Day at the Discovery Park

Brodee, Josh, and I went to the Discovery Park a few weekends ago and had a great time. 

Brodee had so much fun running around and exploring the park.

[Swinging]

[Going down the slide]

[Exploring]

[Hanging out with dad]

[Taking a break]

[Balancing baby]

[Happy boy!]

I Hike and Find Stuff

I am currently working on a large project which requires a lot of hiking and A LOT of recording (sites and artifacts).

Here are some pictures of where we are hiking:

[Some of the crew]

 

 

 We did a project in this same area a few years ago and saw 5 rattlers in ONE DAY and then we averaged 1 a day after that. As a result we are all wearing snake guards just to be on the safe side. I actually really like them. They are light weight and I feel like a robot... or a Transformer!

 This is a small sample of what we have found so far:

The projectile points date from the Early Archaic (7250 BC) all the way to the Late Prehistoric (1300 AD).

Just Because He Is So Cute!

 I can't believe how big Bordee is getting! Here are some pictures of the cute boy!

 [He learned how to stick out his tongue]

[Hanging out with dad]

[Cheeks full of crackers]

[Playing with his puppy]

[He loved to steal my blanket. It makes him laugh so hard!]

[Playing with me]

[Naked baby loves his Mac and Cheese]

*All pictures taken on my Driod

Scenic Drive

I had a long, rough week at work so instead of going somewhere for the long Memorial Day weekend, Josh and I decided to stay in town and relax.

On Sunday, we went on a nice scenic drive.

We started by heading up the UT-14 towards Cedar Breaks. The road was closed (we knew that before starting the journey), so we turned onto another road and headed up Cedar Mountain. 

We continued on this dirt road for a while before arriving at Kolob Reservoir.

 

Next, we continued on the Kolob Reservoir road which took us into Zion National Park.

 We drove through the park and ended at Virgin.

From here we headed back to the 15 and headed north towards home. 

On the way back, we stopped at Kolob Canyons Park (I've never been there) and took the 5 mile drive through the park. 

After seeing Kolob we headed back to Cedar. 

 It was a beautiful and relaxing weekend! I hope yours was too!

Parents Visit - Weekend in Vegas

Quick post:

My dad had a conference in Vegas a couple of weekends ago so Josh and I decided to go down and hang out with my mom and dad in Vegas for a night.

We ate lunch by the poolside, went shopping at the Forum (my dad bought Josh a nice shirt), and then saw Terry Fator the ventriloquist! He was amazing and hilarious! I was blown away by his performance!

After the show we went to Kokomo's to have dinner. The food was expensive and delicious! Can't go wrong with Fliet Mignon, lobster mashed potatoes, crab cake, and lobster bisque! Yum!

The next day Josh and I drove back to Cedar so that we could see the Solar Eclipse.

Then on Monday my mom drove up so that she could deliver some of my childhood things to me. What would I do without my Beanie Babies?!

While she was here she got to meet Brodee! Finally!

He warmed up to her quickly and we had a fun time playing!

Thanks mom and dad for such a great weekend!

Solar Eclipse

 On May 20, 2012, we witnessed an Annular Solar Eclipse! 

The cool thing about this eclipse was that being in Cedar City we were right in the way of the moons shadow and as a result we got to see the Ring of Fire!

[We used welders lens to protect our eyes] 

[Josh used my camera and put the welder lens over it so that we could take pictures]

[The Ring of Fire]

What an amazing experience! I have been waiting since I was a kid to see one of these!