Family Vacation

Taking time to reflect
 

More hiking in the desert

Paleography

We were searching for Dino tracks- hoping to not fail Axel and we ran in to ancient paleography. Can't totally see them in this picture but Axel thought it was really cool to see what "the ancient people" drew.

Dino tracks!!!!

Finally after searching we found real dinoarus tracks! Axel was so excited. He hiked closer to them and even got to touch it. He informed us that they were indeed from a Theropod- which mean a 3 toed dinoarus. He couldn't believe that once a long time a ago a dino stood right where he did. Very cool!

These are from a Theropod Dad!

Staying hydrated

Abel such a good helper and loves to any thing a "big boy" can do. We all drank a LOT of water while in Moab. It was very warm every day.

Love these two :)

Lizards

 Axel loved searching for lizards also. He wanted to bring one home so bad. This little guy was sun bathing a warm rock.

Until Next time

Abel drinking from the camel pack

Flowering catcus

4WD roads

 Brian was in heaven with all the 4WD roads in the Moab area. Next time we will do more 4WD adventures. Maybe even get a side-by-side or some thing fun to play around in. We went down this road for a while and had to turn around because the road was closed. I was super steep and gravely- I got a little nauseous on the way back. Abel slept the whole way with his head bobbing around.

Druming at Tommy's

Family vacations are great. On the way home Axel asked if we could this every weekend! It's always nice to slow down and get to spend time together. The boys did very well in the car- a normal amount of barf involved- but overall a really good road trip. The hotel pool was a hit, we actually found dino tracks, lizards and rocks to climb on. We got to feel what the desert feels like in the summer-next time I'll do a different season- and we finally had sno cones. (this was a highlight of the trip for Axel) I hope to continue to explore more of the world with my family.
We ended our Moab trip with a visit to some family in Colorado. We stayed at Brian's cousins Tommy and Adrienne's house. Thanks again guys for letting us crash at your place. Axel was in pure joy with Tommy's drum set. He has been asking for drums ever since! It was so wonderful catching up with family that we haven't seen in way to long. (Joey, Tom and Linda, Tommy and Adrienne and Kelly) Can't wait for our next visit!