Our Quest to do it ALL

Monday, July 14, 2008

Our Quest to do it ALL

Kangaroo Zoo with Rachel, Tanner and Benjamin

Hiking with Mom, Bobbie & Ashton

Huge columbine!

Barbeque with the Staffords (such a cute family!)

Lunch with Carina and Amy (and Jenna the next day!) with their babies

Looks like Noah is distracting his peers.
Madeleine, Joshua and Noah were all born within a month of each other.

The Moab Day Trip Experience. Complete with: silly Isaac,

the hottest time of day,

Balanced Rock,

and a hike to Delicate Arch.

In my 13 years of living in Utah, I had never been here!

We learned a lot, including this equation:

1.5 mile hike up + 1 baby backpack + 1 little dude + oven-like heat + sand in your shoes + 1.5 mile hike back= what feels like a 10 mile hike

We might have been the only Americans there; we're not sure.

Petroglyphs were on our "must see" list

Isaac is saying "boo!" from behind the sign.

After the hike, we bagged our plans to run and skipped to swimming in the Colorado River.

An excellent place for an echo

What a beautiful place this whole area is!

We even got to watch Peter Breinholt after dinner! He was right there putting on a concert for Raft for the Cure. This made my night.

Up to Kamas, Utah the very next day. Sitting under those trees with everyone, I had to wonder: when will we be up this way again?

The Jackson Sibling Hug

The sandbox and Tanner were, of course, Isaac's favorite parts.

Gorgeous Kamas sunset

6 comments:

A new Flight Attendant, said...: You're such a fun mom! I love the idea of going on a hike... but just the idea of it, lol. I'm going to blame it on my pregnancy. (yep, I'll milk that excuse as long as I can, lol) Looks like you guys are having so much fun. Your boys will have the best memories!; July 15, 2008 at 1:41 PM
Writing Group Blog said...: You really are doing it all! Good for you guys. Looks like fun.; July 15, 2008 at 3:39 PM
Laura said...: I thought your blog would be a safe one for me to look at and not miss Grand Junction....I was wrong-we totally would have met you in Moab if we still lived in CO-don't tell Jared but we think Colorado is a lot cooler than CA! It looks like you guys are having a great summer-and I have heard rumors that you guys are heading down this way-is this true or did my mom make me excited for nothing?; July 15, 2008 at 9:49 PM
Trace Gibson said...: Wow, what a busy bunch you are! So awesome how you're taking advantage of lots of Utah perks before you move. I like your hat...looks like something Bret Michaels would wear over a bandana. We miss you guys!; July 16, 2008 at 5:08 PM
Laurel said...: That looks like so much fun! We wanted to visit those parks before we left, but we never made it. :( W'ell just have to make another trip down there!; July 16, 2008 at 5:32 PM
Erin said...: Jared,

Laurel looks pretty hot in that hat at arches, doesn't she? Beautiful scenery.; July 20, 2008 at 8:21 PM

What SHE's said

"I love Daddy. And I love Mommy. And I like shoes."
(Binky dropped) "Mom. Get it." ("You have legs. You can do it. You're a big girl.") "No, Ellie's a PRINCESS."
"Mommies like pumpkin pie."
"My name is George EleaNOR Batman."
"I burped. I burped a princess burp in the pink princess spaghetti."
"You don't have any hair!" ("Aaah! Where is it?!") "I flushed it down the toilet!"
"I don't like tickles!" ("What do you like?") "Cereal."
"Not JA-Pan; Peter Pan!"
"Every day we sleep!! IN THE WORLD!"
"I wish I had wings so I could fly with you." ("Wings like a bird?") "No, wings like Tinkerbell."
"I don't love salad."
"Ack! If you say that again to me, it's a BAD CHOICE."
"He's OLD. We have to get a new daddy now."
"Mom! Look! A Crut-knacker!"
"I hate songs. I hate 'glory to God' songs. I only like 'twinkle star' songs."
"I need to dance like a girl"

