Staight Canyon

At the cinder pit, watching Dad mess around on the 4-wheeler

Took a ride down Straight Canyon...so pretty!!!  I should have taken a picture on the way down! 

At the bottom, we had a picnic :-)

 

 

 

Some good 'ol graffiti

Found a water hole.  It's always fun to play in the water :-)

Especially when you get to take all your clothes off!!

Cousins!

 We love our cousins!! 
The whole crew!

(Plus Brian and Rachel-they couldn't be there!)

 

 

Bryce Canyon

 Kids wanted to do some exploring and talked the grown ups into driving them across the country for two hours to visit the beautiful land of Bryce Canyon!

 We spied a chipmunk running out along the edge of the cliff! (Yikes!  Where was his mother?!)

 So very steep!  We had a hand on each kid wherever we went! 

 Sina thought it was awesome to ride on Dad's shoulders, until she realized it was confinement...

Everything is so RED here! Very cool looking!

In the end, Kaili dropped dead and Tyler said, "When are we going to the Grand Canyon?"

:-)

A Horse is a Horse, of course, of course...

You can't go to the ranch without a little horse back riding...Thank goodness, Uncle Tom has a few handy!

Double rainbow!  My camera doesn't do it justice...

Aimee-Jo!

Warming up with Amelia after riding in the mist

 
Cowboy Brad....YeHaw!

Bear Caves!

Took a hike out to the BEAR CAVES! 

On the way we searched for Indian Arrowheads (made out of flint)  Success!! We found 3 full arrowheads and a ton of pieces! 

The hike was steep and a bit much for a certain little girl wearing spurs...felt awesome in my waist as I carried her up, up, up...

Finally!   We made it!

(P.S. Brad wants to build a house on the ledge below this next summer...anyone want to come visit?!?!)

Of course, we captured some unsuspecting victims....I mean, baby Horny Toads :-)

I didn't take any pictures, but Grandma Bryson made it up to Bear Caves with us!!  So fun that she can tote around so many little munchkins!