North Rim Campout 8-9-2012

 In August, we took a trip to Mesa for Nathan's work. On the way there we camped out at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. There was a beautiful double rainbow on the way.

 There are beautiful meadows along the road, and deer everywhere.

 We had breakfast at the Lodge, and Jonny drew a monster picture.

 We decided to hike the east rim. It was not a view of the Grand Canyon, but it was beautiful, and there were no people there.

Hidden Canyon with Matilde and Magda

We went on a hike to hidden canyon with our friends Magda and Matilde. They were here from Poland 

and France. They stayed at our house couch surfing.

 It was a very hot day, but still beautiful.

 While we were at the top we built a flower out of rocks. We also met a lady from Jordan and had a good visit.

 The kids loved playing in the sand.

It was a fun day. 8-2012

Jonny

I got these from April. What a little cutie he was!

Eclipse 2012

 Mardell, Brian and their families came up for the eclipse.

 We drove up to Kolob (along with 1,000 other people) to get a good view.

 It was cool to see. we used two pieces of cardboard to look at the eclipse. (Not as exciting as I had hoped). It was cool to see it go dark in the middle of the afternoon.

 We had a yummy lunch, sandwiches and chips.

It was a great time.

Dad's 64th birthday

We had a family dinner for dad on his birthday.

 We did the obstacle course that they did at cousins week.

 The grandkids did skits about stories from grandpa's life. It was so cute.

 Joey had burned his arm on a fire.

 Haha (sorry dad, I had to).

Happy birthday dad! We love you!