Random April

 One day it was hot enough to play in the water.  After a water fight the kids used chalk and water to make paste and then painted handprints on the wall like hieroglyphics.  They were very messy, but it was really cute, and I can almost guarantee this big and messy of an idea could only come from one boy.

 We tried to take family pictures, but it was too windy.

 Mostly Spencer is closing his eyes and James is making faces, but this one turned out okay.

 One Sunday it rained and Carrie was so fascinated she had to sit on the porch and watch.  She reminds me of Spencer she is so curious.

 I had to take a picture of this because she does this all the time.  You kind kind of see my attempt at piggy tails, she needs some more hair.  The Navajo tradition says that when kids do this they are looking for their next sibling.  She must know somethings we don't.

 Carrie loves her blanket.  I try to keep in in her crib, but if she fins it she wears it draped around her neck like a scarf.

Natural Bridges

We had no school on Friday, so we had an extra weekend day and we got to go to Natural Bridges. It is actually really close to here, but we had never been before. It was really pretty and definitely worth the trip.

First we hiked to a ruin overlook.  We thought this sign was funny, and Spencer was very cautious of where we were standing when the clouds got darker.  It was kind of a cloudy rainy day, but it was nice and cool.

This bridges are formed in winding rivers because the water cuts through part of the rock to go a shorted distance.  It's hard to explain, but it was very interesting.

These are the ruins we saw.  They are unique because they have both round and square kivas.  Round kivas are usually found in Colorado and square ones are found in Arizona.

I don't know what he is pointing at, but he is cute.

The second hike was to that bridge behind us, kind of by the trees.

The second hike was the longest and hardest.  It was .75 miles straight down on switchbacks and stairs, and then straight up again.  the boys were real troopers and Devon carried sleeping Carrie, so it wasn't too bad.  On the way up Spencer kept talking about his salami sandwich, apparently it was his motivation

It was a long climb, but it was amazing at the bottom. 

The last hike was really easy and short.  The boys said they liked this bridge the best, but I felt like I had to like the second one best because it was a much harder hike.

Carrie liked this one though because she could get down and explore

You can't keep kids out of puddles, so I really don't try.

It was so nice  to spend the day as a family and see this beautiful place.  We bought a wildflower book and identified tons of flowers that were out there, and now we know what the flowers around here are called too.  This world is pretty amazing.  We are blessed to live by so many beautiful things!

Easter

 We had our traditional housing egg hunt the Monday before Easter.  Of course everyone had a great time.

 Carrie tried to eat a Robin's Egg, it was very messy.

 This year we colored eggs 3 times.  Spencer really wanted to do it early, so I told him he could if he bought his own dye.  We got to try lots of different things since we did it 3 times.

 Our Easter bunny comes on Saturday morning.  The kids got ZhuZhu pets.  Carrie loves chasing hers around, too bad I don't have a picture.