Excited

The kids are anxiously "waiting" for Grandpa & Grandma to come visit. I told them about it a few days ago & they talk about it constantly. Here's some pictures Missy, next door, took of the kids.

Transfer Trail

Last weekend Kelly & Joshua went on Transfer Trail, a 4 wheel drive trail. It took 7 hours. While they were gone I took the other kids out & lost my camera. Kelly got some pretty good pictures though. Take a look on our online album.

PHOTO ALBUM

I'm still working on it but I added a link on the right to our online photo album.

Rash

The kids had this crazy rash that looked like a dozen mosquito bites on their arms, legs and torso. It seemed like it got better but then it would spread.







I was about to take them all to the doctor when I found out that they had been playing with these caterpillars. They look so cute. Not a good picture but they are bright yellow with about 5 long black hairs on them. The dagger moth larvae can aparently cause a reaction on the skin. Thank goodness for Google, I read someones blog that had the same thing happen. Benadryl & calamine lotion and 3 days later - no more rash, and no more touching these caterpillars.

Labor Day

We had alot of fun together this Labor Day weekend. First we went to Parachute to visit Kelly's aunt & uncle. We always enjoy visiting with them. The kids especially like to play with their dog, Sadie.

We also had planned to go over Independence Pass, but we slept in & didn't get out of the house until 2:00 so we went to Redstone instead.



The beautiful Crystal River flows by Redstone and feels like a secluded paradise. We hiked along the river and were amazed by some of the rock formations.

After hiking around Redstone we continued on Hwy 133 a few miles and saw this little gem.

The rocks and logs were very slippery and Caleb did fall in the very cold water. Good thing mom packed some spare clothes.

This was a beautiful area with red sandstone rocks and many tree roots to climb. We will have to go back and spend more time at this waterfall.

After Hays Creek Falls we continued a few miles to the summit of McClure Pass.

We found this trail and took some pictures of the surrounding mountains. It was a cloudy day so the visibility was limited.

Even though it made me nervous, we took the van on this trail. The aspens were beautiful.

Many have carvings like this one.

The trail got a little too rough for the van so we turned around after a few miles. It worked out perfectly because we were able to catch a glimpse of this rainbow.

We drove back to Redstone and ate at the Crystal Club Cafe. It is such an interesting community I wish we had taken pictures during the daylight. We had fun at the park and then drove about 30 minutes to get home. It was a great day.