MOAB

What a fun week! This picture just captures exactly what Cody and Clayton did: played in dirt. It was maybe the best vacation Cody has been on for that very reason! He and Clayton were filthy all the time and thoroughly happy. They also got to go for a ride on the 4 wheelers! This is at Pasta Jay's, a Great restaurant! They're not such exciting pictures, but it's a great restaurant and if you can just get a visual of the seating it will help explain this story. Jon ordered a shrimp dish. The shrimp were slippery and just as he was taking a bite the tail slipped out of his hands and landed exactly on top of Steph's bread that she was getting ready to eat. It was pretty funny and made Jon laugh, and spit some of his recent bite right out onto Ryan's plate. Perfect. I still laugh.

We did a lot of hiking and sightseeing. Cody was such a trooper. When we did Delicate Arch he hiked three miles. Grandpa was his hiking buddy:

At one point of our hiking I asked Cody to hold my hand. He didn't want to, so I asked him if he would help me down the steep part. He immediately grabbed my hand and said "I will help you be careful mom." Little Mace, lounging in her little chair. This poor girl had a fever the whole week. It got in the 40's at night but she was luckily able to sleep in the trailer with my parents. That meant that my mom got her at night. For as sick as Macey is (at LEAST half of her life has been in sickness) I will say that one of her redeeming qualities is that she sleeps well, sick or not. But she had a terrible cough and my mom and dad made sure she was okay and her fever was down. Bless them! Meanwhile, Cody wriggled out of his sleeping bag at least every hour. He is a wild sleeper!

This is our group minus my mom taking the picture. Nette and Steph were impressive, hiking in their prego state and sleeping on the ground.Cody got a shirt in Moab that says "A bad day fishin with dad beats a good day shopping with mom." Cody was excited to show Ben that shirt and when he saw it Cody said "It says that mom is going to the store shopping." We had so much fun and it was good to spend time with everyone. Once we got home from Moab we had just a couple days to spend with Crosland's. Bonnie was babysitting Blake while Luke and Amy were on vacation. Cute Blake:)

They also have 4 new puppies, 3 dogs, 2 cats; Bonnie was teaching institute - what a crazy week! But what that meant for Macey was pure bliss. She loves animals more than anything else. She just put her little hand out and let the puppy lick her. The very first time she saw them she turned to me and said, "Mom Puppies nice." It was the cutest thing ever! She would sit by Paige their lab and randomly hug her. The first day she followed the animals around crying that they wouldn't all come sit by her. She is still talking about the puppies.