Arches

We roamed down to Arches National Park and had a great time dragging Eryn around in the snow against her will, showing Brooke things to "Ooooh and Ahhhhh" at, and letting Sam explore the beauty of Utah and the experience some of the true pains (Oh, I mean joys) of parenting!

She was so ready to go! Brooke even put my shoe on the correct foot!

If you imagined Eryn behind the wheel and ran for cover consider the fact that it's actually her puppy who's driving. She's just holding him up so he can see how fast he's going!

Here Uncle Sam be the Nanny! He was glad to haul around a few extra pounds in a cute little blue pouch.

"Mommy take my picture!" Ok. She stopped and sat down on about half of the rocks along the trails. It got really old really fast!

Construction was always near us.

Mike found a way to enjoy surfing and hiking at the same time!

One of my favorite pictures of the trip!

Sam had to spend a lot of time being Eryn's personal Drill Sargent and encouraging her to keep going.

Landscape Arch. This is the longest arch in the world. A large chunk of it fell off in the 90's and it's only a matter of time until the rest of it falls!

Our little family. Brooke fits into the baby carrier much better now than she did a few months ago when we first came down to Arches.

Sam-I-Am you are such a HAM! Where are my Green Eggs?

We started out normal...

Then it turned into our standard fist fight of family fun!

The death grip.

Mike missed the head butt in the midst to taking a ton of pictures to capture our little scuffle. Hence, the look on my face. Sam's head is way harder than mine!

Sam gave in and carried his little solider for awhile to try to keep her from screaming and whining.

It backfired. Once she was carried that was all she wanted and this was the result when she was put down again.

Sam sees the Delicate Arch!

The girls and I were taking a nap and then hiked a little ways up the trail to meet the guys on their way back. There was no way that the little ones were going to make it up the Delicate Arch trail in the snow.

The underside of the arch. Mike's got a great artistic side!

Sam discovered the "Sam Arch." This is the world's smallest arch. He even took the time to carve his name on it.

We really are blessed to have such a beautiful state and National Park just a ways down the road. Granted, it's a long ways down the road, but it's still our state and it's amazing and different each and every time we go down there!