Flaming Gorge and Silver Lake

We enjoyed a beautiful day at Silver Lake with Philip and Allison and Grandma last week!

California Nelsons

The most exciting part was when we saw a moose! He was just off of the trail, so we tried to move past him very quietly!

Daisy and Benjamin

We also took a daytrip to Flaming Gorge last weekend. I've never been to that part of Utah before, and it's beautiful! We took a tour of the dam, had a campfire, and played in the reservoir. Such a beautiful day!

Three years old, Catch, Smoke

Happy Birthday Girl

Tiny people playing catch

Lots of smoke in the air these days. Sam's always trying to photograph it for his lecture slides.

Temporary penguin

Some recent Malachi cuteness:

(As I was putting ponytails in Daisy's hair): "It's good to do that, Mommy, because if you didn't, someone might see Daisy and say to themselves, 'Huh, that girl doesn't look very pretty; she doesn't have any ponytails!'"

(On a day he was wearing red shorts and a red shirt): "Do you think someone might think I'm just a red person with no clothes on?"

(Talking about the dangers of open-toed sandals, and why they might be prohibited at school): "And also, when you wear open-face shoes . . . well, I know there aren't usually porcupines around, but what if there was one and it poked your toes?"

An emperor penguin= "a temporary penguin"

"I'm going to write this down in minerals" (when he was writing something out with numerals)

More of what we've been up to . . .

4-H with cousins

Picnics

Baker's Hats

Movie in the park

Pioneer Day

Pioneer Day rainbow!

Ky and Daisy waltzing in the driveway

Visiting Daddy's work