Utah Adventures

Here are the rest of our pictures from our trip to Utah...now about 3 weeks ago!

The first set is from Danny's 2nd birthday party!! I can't believe my little boy is already TWO!! He is so funny, and so good with Emily. He LOVES to talk (but not usually in a large crowd unless he knows the people really well). He is obsessed with 1) trucks 2) books 3) animals (and making their noises) and 4) ring around the rosies. He is so fun!

Here are some photos of our outing to the Discovery Park near grandma & grandpa's house. Danny loves to play at the park and had a blast!

Here is a picture with our old Dinner Group!! Everyone was there except Kendall & Melissa and their clan, and Danny Kimball who had to go back to work in Colorado on the weekdays - we say him again on the weekend. It was so fun to see everyone and their kids (when we started the dinner group there was only 1 kid!). It was just like old times...but with lots of kids to chase after!

One of our days in Utah Kenneth's dad rented a jet ski and we went out to Utah Lake with it. Danny had so much fun playing in the water and chasing after the ducks. It was SO fun going on the jet ski! Danny loved it! The only bad part was when the thunderstorm came across the lake, and the millions of bugs flew to us...it made packing up, well, disgusting!

Last but not least, here is a photo of Emily with Aunt Leone.  She was in a car accident a few weeks earlier and was in a rehabilitation center because she broke her ankle.  She was very excited to see the kids and we were very excited to see her and Kenneth's grandma who was also there visiting.



There were lots of other fun things we did on our trip which we didn't get pictures of - mainly our day at Seven Peaks water park which was a blast!! Danny & Emily both enjoyed the water, and while they napped Kenneth and I were able to go on all the fun slides! It was amazing! Also, we spent a fun evening at my brother Michael's house and we had a game night and made grilled pizza on the BBQ! It was so delicious!

Anyway, I'll be posting a separate post with some of our awesome climbing pictures from the trip! That's coming next!

Lake Perris

Last weekend (it seems like we're always a week behind) we headed out to Lake Perris and Big Rock to...you guessed it - go rock-climbing! We also went to an Indian Museum and to the lake (for those of you who are tired of seeing only climbing photos). It was a blast! Big Rock is slab climbing, which is low angled climbing without any hand or feet holds. Kenneth hates climbing slab, but it is some of my favorite! It is the only kind of climbing that I might be able to say I am better at than Kenneth - which is saying something! This last weekend I led my first slab climb (which means I was the person initially climbing who had to put protection in along the way). We also were able to do a lot of climbing in a short amount of time (7 climbs in about 3 hours) which is something we rarely are able to do. Here are some pictures!

Big Rock

The view around Big Rock (some people wouldn't call this beautiful, but it has grown on me)

Initial climb of the day

It's all about trusting your feet!

This is the squirrel we were laughing at all afternoon...until he stole our cookies!

How big is Danny? SOO big!

The beautiful view of the lake

More of the scenery





And this is how Danny often ends up while hiking/walking to and from the climbing area...


After an afternoon of climbing, we headed to the Indian Museum at Lake Perris. I LOVE museums and am sad that we don't go more often...we'll have to make a better effort. I love history in general and learning about other cultures. Unfortunately we got there only a little before closing, so we got a brief overview, and will have to get a little more in-depth on our next visit.









After our quick preview of the Indian museum, we headed to Lake Perris itself for a quick dip in the lake. The weather and water were perfect! Danny was having the time of his life.





He's finally figured out how to put his face in the water!



One more climbing destination checked off our list!