deep thoughts by noah-since 2011

"I have super-vision-seeing eyes!"
"Mom, put batteries in my car. Then you can use GOODERIES...for Cheerios!"
"I'm going to toot on you. And toots are made of fire."
"My arms can stretch really long to Alaska, Mom."
"I'd be laughing my head off! Laughing my HAIR off! Then I'll be like Daddy!"
"That's a funny sound! Thanks for doing that!"
"I'm never gonna whine like that [like Isaac]. I'm gonna whine a different way."
"I use the 'yeah' word because 'yes' is a little bit ugly."
("I'm gonna clean the kitchen for 10 minutes") "Shh. Mom's gonna eat cake!"
"Hey diddle! I'm gonna JUMP on Diddle Diddle...."
"Robin Hood doesn't hug boys--only girls."
"My king says your king likes to lie."
"I feel good when I use a sharp knife."
("Heck, no!" "Heck, yes!") "Hecknology."
("Boys and girls, this is Elder Bednar") "Ha. That's the kind of smile you have when you're about to kill someone."
"When I grow up, I'll call myself DOO DOO HEAD because I hate dads!"
"When I was a boy, I used to be sneaky."
"How did you do that?" ("Daddy Powers.") "Nobody has any powers. Only scripture powers!"
("'Free is the best place to be.'") "The potty is the best place to pee...?"
"I'm sitting on the end so that THAT Ridiculous Head doesn't [accidentally] punch me in the face again."
"Why do you have to treat me like Oliver Twist??"
("How sure are you?") "Ten times a million more than a giant."
"Mommy, do you know why poop is sticky? Because it's made part of tape and part of glue. And part of stickery!"
("Goodnight. You smell like gum...?") "That's because I HAVE gum." ("Where??") "There's still gum in my boot-y footies!"
"All teeny tiny things are squishy...except for metal...and other things...."
"My pinky toe is the longest toe on me. Just take a look at pinkytoe.com"

Isaacisms 2011-present

"I dreamed I was falling off planets in space and getting caught in cloud windows."
"I'm sad because Ellie bumped her head AND the missionaries are gone. I saw the garage door close and I waved to their kind souls."
"When I grow up and blow a big enough boogar, I might have to wear a Kleenex all the time."
"Ridiculous. They made me wear a pink lifejacket!"
"Teachers at school need more respect than mothers."
"How's this joke? Your kneecap is the capital of your knee!"
"I just zipped my courage up like a zipper and decided to eat it."
("How come you're so smart?") "Because there's a school inside my body. That's even a smart way to say it."
"Noah, I'm so glad I get to spend all these days with you." ("Me, too.")
("Are you a hot pepper?") "No, I'm good and cheesy and ice cream-like."
"Sinks are everything to me. If they don't have a sink...too bad, so sad, your dad."
"That was the best I've ever slept. Good! Great! Good!"
"Daddy, what part of that is true?" ("I don't know.") "Then why did it come out of your FACE?!"
"Grandpa, you have yellow crusty toenails."
("I've been alive over 10,000 days! What did I do?") "I hope you haven't done ridiculous things!"
"You're the commander and I'm the king." ("I command you, king.") "You can't command the king!"
"...Please help any temptation that comes my way to be overthrown by my courage--SHOT!..."
"...And please bless Daddy to not look to see if kids are not being reverent, because they're always reverent, and it's not likely that they're ever going to not be reverent..."
"You guys are lucky to be parents of superheroes. We can give you lots of good advice."
"I hate you, stupid underwear that won't stay down!"
("Noah, did you know there are some grown-ups who are smaller than you?") "Yep, they're called hobbits."
"Noah, cheer up. This is a very very sunny place. Monsters live in dark swamps."
(sigh) "Most movies don't make my legs fall asleep, but these ones do."
"I live here, so I pretty much knew that."
("I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream.") "I don't think we're gonna get dessert if that happens."