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Our (Extended) Weekend of Thanks (part 2)

I've had a long term infatuation with the red rock of Southern Utah.  Don't worry, Danny isn't jealous.  You would think I would get tired of the red desert, considering how many hikes I've done in Zion and Arches, but not so.  I can never get enough of that sandstone goodness.  The day after Thanksgiving we took the kiddos up to a look out point over St. George at a place called Pioneer Park (very different from the Pioneer Park here in SLC) so they could play, climb and explore the rock formations.  I loved every second of it.  I was in my red heaven.

B. Anu and JanaRae



Michele and Super R

Super R, Danny and Me and our friend St. George.

Dan and Super R

Rocks and Love

The mighty King E!  I'm sad this is the only picture I got of
King E.  I seemed to be watching over his younger bros 

while we were there.




































































































General J and Super R, both kings of the hill.

My little rock climbers.

Their cuteness melts my heart as does their red hair.

Well hello there...

B. Anu won't smile when I try to get pictures of him, so I had to get
happy action shots.

























































































Sister foot shot!

Breathtakingly Beautiful


























































And now for an amusing experience... I was hiking around with Super R when some how the water bottle in my hand became dislodged.  (Don't know how that happened.)  It tumbled to the bottom of the hill.  I'm against littering, so I took it upon myself to retrieve it.  However, I was worried about Super R following me down the hill because it was a little steep and I didn't want him to slip, fall, hurt himself or all of the above.  I made a deal with him.  He could take pictures with my camera (I just have a simple point and shoot) if he promised to stay at the top of the hill and wait for me.  He agreed and I handed over my camera.  When I got my camera back, I laughed so hard. Here is the perspective of my 4-year-old nephew.

Picture of some rocks and bushes.

Aunt Janni at the bottom of the hill.

Aunt Janni picking up the water bottle.

Self portrait #1:  Happy Face

Some more rocks and bushes.

Self portrait #2:  Serious Face

Action shot of Aunt Janni running up the hill.

Comments

  1. Those Ryan pictures are so funny! He's a pretty good photographer for only being 4 :)

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  2. Love the red hair with the red rock and the funny shots of you retrieving the water bottle. So fun.

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  3. I love all those fiery redheads on the red rocks!

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  4. It's fun to see the pics that Ryan took. And yes, there is something fascinating about the red rocks.

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