Grand Canyon Visit

Tax season ended... and we hit the road... 5pm on Tax Day. The boys were on spring break and so we headed to AZ for a visit. Of course traveling with these three boys was exhausting and a great time at the same time. Our first stop, after an overnight in Kanab, was the Grand Canyon.

It was huge and amazing, and we didn't even come close to loosing a child over the edge. So basically I felt like it was a successful stop. Wyatt was in heaven climbing rocks and trees, and walking on stone curbs along the paths.

 Finn was super happy as long as he got to walk and do whatever came to his mind. Unfortunately, that wasn't possible all the time, so he had some rough moments that included him screaming his head off in the hiking backpack and trying to rip out my hair at the same time. He drew a lot of attention to himself both with his cute smile and hiking excitement, as well as with his very loud yells of unhappiness.

 Caleb is the only one in our family who had been to the Grand Canyon before, and he was still sporting his super long hair.

 I love traveling the country with this crew, even though they can drive a person a little crazy now and then. They sure are cute, and usually both happy and funny.

 Little man at the Grand Canyon.

 So, I had been to the Grand Canyon once in my life, but I was too little to even remember, so I considered this my first time. It was gorgeous.

 These two are at the best age for exploring new places. They stayed safe and still got to climb around and have a great time.

 There was more than a slight obsession with these fat squirrels that seem to own the Grand Canyon.

 I love how much these boys love their dad. After they had been deprived of the his company for several months, Wyatt let me know that Dad was his favorite and that he did not want to be with him.

 Some day we hope to take all of the boys back to really experience the Grand Canyon, but for now we were happy to spend a few hour and enjoy the view.

Karate Lessons- Callor Dojo

A couple of month ago, Gavin and Henry got the idea in their heads that they wanted to learn karate. After looking up some martial arts gyms, I was thinking that was not an option at the moment. Then Henry remembered that one of our friend's teaches karate to his kids in his garage, so we asked them if we could join their Dojo. Luckily, they were as excited about it as my boys are, and they started taking lessons.

Both Gavin and Henry have really enjoyed it so far. Henry gets to do it with one of his best friends, so sometimes that makes him a little silly.

 Gavin does seem to take it a little more seriously that Henry.

Weirdo Wyatt

Wyatt is certainly the super crazy 3 year old these days. His favorite things to do lately are talk non-stop and play the Wii, or ask to play the Wii any chance he can get. The other day I overhead him talking to Henry in the basement.

W- Not many people know how to play the Wii as good as me.

H- Actually, a lot of people know how to play better than you.

W- No, I don't think so. You know who doesn't know how to play the Wii? Jesus.

H- Jesus might know how, it is hard to know if that is true.

W- I don't think Jesus knows how to play, but if he comes to Earth, I will teach him to play Wii with me.

H- um...

W- Yep, I would. Jesus should come to Earth so I can teach him to play weird.

H- You are so weird, Wyatt.