Desert Fun

On Sunday was Stake Conference. This means 2 hours of unsuccessfully containing our children in a small church pew. Therefore, we opted out....rather than ruin the spiritual enlightenment of the others in attendance. I just believe it's near impossible to make a 3 and 1 yr old sit and be quiet for that long. And it sure as heck doesn't put the adults in the best spiritual moods. So we had a family day instead.

Jer broke out the huge water slide and we had the Mortensens over for a bbq lunch. The kids were thoroughly entertained...which means the adults were too! :-) I was too busy chatting, cooking and eating to take any pics.

Later after naps, we all went up to Table Mesa Road (who knew it's like 10 mins from us). There's a canyon and river that run through there. The water eventually dries up. But there was enough to still play and have a good time. And we didn't even bring any motorized toys. Just foot power baby. First we ran into this as we pulled in.

Seriously. It's officially the Rattlesnake weekend.

Tyler said this was all sand and no rocks earlier this year. The huge rain storms we had caused flash floods which carried in all the rocks! Crazy!

(ok ya so he's cliff jumping...into 6 inches of water!)

And even Maxx the Wondermutt got to come along!

They have a puppy which needs lots of exercise.
We have a Great Great Great Grandpa Dog that doesn't need any exercise.
Together, they never stopped running.
Now Maxx can no longer walk.

I thought he would die and go to heaven after such a fun outing.
But not Maxx the (18 yr old) Wondermutt.
He'll never die.