  It turned out that Dieter is scared of dark, tight places, and Finnley reeealy had to go to the bathroom in the caves and just wanted to get out.  I won't tell you whether or not she made it to the bathroom. At least the hike up and down was fun! 

Remi really wanted to get down and walk, so I let her.  Unfortunately, she fell forward and landed on her face and ended up with a nice big road-rash on her forehead.  That is the story of her life these days.  She always has some sort of scrape or bump on that cute little face of hers.

This picture sums up our time in Utah.  This boy was wiped every. single. day.  He'd nap in the car and then fall into bed at night.  We had a blast, and soaked up every minute we were able to spend with our family and friends.  Until next time....

Avalon...

 



Mitch has been on call the last TWO Saturdays.  Bummer.  Double bummer, they've both been rainy kind of depressing days.  So, when my kids started going stir crazy inside, we decided we were going to go on a hike in the rain.  We'd been hearing about a place called Avalon, but hadn't been.  It turned out to be beautiful, and the perfect "hike" for kids.  There were all sorts of trails leading to different places.  My kids took the lead and I just followed with Remi on my back.

 



 

I was nervous that my kids would poop out, or that Dieter would want to be held or something like that, but they did great and it was a really fun, and much needed, outing.  Remi was her usual happy self.  This girl amazes me with her happy personality.  She would just tap on my shoulders or cheeks with her dainty little finger tips, or sing a little "song" as we walked. 

Finnley wanted my ipod and earphones to listen to music as we "exercised" because her jacket had a hole for the headphones to fit through.  She was singing along to whatever song she was listening to, and it was so cute to hear her.  She didn't know hardly any of the words, but she was belting it out.  I'm sure in her head she sounded amazing!  Love this little sass. Her very favorite show right now is The Voice.  She knows all the contestants names, songs they've sung, and even remembers how they wore their hair, etc. 

We sure missed our Daddy, but were glad to have a little adventure in the rain and discover a new part of Long Island.  We'll definitely be taking you back Mitchie!

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Hollywood Sign...

We checked the Hollywood Sign off our bucket list on Saturday.  We've been wanting to hike it for a while, so we took advantage of our free day and tackled it.  It also helped that I'm 37 weeks pregnant and really need to get some contractions going. ;) We had fun spending the day with half the Poelmans and Hawkleys, as well as the Papworths and Lambournes.

The views were amazing, the weather was perfect, and the company even better.  When I asked Dieter to show me his muscles, he pulled up his shirt like this.  This little tank of a kid cracks me up.  Finn was a trooper and hiked the whole way up with her buddy Grey.  You go girl. ;)

Grey, D-man, Beck, Miss Finn, and Maya (Little Rowan not pictured)

 The girls - check out that belly....actually, please don't.

I {Heart} You 11...

Hiking Donut Falls up Big Cottonwood Canyon in 2004.

Trying to get a cute picture of the two of us.

Mitch decides to pick my nose.

Lovely.