Snow Canyon and Rock Climbing

We spent a day at the Snow Canyon sand dunes and rock climbing. The sand was so warm in our toes and the sun so nice on our skin, I could have stayed there all day! The only downfall - we had red sand everywhere! Shoes, hair, underwear, car (I am still cleaning it out of the car)! The kids loved it and couldn't get enough of it.

Digging to China!!! Here is our picnic lunch - we were starving after all that digging!

Rock climbing was the next adventure. Caleb and Mya would climb as high as they could, but get nervous when it was time to come down. Stockton thought he was just as big and the other two and climbed everywhere - he was hard to keep up with! These are the memories I have growing up and going to St. George for vacation - climbing on the rocks and playing in the sand!

At the end of the day, we'd worn dad out!!!! What a great trip!!!!

Spring Break - St. George or BUST!!!

For Spring Break this year, we went to St. George. We stayed in my Aunt Nan's house - Thanks!!! The kids had a ball, but it was the looonngggeest ride ever in the whole wide world!! I think Mya started with "When are we going to be there?" as soon as we backed out of the driveway! There is just something about pulling into St. George - the red rock, the warm air - I don't know how to explain it, it's just different and always has been for me.

Here are the kids swimming. This was the activity they couldn't wait for. They had their swimsuits on and towels ready before we had even gotten out of the car! What fun!

Caleb catching some rays - soaking up the sun!!!

Happy Easter!!

Easter - the first holiday of Spring. I always feel that spring is here once the Easter bunny has come and the annual Easter egg hunt and cook out is over. Since Grandpa Darley has died, mom has taken over the Easter egg hunt and weinee roast. What a great tradition. I have great memories of this growing up and now my kids are creating these same memories. The kids wait with anticipation as Grandpa Leishman loads the gun and gets ready to start the hunt. Once the gun goes off, it is mayhem!!!

Stockton finally figured out what was going on and started filling his basket rather than eat while he hunted. The older kids were really good about making sure all the little ones had treats in their baskets.

Charly and Stockton enjoying their bounty!

Nothing says Easter like baby goats! Carrie has added two new babies, raising her tally to 6 goats in all!!! So cute!!!

My Climber - Stockton

I have been telling stories of Stockton - my climber - and my mom told me I needed to write these down. So here they are for all to read. Caleb and Mya never climbed like Stockton does. He climbs on everything. He even pushes his little Lightening McQueen car around so he has a portable climbing stool. I will find him up in the bathroom sinks, looking out the window and turning lights on and off by standing on his 'portable stool'.
While I was in the shower the other day, Mya came in and asked, "Stockton was running with scissors and fell, is he going to die?" I asked if he was bleeding, no was the answer, so I told her he was not going to die. I then asked her what scissors he was running with. She told me they were my 'Super Shears' from my knife block. The little stinker had climbed up my drawers, walked around the cupboards, over the sink, over the stove and to the knife block. Retrieved the scissors, walked back around and climbed down then proceeded to sprint. I about died!!!
We colored the obligatory eggs for easter. Mya and I were downstairs getting hair done, etc. When we came upstairs, there was Stockton. He had climbed up the stool and was standing on top of the bar and throwing the colored easter eggs all over the kitchen. Each egg is now cracked without even having to roll them down a hill.
He is also an escape artist. I was hanging clothes up downstairs and could feel a cold draft as I came up the stairs. The door to the garage was open and Stockton was gone! I had my few seconds of panic, but found him in the garage playing basketball.
I just can't quite keep up with him! I feel like I am three steps behind him all day long! I have purchased some door safety locks so he can't escape, but I haven't quite found a solution for the climbing. The knives have been moved to the tallest cupboard possible. Wish me luck! I still have a month until the terrible twos!