Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Frustration Creek & Holcomb Valley - June Climbing

Here are some photos from some climbing we did in June.

One June 15th Kenneth set up a route in Frustration Creek for Danny.

A huge mushroom we found

Danny was a little nervous climbing by himself so Kenneth went up with him

Danny was excited about the cactus at the top of the route.  He wanted to go up and touch it. :)
On June 23rd we headed up towards Big Bear Lake and climbed in Holcomb Valley.  It is beautiful up there.  I love it.





O.C. Zoo - June 22nd

Our kids love animals of all shapes and sizes, so on one of Kenneth's friday's off we headed to the O.C. Zoo.  Even though there aren't a ton of animals there the kids still love it.


Danny loves the snakes

Emily checking out the mountain lion

Watching the warthogs

The bears were awesome that day.  There was one that kept walking all around the perimeter.  Danny kind of got freaked out, and now he is always scared of bears being in his room and in his bathroom.

Looking at the deers

These two birds were going at it - the vulture would not back down!



Our kids always love to brush the goats

Emily gets so excited!


When Danny was feeding the larger goats, he closed his hand and the goat bit him trying to get the food.  Oops!
Thank you O.C. Zoo for providing yet another day of entertainment for our kids...for only $4 total!

Fun Kids

Here are some fun pictures of the kids from the beginning of the summer.

Asleep - yet again - in her highchair

I love this picture of Danny!  Outside, reading, what could you ask for more?

Danny got the longboard out one day and was having a blast.  I love that he is just in underwear, and a beanie too.  Totally makes it.







Both of the kids are OUT!

I walked into the kids room, and Emily was sitting in the Elmo chair trying to put her shoes on - on top of her footie pajamas! 

Danny saw me taking a picture and decided that he needed to get in on the action

St. George - May 8th-14th

Just a few days after we returned from Germany, we headed to St. George to spend a week with Kenneth's family at their time share.  It was especially exciting because it was the first time we were able to see his brother, Steven, in two years.  He just returned from serving a mission in the Tulsa, Oklahoma mission.  It was also our first time meeting our newest nephew, Marcus.

We had two condos for the trip, one next to the other.  We were in the "sick" condo with Chantale, Mike and their daughter Elena, who was sick with hand, foot & mouth disease.  Needless to say, we spent most of our time at the other condo!  We had tons of fun though, climbing, taking a family hike, swimming, finding crayfish at the lake, a girl's day out shopping and taking family photos.


The  crayfish Kenneth took about 15 minutes to get untangled from the fishing line.

Climbing with Stephanie

Kenneth & Stephanie - day 2

Sreven climbing - he was climbing in his dress shoes, so we bought him some climbing shoes the next day as a make-up for the last 2 Christmases and birthdays.

Cuties!

I love his face!

She is so adorable!

Rachelle & Stephanie - with Steph making a very Stephy face

The Noyce clan - already outdated because now Steven is married!

Rachelle & Dustin with kids Aidan, Matty, Cami & Marcus

Chantale & Mike with cute Elena

Us
After taking family pictures we spent some time playing on the playground - always a good situation with my kids.



Baby Marcus


Cami

Matty
We even got some of the guys out who don't usually care to come out climbing.  Matty & Aidan even did some climbing!  They did great!

Matty climbing

Aidan, Me, Dustin, Steven & Mike

Aidan at the top of the route

Kenneth with the view of the Green Valley Gap behind him

Matty with his light saber while climbing - their family is obsessed!

Me belaying Mike

Me climbing

Here is a compilation of pictures of Kenneth doing a classic climb he has always wanted to try.  It was a tough one too!  A 12.a I think.  He did a great job and looked amazing!
Here are some photos from our family hike:

A nasty, yet awesome looking web in the trees

Utah Mom

Danny playing in the sand

Another crayfish - Danny loves them!

I love Utah!

The pools - there was a group of kids swimming in the largest one
Another day climbing - with the usual Noyce climbers - Kenneth, Me, Stephanie and Steven.

Kenneth on an awesome climb



Steven trying as well
We had a wonderful time in St. George.   The time spent with family was excellent, and it is one of our favorite places to climb.  We always love it there and can't wait to head back sometime soon.