Spring Break 2015

This spring break we trekked down to Utah and hung out with my parents.  

The main reason we headed down to Utah was my wanting the boys to have the experience of going to a priesthood session of conference when they both have the priesthood.  They haven't said much about the experience but I hope they were able to gain a stronger testimony of the priesthood and the good it can do.  

While we were in Utah we were able to go visit Moab and hike around Arches National Park.  

The first afternoon we were able to hike up to Delicate Arch. 

It was a fun easy hike but very windy.  

The second day we hiked to devils garden.  Along the way we were able to see many arches---I think around six.  It was amazing to see all the different formations.  

 Landscape Arch was my favorite but Pine Arch is not far behind.  I also loved seeing the landscape for miles and miles all around us.

 They may fight all day long and annoy each other to the verge of wanting to kill each other but really deep down inside they love each other. 

 Moab was Thomas' playground.  

He probably hiked twice as much as any of us by running up and down rocks, jumping off rocks and just climbing everywhere.  I do not think he was on the ground much.

 Some of the fins we hiked on where pretty scary if you thought about it to much.  

But boy was it beautiful and sunny!!!!

Chris loved taking pictures with his new camera.  

 The boys saw people sand sliding so they thought they would try it out.  

They had a blast running up and down the mountain sliding and jumping!

 The third day we were there we to Canyonlands National Park.  

It was pretty but really windy and cold.

The last couple of days were spent hanging and shopping!!!

Lizzy was able to make a dress for West.

 Henry was able to tour Utah State campus.  

He has decided he would like to go there and major in Mechanical Engineering.

And Thomas went through Grandma's books and took home 28 books that he found interesting.  I think Thomas has finished 3 so far. 

We were also able to go tour Grandpa's new shop.  

Boy---Thomas was drooling.  Both boys could spent months there!  

The boys were able to play around with the lathe, welding and the laser printer.

The kids were sad to have to go home with their grumpy, mean parents. 

Wrestling

As many of you know, Thomas decided to join the wrestling team at Stevens.  Since he had never wrestled before, I considered him very brave.  Thomas had a wonderful season.  I was able to see the improvement he was making each week.  In the regular season in won 2/5 matches or was it 3/5 matches (cannot remember).  But when he went to the league meet he was able to win 2/3 matches and got 2nd place in his group.