Off Road

I must admit that four-wheeling is not one of my favorite things. It terrifies me. When I four-wheel, I usually have tightly shut eyes and a white-knuckle grip. So consequently, I don't take many photos of our family on the various trails and obstacles. If you aren't familiar with wheeling, here are a few photos that I Googled.
This one is called Mickey's Hot Tub. What a friendly name for a freaky little Jeep-eating hole.
Look at all those spectators. Yeah, I wouldn't want to be in the Jeep either.

Sand Dune Arch

Ricky and his family love to go four-wheeling. We all went to Moab for the weekend just as school got out at the University. The first day we were there we drove into Arches National Park.
We hiked a great easy little trail that the kids loved. Sand Dune Arch. It's short and mostly a big sand pit. Grace liked to play in the red dirt at first, but then I took her shoes off. It reminded me of the first time her toes felt grass.
She was eager to leave after that. She asked me to put her shoes back on her feet, then...
...she helped me put my shoes on too.

On a Bicycle Built for Two

We bought Grace a helmet so she could go for bike rides with her dad and me. She rides on a nifty little seat that hooks to the bike like so.
"Here we go!" Grace says. "See you later!" (Either that or she's trying to signal that her helmet is choking her.)

All Smiles

My brother, Daniel, his beautiful wife, Tasha, and their absolutely adorable baby, William showing a few pearly whites in Zion's. (Except for William who doesn't really have any pearly whites yet.)

Emerald Pools

One of the hikes we did was the Emerald Pools. We stopped at the Middle Pool, and Grace explored a bit with her Gramma.
The water was really cold, and Grace didn't like her feet to get wet.
Precious.

Zion's National Park

My family went to Zion's over spring break. It was my first time there, and I thought it was spectacular!
Grace was pretty impressed with it all too.
We stayed in Hurricane with one of my Mom's college friends. She lives on a golf course, and this was the view from her backyard. Umm, yeah. It was gorgeous.

Middle Canyon

You probably can't tell just by looking, but I was equally as tired as Grace after we hiked up Middle Canyon in Tooele.