grand canyon action

since we've moved to st. george, we've decided we need to take advantage of living near some of the natural wonders of the world! the vegas strip (not natural, but quite a wonder) was one of our first escapades, but i won't post about that. it got pretty wild and River would be embarrassed if i were to publicly document all of his parents' gambling shenanigans. what happens in vegas stays.....kiddinnnnngggg. anyway, we visited the grand canyon for the day today (we happen to live only 2 to 2.5 hours away. hello!), and boy was it grand, indeed! i was completely amazed by the immensity of the place. being there doesn't even seem real. it feels as though you are gazing into an enormous painting. logan has hiked the canyon from the north to the south rim- i hope to do it someday, too. someday....maybe then it will feel a bit more real.

the whole drive was gorgeous! we stopped to feed River and rest for a minute and just happened to do so in a beautiful little grove of trees.

River and dad


grand canyon!! wahoo!!


getting tickled. :)


Rivs was a very good sport sitting in that carseat the whole time.


we made it!


the north rim! this side of the canyon is extremely beautiful and green with windy roads and lots of fun wildlife (we saw a coyote and a family of deer on the way). apparently the south rim is much more flat and dry and just plain desert. glad we live on the north side!


just us. check out the view! (i love River's face in this one.)


Riv's and mom havin a good time.


whoa, are you kiddin me right now?


we bundled rivs up when we got there. it was chilly and he had bare feet!



checkin things out.


"duuuude. please don't drop me, k?."




logan being cool.


we had such a great time! i highly recommend it.

Rollin' Rivs!

it's about time i updated my blog, i suppose. i have plenty of pictures and lots to talk about....i just never feel like i have the time to sit down and post everything! i promise to be better. now that we have flight benefits, we've been out and about a lot lately and i certainly need to document all the fun we've been having with our cute family and friends!

as the title indicates, River has been a little travelin' man! we can pack him up the night before for a weekend in california or washington or wherever, and he is always up for it. aside from one little freak-out on the way to spokane (he screamed for 10 minutes while the plane made its way to the runway and then passed out in my arms the second it took off. sigh...), River has been a fabulous little travel buddy! hopefully he doesn't grow out of that.

last weekend, we visited River's great grandma Briggs and aunt Laurie in spokane! we also got to catch up with Ashley and David Reese and their ridiculously adorable baby girl, Mia, who was born just a week after River.

NOOO! not the yellow shiirrrrt!! Laurie was convinced River found her shirt totally unacceptable and believes this to be the reason he was angry at Prospectors. i really think he was just grumpy and tired, Laurie. we took him home and stripped him down to his diaper. this was much more to his liking.


River worked some serious magic on Grandma. he had her wrapped around his finger! (look at that drool soaked onesie!)


having a little chat with Grams! they had lots to talk about.



hangin out with his new friend, Mia!!


I think Mia liked us!! :)


we had SO much fun in spokane! it was logan and River's first time and i think their first impressions were quite positive.