Monday, May 18, 2009

Moab...A Family Tradition

Oh how we love this place! The camping, the red rock, the red sand, the arches, the biking, and the exploring! We take any chance we can go, although this year we weren't really planning on going because we had some other trips planned, but then we got an invite to go and of course we were all over it!! Thank you Irelands and Davis' for making it such a fun trip! We really enjoyed your company and the food was oh so good!!

This is one of my favorite hikes, I love seeing the delicate arch, although I have way too many nerves walking the last part of it next to a huge cliff with three little boys, but every year we survive and it's worth it! The hike is 3 miles total and this year Corbin did awesome at hiking the whole way. It's fun to notice how big the kids have gotten each year we hike this.
Brynlee and Taylor enjoying bananas...thanks Shannon.This was the main reason for going...slickrock! For those of you who have not heard of it, it is pretty intense riding that takes a lot of technical skill, which Justin is VERY good at! He had a blast!!We hung out at this park while they were riding, it was very relaxing for us. Here is Justin riding back from the trail.
We also went to this huge sand hill while they were riding. Corbin and Jacob are the two dots heading up the hill.

There they are almost to the top. Corbin stopped at the rock and thinking he was to the top, he turned around and ran!!! I tried going up the hill and only made it a 1/4 of they way.
Shannon's sister brought their dog, Maddie. For some reason Corbin has always been scared of dogs, but he eventually did pet Maddie. Taylor is a little nervous around dogs, but he is more willing to get closer and pet them. Well, we found out this past weekend that Levi is terrified! It started with Levi just sitting on the grass and Maddie came right up to him to try and lick Levi and Levi just screamed with terror. Ever since then he would just look at the dog from several feet away and just scream. It was sad and funny at the same time.
One thing Levi did love was the chicken!! After we had eaten, I was holding Levi and clearing some things off the table, I looked down and this is what I saw! I didn't even see him grab at it...I guess we have another meat lover in the family!
Corbin was so happy that the Irelands and Davis' brought the marshmallows because we forgot them!
This pretty much sums up our trip...dirt all over and totally happy!!