Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas!

We had a great Christmas morning, Holden slept under his Christmas quilt from Grandma debbie.

Holden had a great time opening all the presents, even mom and dad's!

Here is Holden with all of his loot and new shirt!

We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!

Halloween

Holden was a Green Dinosaur for Halloween this year. I made his costume and even got it done a week before Halloween! Although I was afraid that at the last minute Holden would change his mind and want to be something completely different. Luck was with me though and he loved his Green Dinosaur costume.

He especially liked to "whack" things with his tail. It was a little too big to wag it like he wanted to but whacking became much more fun.

Happy Halloween!

Red Fleet

Over the weekend of September 26th, Noah took Holden, and his nieces Rylee and Hadley camping at Red Fleet State park near Vernal UT. Noah's dad Norm and mom Debbie came as well.

Here is their campground.
They took a tour around the lake in Noah's little boat, to go see the dinosaur tracks.

There are Dinosaur tracks on these rocks, that you can only get to with a boat. Unfortunately they were not able to get any photos of the tracks. So I am relying on Holden's first hand account of the tracks.

They also paddled around on Debbie's kayak, before taking a little dip in the lake.

Holden really enjoyed dinner and wanted to make sure everyone saw what he was eating! Yum!

Here are Hadley and Holden sitting on the dock dipping their feet in the water.

What a beautiful lake and not a ski boat in site! They all had a great time camping and playing in the water.

Noah's 50 Mile to Davis Gulch Excursion

For a while now Noah has been planning this trip, he wanted to hike down 50 mile creek to Lake Powell, then paddle over to Davis Gulch via the Escalante Arm, and hike back up Davis Gulch. It is about 5 miles down 50 mile to the lake about 5 miles on the lake and then another 5 miles up Davis. Noah's dad Norm dropped them off at 50 mile then drove over to Davis and hiked down till he met them the next day in that canyon.

Here are Noah and Luke setting off on their voyage, with their boats on their backs!

The first night they slept in an alcove in 50 Mile.

Here is 50 Mile canyon

They are almost to the lake here, Noah is testing to see how deep the water is.

Finally they enter the lake!

Taking a break on the Escalante Arm

La Gorge arch

In Davis Gulch/the end of Lake Powell. A beautiful waterfall to welcome them.

Views of Bement arch and Davis Gulch from Norm's trek.

Back on their land legs in Davis Gulch

The steps out of Davis

Climbing out of Davis, Short but steep!

Sunrise over the Grand Staircase

A beautiful, sucessful trip thanks to Luke (who was given no choice in the matter) and Norm the master route finder dispite misleading carins and difficult cross country route.

Noah is already planning his next trip 50 Mile creek to Willow creek!