Snaggle-Tooth Sam

Could he be any cuter?? If you are into snaggle-tooth munchins, I think not!!

His top teeth are coming in and it is so funny to see the one all the way in and nothing else but gums.  He is such a smiley boy, it just makes me laugh to look at him.  He's growing way to fast~ 9 months and crusing all around the couches.  I think he'll be walking soon!!!

THE SUBWAY

My brother got 12 tickets for anyone in our family to hike the Subway (a zion's canyon hike).  I have wanted to do this since high school, and I wasn't disappointed! It was seriously the most fun I have had while being in the out of doors!!  There are a lot of pictures so enjoy perusing them!

My mom and the grandkids that made the hike.  They all did great.  I have to say, I hope I am as tuff as my mom at 65!  She was awesome..  and as you will see, it wasn't the easiest thing I've ever done!!

Parts of the hike required you to swim in water that was over your head.  I fortunately had a wetsuit jacket my brother loaned me.

The great headshot of me on the left is so you can be spared of my pregnant swimsuit body!  SCARY.

Lots of places we walked through water..

Scaled the slick rocks with big drop offs below..

Repelled to places safer to walk..

And the scenery was amazing!!  As you can see, this was definitely the hike for Taylor... All the water just made him happy to be there -- even though he doesn't like hiking.

Check out the view!

This is where Taylor thought it would be a good idea to slide down -- a very bruised tailbone later, I think he would second guess that bright idea.

The final stretch was straight up the mountain -- but we all made it with only a couple minor injuries!!

I am so lucky to have such knowledgeable brothers.  I felt totally safe in their supervision.  We could never have done it alone so Thanks to Lonny and Kirk for making it such a fun day!!  And thanks to Aunt Heather and Grammie Nadauld for watching our boys so it could happen!

Jakes funny Accident

So Jake was getting out his fishing pole to play with and I guess Taylor had put a real fly on the end that was still there.   Luke grabbed his fishing pole that was tangled with Jake's and as he pulled the pole away Jake got the fly stuck right in his finger!!  

It was a pretty traumatic few seconds.  I didn't know what a fly looked like and Taylor was in a meeting so he couldn't tell me if it was barred or not so I started pulling it out, but it didn't budge -- it was barred (had the arrow hook on the end) and I had NO idea how to get it out!

I took him to the urgent care and they numbed his finger and cut it out.  The Doctor was an avid fly fisherman (love Utah for that reason) and new just how to get it out with the least cutting needed.  No stiches ...

Just a fun bandage and a Great story for his kindergarten class.  It worked out great because that day in school he had to tell a nursery  rhyme and bring a prop.  He brought his bandaged finger and the fishing pole and told this rhyme:

"1, 2, 3, 4, 5,  once I caught a fish alive

6,7,8,9,10 then I let it go again

Why'd I let it go?

Because it bit my finger so.

Which finger did it bite?

This little finger on the right!"