Halloween

Bethany designed this clever gum ball machine costume. She went trick-or-treating with friends.  Ryan was their "bodyguard".

Camille painted this cute pumpkin.

 Ringo is just sweet.  I love having a shadow.

Camping in Moab

For fall break this year we camped north of Moab near Mill Creek Canyon.  We were worried about the crowds but since we stayed out of the national parks we actually saw very few people while we hiked.  It was so wonderful to get away from it all!  We saw lots of beautiful things.  The whole area is really worthy of being a national park although selfishly, I'm glad it isn't.

We enjoyed spotting cottontails but I was considerably less enthusiastic about this baby rattlesnake...

Bethany sporting her new fancy yoga pants.  She forgot to pack pants so we found these for her at an outdoor store.  Moab doesn't have any non-tourist clothing stores, so we were glad that we were able to find something for her to wear.  They are a women's size small.  Thank goodness for spandex!

Dinosaur tracks!

We found lots of neat rocks.  Some of them looked a lot like petrified wood.

These petroglyphs were not too far from our campsite.

Camping wouldn't be complete for our kids without a fire. We enjoyed roasting marshmallows and looking at the stars.  And burning stuff.   Lots of stuff.