Chasing the Goblins!

A few more pictures of our Adventure!

Chasing the Goblins!

Valley Of Goblins

Mckay was unbelievable-he would run from one to

the other climbing every high peak he could. We counted

his blisters he had 10 total on his feet!! That is some serious

climbing!!

I wouldn't say spoiled-just well loved!!

This shows how narrow some of the canyons were

Mckay is standing between the walls of the slots.

This last weekend we took a 4 day trip to Goblin Valley. I can't believe I have lived in Utah my whole life and have camped and hiked and 4-wheeled literally EVERY WERE........But have never been to Goblin Valley! It was a blast-We will definitely be going back! It is by Green River and Hanksville and is about 3 hours away from our house. We took our trailer and camped. Goblin Valley is the huge valley of Mushroom shaped rocks you can climb all over them. They kids could not get enough! We spent hours in the valley chasing and watching the kids-I am tired just thinking about it again! We heard about this awesome "slot Canyon" hike in Goblin Valley called Little Wild Horse that is the main reason we went was to hike. On Saturday we did the hike it was so beautiful!! It is one of the best hikes I have ever been on! (I have actually hiked all over Utah when I was a kid with my family-and HATED it!!) It was Slot Canyons- these narrow canyons and as far up as you can see is Rock-it was AMAZING to us and the kids! It was Canyon after Canyon. These pictures don't even begin to capture how great it was-some of the slots were so narrow we could bearly fit threw them. The hike was 5 1/2 miles long and I am proud to say we all did it! Even Madelynn was a trooper-she only had a hard time the last mile or so! We had a fun time-the only down fall was the heat-it was nearly 90 degrees. I think next time we will go in April or October when it is cooler. We were going to head to Arches which is 45 miles away and hike the "Natural Bridge" (the arch on the Utah license plate) but we were so tired of the heat we headed for cooler ground! We ended up by Scofield and spent our last night in the 70 degree weather. We had such a great time and I am so proud of our little family that we did that! We are planning another one of our "Adventures" for August-more to come!

Moab Spring 2010

I love this Picture! It's Matthew and my brother Rob sitting
on a rock-they are great buddies and like to hang out together!

Yep that's Matthew! My brother Rob brought his 2 little dirt

bikes so he could teach Matthew how to ride. Matthew LOVED

it and had fun learning to drive a dirt bike!

They boys did there annual Moab trip this spring! Jake, Matthew, Mckay and Marcus all went this year and had a great time. My dad, both of my brothers and my sister-in law all went with them. A good time was had by all!!! They climbed trails and even got stuck in the middle of the dessert until 2 in the morning. As my brother Rob says "It just would not be Moab if you don't get stranded for hours in the heat!" Craig's Jeep broke down and they had to drive the other one back into town to get parts-this has happened before. They were stuck for hours and still had a great time. I think the trip to Denny's at 3 am was one of the highlights! They were all starving after being stuck thank goodness for all night Denny's!! They always have a good time! As for me and Madelynn we (of course) went shopping!! Me and my mom ate Chinese and had a great time hanging out for the weekend!