We’ve had an amazing hiking weekend! In total, we all have hiked 12 miles in 2 days!! Brittany and Cole had such a great time this weekend…Cole says he loves hiking! He only got a little tired on the way back to the car but still he walked it all! We sure do love Utah…
Not far from Cedar City, about a 1 mile south of Kanarraville, Spring Creek exits the Hurricane Cliffs. Just before the south edge of this town, a dirt track leaves the main road to the east, curves south and follows beneath the cliffs to the canyon mouth, a point identifiable from a distance by a…
This past Saturday, we visited Snow Canyon State Park in Saint George. What a beautiful place! The weather was perfect…We’re so glad we went down now, because in June or July, it would have been too hot to do the hiking trails there. There are approximately 12 hiking trails there. We did approximately 7 of…
When you think of September 11th, most Americans everywhere will reflect on the tragic event of that day in 2001; however, few are aware of the horror of the First September 11th. Known as the Mountain Meadows Massacre, this horrific event happened September 11, 1857. On that tragic September day, 120 innocent men, women, and…
Yesterday, I went along with Cole’s Kindergarten class on a field trip to SUU (Southern Utah University) Farm. We were given a tour of the farm by Assistant Professor of Agriculture and Nutrition Science Lee Wood, the director of the equine studies program.  He also happens to be the husband of one of the Kindergarten…
March has been a busy month! I definitely did not like having Easter in March, only a week away from St. Patrick’s Day. It wouldn’t have been so bad if Saint Patrick’s Day was JUST St. Patrick’s Day…but this is also Brittany’s birthday.  So, two holidays in a week was a little hard to plan…
WoW! It’s been 3 months already since the last blog post…it’s amazing how fast time flies! We’ve added a couple new pictures of the ferret babies, who are growing rapidly since we first got them. Just click on the thumbnails below to go to the larger size picture. Our niece’s birthday is in February along…
We decided to go sledding a couple of days ago, and what a blast it was. Scott and Cole have never snow sledded before, so I was a little worried for Cole. Brittany loves to sled, and I used to sled all the time back in New Hampshire when I was growing up. Even as…