Monday, July 26, 2010

Mini vacation to Pine Valley

Thanks a ton for all the sweet comments on the last post:) Gotta catch up and post this!

We had a nice one day vacation to St George, visiting some friends from Texas. We met up, and traveled a little further to Pine Valley. Gorgeous. It was such a nice luxury to leave the city, and enter the woods. We ate some burgers, and then let the kids play in this creek, out in a pasture. It was paradise, so quiet and peaceful.

Here’s the pasture, with the happy fisherman out in his own world:)

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Ethan, the adventurer!

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To me, this is what summer should be; letting the kids explore nature barefoot, packing a picnic, and loving every minute of it. I enjoyed letting Ethan roam free to his heart’s content.

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The manly men. Kevin loved hanging out in that carrier with Shaun!

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I have to get more pictures like these, the kids are growing too dang fast!

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Playing around with graduated filters, making the sky spiffy, etc.

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The Lewis and Clark expedition:)

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Sadly, we had to head back to civilization, but one more glorious stop…

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I love this picture, because the kids have such great smiles!

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It was time to pack up and head back home. The boys did so much better on this trip than the CA trip awhile back! (8 hour drive versus 2 hours, yea, a little easier:) We had the DVD players going, and watched “Aladdin” no less than twenty times. It helped. So, that’s our little mini vacation for the summer. I love the country!

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