Playtime Photo OP!

Since it was such as nice day outside today we went out to play and had a quick little photo shoot. lol Jager loves to be outside but he wasnt too sure about the grass.

Hope you enjoy the pics. I thought they were soooo cute!

..*OUR TRIP TO THE ZOO*..

We decided that it was time to take a trip to the Zoo. We tried getting a group of a lot of our friends together, but between having to work and broken arms.....things just didnt work out as originally planned. However, we still went and ended up just being us and our friends, The Barneys. We had a great time and the kids LOVED every minute of it!!

Jager was just loving the fact that he got to hang out with Kate and Mason all day, but when he realized all of the animals were there, he was so excited!

Cool shades!!!

This was a big marble globe that had water running over it and it would spin.
We rented a double stroller for the day and the boys liked the fact that they could sit by each other the whole time.

Sitting with dad on the train ride.
Friends!

(notice even baby Branson was smiling)


So I wasnt the best at taking pictures of the animals. Some were sleeping and others just were not too active but I got a few pictures.....

This was the Tiger cage. The tiger was sleeping but they had this pool for him to play in and it was as deep and Jager is tall!!

This was the black bear and he was very tired!!

Jager was very careful to make sure to let us all know to "SHH!"

lol
I honestly think that the carousel was the highlight of the trip! Jager laughed and giggled every second of the whole ride!!

Big smiles and a wave for the camera!

But it was all tears when the ride was over and it was time to go home....

:(

We had a great time and were sad for those of you that couldnt come!!

We'll have to go again.....

I know Jager wouldn't mind at all!

HAPPY EASTERING!

Well we spent our Easter Weekend with the Coleman Family. We decided to take a trip to see Hole-in-the-Rock at Lake Powell and it was quite the trip. Here's a run-down of it for you all. I'm posting it all backward so you can read it in the right order.

We got to Teasdale Friday afternoon right as Whitney was out riding her horse. We stuck Jager up there with her and he loved it!

He wasn't even scared to be up there by himself!!
He especailly liked riding the John Deere. lol even though he still hasnt quite figrued out how to make it go.

Steph came over and helped Whitney and I fill Easter Eggs for the big Egg Hunt we had planned for the following day. We had so much candy and by the time it was gone, both baskets were full eggs!
Chasin and Braegan got there just in time to get some dinner and head off to bed!
But not before getting in some quality play time with Grandpa.

This was so not planned I promise, but Jager and Braegan ended up having the same P.J.s that night!
So we all headed off to bed to get some rest for the big day! We woke up to Snow in Teasdale and wondered what we had gotten ourselves into. However, after a quick peek in the easter baskets to see what the Easter Bunny had brought to the kids, and Whitney, we were on our way.

EASTER EGG HUNT

we had our easter egg hunt on the way to Hole in the Rock at a place called Devils Garden. It was a fun little area with lots of places to hide eggs and the kids had a blast!!A pic of all the egg hunters!

Jager had a lot of fun climbing all over the rocks and finding the eggs and he had even more fun opening them all to see what kind of candy he got!

I stole this pic off Whitney's facebook!

A quick family photo op!

HOLE-IN-THE-ROCK

So our final destination for the trip was to Hole-in-the-Rock at Lake Powell. Before we took the trip, I honestly had no idea where we were headed to so once Jaron told me that we would end up at the Lake I was super excited. However, once we got there, it made me have "summer fever" so bad it was rediculous! I cant wait till it warms up enough to go boating!!

For those of you who are not familiar with this historical site, it is a place where the pioneers had to pass through on their journey to move to the lower Utah/upper Arizona area and settle new places. I was just amazed that they made it across the desert to begin with but once we got to the actual area and I saw what they had to go through....I gained a lot more respect for them.

Keep in mind that the actual Lake Powell was not there at the time and it was still just a river so they had to take their wagons down this "canyon". Not just handcarts....wagons! (if you enlarge the upper pic you can get whole story) But they ended up lowering the wagons down the side walls of the canyon by rope and blastin certain areas with dynamite to be able to get all the way down. Amazing!

This was some of the road we went over to get there....the entire way was horrible but well worth the drive. toward the end like this pic it was just like driving in Moab over the slick rock. Kind of scary!!

Getting a bit closer to our destination. Notice the "V" in the mountain. That's it.

Getting closer...

And we are here.....

Nice pic of Colton.

Jaron, Jager and I on the top of the "canyon".

awwe...

Wow....the view was incredible!

lol....my boys!!
More nice pictures of the view.....

this is what gave me "summer fever".

These next few pics are for those brave souls that went down into the canyon. I was not about to take Jager down there and Jaron had hurt his back and didnt want to go down there.

Keep in mind the pioneers taking their wagons down this.

Jager looking down at everyone.

Nice pic of Heather and Whitney.

(Even though your eyes are closed Whit lol)

Jaron wanted this pic because it has something to do with his work stuff.
The little people in the top left....thats us. it was an Incredible view of the lake from up there!
Colton just taking in the view!
My awesome in-laws!

We had such a great time and are glad that we went. However, i dont know what we will go back just becasue the roads were so awful. Maybe from the lake side though.

Thanks for inviting us and thanks for the great idea to go Carla!!