Family Time..

July 2010

Highlights from July 2010

Coco, 22 months old. Still not a lot of hair but sweet as can be.

Hot tub time with daddy

Fun Lake Powell trip with some great friends. Even though it was 110 the whole time we were there we were able to cool off and have a lot of fun. We found an awesome camping spot that gave us a little afternoon shade, a spot for badminton, swimming, and a beach... Perfect! We had fun on the stand ups exploring the canyons too.

Here are a couple pictures of releasing the first batch of turkeys into the wild!

A couple pictures of us at the Kamas rodeo on the 4th of July weekend.

We had a fun 4th of July this year. We woke up early and ran the 5k together as a family in the stoller division. We actually took 2nd place which was a bit of a surprise but awesome! Then we meet up with some of our favorite friends to enjoy Park City's parade on main street and then headed to the Hi-Ute to BBQ and chill. A little fire, good company and a great night.

Coco posing with her 2nd place medal from the 4th of July 5k!

June 2010

Here are some highlights from June 2010.

We had a wet spring but by the time the sun came out everything in Park City was so green and beautiful. Coco and I stopped at the ranch on the way home from the zoo one day to enjoy the late afternoon sunshine.

Coco at the ZOO.. she fit right in with the monkeys : )

Island Park with the Hirschi's

We did another fun stand up paddle down Warm Springs. We had 2 teenage moose come running full speed across a meadow and into the river right in front of us. They were both pretty agressive, splashing and snorting. We weren't sure if we were going to make it past them. Luckily they crossed over to the other side and let us by!

See the moose in the grass ahead of us?? He had just crossed the river... awesome!

Playing at the cabin on Henry's

Welcoming our new baby turkeys to the ranch. We got 200 wild turkeys this summer. We had to incubate them for several weeks and then gradually move them outside. It was really fun watching them grow and change. We released a few batches higher up but we think they may have become coyote and mountain lion gourmet dinner : (. Hopefully we will see a few this spring!

Easter in Zion

Coco, Angels Landing Zions

Trying to escape the never ending winter we headed down south to spend Easter weekend in Zion. Ben's sister Sara and family were spending the week camping just outside of Springdale and we couldn't pass up the chance at warm weather and the opportunity to hang with the Slatters. It wasn't a balmy 80 degrees or anything but it was LOTS better than the 2 feet of snow Park City was getting. We did a few hikes including Angels Landing with Coco in tow, she did great and just loves being part of the crew. The Desert Pearl, where we were staying put on a really cute Easter Egg hunt on the back of their property along the Virgin River, it was really a beautiful morning. Coco had fun at her first real Easter egg hunt and very generously opened all her eggs and dumped out the candy for the other kids to enjoy while she collected the empty plastic eggs. I wonder if that will change next year : )

Easter Egg hunt along the Virgin River
Coco, Clara and Camilla


Hiking angels landing with the Slatters