The Journey is the Destination

We went to Escalante for our first campout of the summer. Greg loves southern Utah with all the red rock and has made me love it too! We hiked a couple of slot canyons, Spooky & Peek-a-boo. The kids loved hiking through the narrow canyons and had no problems navigating them. I on the other hand had a few tight spots!!! Greg had to take off his backpack most of the time to make it through and I was brushing one wall with my back and the other with my front :o It was definitely worth the hike. The way the light shines down the red rock walls is so beautiful! I can't wait to do more camping and hiking this summer. Greg is on a mission to "toughen" up our kids! Last year we didn't have a chance to do much hiking and the one that we did go on....they asked if we were done...and we could still see the car!!! He then dubbed them "wusses" and vowed that we would toughen them up this year. Our new family motto for the summer is "The Journey is the Destination"

More fun pictures from my trip :)

Girl Trip!!!!

I am back from the dead!!! I can't promise that I'll keep this up, but I'm definitely going to try! My awesome brother-in-law flew me and my sister-in-law Stephanie to Georgia to hang out with April. We had such a good time hanging out with her family and friends. One of the highlights of our trip was going to Savannah with just the girls! We shopped on the riverwalk and took pictures of all the beautiful historic buildings. April and I are both into photography and that town is definitely a photographer's dream! We both had out our "big" lenses one day and had a woman ask us if we were students. Savannah is a big art school town-so we thought we were pretty awesome!! Not bad for a couple of moms! We went to the beach which is actually quite relaxing when you don't have to worry about who was sunscreen on and how close to/or how far out in the water everyone is! Someone should have been watching Stephanie though---poor thing got fried! Sorry Steph! Our big finale was going to a "rock-a-billy" concert with all the girls. We went to see the Psycho DeVilles. They are awesome!! Their music is a combination of Johnny Cash, fifties big band, with a rock-n-roll twist. We all dressed up in fifties attire and rocked the night away! Couldn't have asked for a better trip! Love you Dan.....You're the best!

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Goblin Valley

The first of May we went on a big "Holley Family" campout. We went down to Goblin Valley with Greg's extended family for a reunion of sorts. That side of the family is so huge now that they only get together twice a year, once in the summer & then at Christmas. We roughed it, hiked, and explored an abandoned mine. One love of the Holley side is Southern Utah, and since I've been married it's found a special place in my heart too. As you can see we had a blast, but it's always nice to come home and get CLEAN!!!