Marysvale

Even cute covered in dirt!

Dad driving the "taxi" four-wheeler

A view from the top

An old mine shaft in the mountain

Mom & Dad on the trail

Nieces, Candice & Kylie a bit dirty

A little dirt never hurt anyone

My brother Nate & his beautiful family

Did I mention it was a dusty ride?

David loves to help Daddy drive

Our little family was able to join Keri's not-so-little family in Marysvale last Saturday to enjoy some great 4-wheel riding. It was a blast, besides the fact that we got a ticket for not having a helmet on David while riding on a dirt road. Grrr! The whole family went on a 4 hour ride, up the mountain & back down. It was beautiful!

My niece Kinzy ready for her ride

Craig & Ange showing their tough side

The boys ready for their rides

Grand Canyon

As part of our new healthy lifestyle, which is going great by the way, James & I decided to have an adventure last Saturday instead of just staying around the house. We drove the hour south to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. It was beautiful! The weather was perfect, only about 65 degrees and sunny. I strapped Steven in his snugglie on my chest and James strapped David into his backpack and away we went. We went on 2 short hikes and drove around to various viewpoints. What a beautiful scene! The only sad thing was to see all the damage recent fires have caused around the canyon. They have the fires contained, so they let you drive right by. However, we saw a handful of spots that were still burning. We could see the flames. Anyway, here are just a few pictures of our wonderful day in nature. :)

Lake Powell & Blessing Pictures

Our boys!

Our guests in the garage

My beautiful Mom and boys!

Baby Steven wore the same outfit James did 28 years ago

Aunt Ange & Steven

Mom & Steven

The West Family

Grandma & Grandpa Watts with the boys

Our family!!!

David driving the waverunner

My cliff jump

James' cliff jumping cannonball

Cliff jumping, waverunning & a blessing

Oh, what a weekend! This past weekend, Steven was blessed in our home ward here in Kanab. It was a beautiful blessing and we were so lucky to have so many friends and family there to be a part of it. Since it is such a long drive (and flight) for relatives to come visit, we tried to make it a really fun weekend. And it was! We journeyed out to Lake Powell, which is only about an hour away, on Friday night & camped. Even though everything didn't go according to plan, it was still a fun night. David woke up on Saturday morning at 6:10am, with a beautiful view of the lake from our tent... and he was ready to go! Once he started talking, everyone else slowly started waking up too. So, we spent the next 9 hours playing on the lake! We rented a boat, did some tubing, cliff jumping, rode our waverunner... it was awesome! Definitely enough things to do to keep all of us entertained!

We are both very grateful for all of our friends and family that were able to spend the weekend with us. We feel so loved. We had visitors from all over Utah, Idaho & Florida! Steven sure is a lucky kid to be so loved! Thanks again! We love you all!

My nephews, Logan, Kamdyn & Nashton

James' dad doing a little cliff jumping

My niece Kylie enjoying the boat ride

Captain James

David loved playing in the sand

More pictures still to come. Blogger is being a bit temper mental. Sorry. :)