Saturday, September 30, 2017

Face Canyon Adventure


 We headed out last weekend to Face Canyon. Face Canyon is a twisty turny canyon with sheer walls on every side. It is beautiful. Josh had heard of an arch up there, so we set out to find it! 



 Almost there! 

 We made it!







 We took a little detour through this slot canyon where the lake could not reach. 

  One of the highlights was finding this miniature marvel. I've never seen an animal so small that looks like the exact version of it's bigger version! Not sure that makes sense, but basically, this frog was oozing cuteness...



It was a beautiful fall night. We love building fires, unfortunately, our beach was pretty barren in the dead wood department! 
 Beautiful night...
 In the morning, we went and chased some fish...

 The water was so flat and clear. The kids loved seeing the reflections of the rocks in the water. 
  
  

  I am not a great fisher-woman, at all. But if it involves being on a boat out on the water, I'm usually on board...(did not mean to make a dad joke...)
Oh how we love our extended summer...

Monday, September 4, 2017

Labor Day Fun in Colorado


 We made an impromptu trip to Colorado to visit GG and Yo Papa and Granny and Pops. Oh it felt so good to get out of the car and to smell and feel that mountain air. We woke up in the morning and the kids and Josh did some digging for worms. Fishing was on the agenda for that first day.

 We headed up to the Lake and everyone caught a fish! 






  Zach caught his first fish EVER!



 He did NOT want to touch the poor fish...
 He is now a fan of fishing, he wasn't before...

 




It got a little rainy!

 We love Punkin' aka, the walrus. 


 Then we headed to Granny and Pops' property and rode all the toys...





Of course there was some more fishing...
 We also got a chance to look at the progress on their new house. It is going to be so fun to get together at this mountain home some day. 


 A sunset that I couldn't quite capture. 
 We played dominoes and the boys actually did pretty ok!

 Papa loves to tease...
 More riding around...







Arrowhead hunting...
 While everyone else was hunting for arrowheads,  Whitney and I found this little caterpillar that was so stinkin' cute!








What a fun get away with family. Until next time...