Weekend Getaway!

Do you recognize those chubby toes? How about the red sand? Thats right its little Ali playing in Moab!! We headed to Moab for a quick, sunny, getaway! We left at 5:45 Friday morning and got home late Saturday evening. It was a short trip but oh, SO MUCH FUN!!!! The sunshine was simply delicious!

Emma's favorite part was simply playing in the sand. It is amazing how much happier she is when she can play outside. She kept laughing and squealing in excitement. Ali had her first taste of sand, yum (another thing for you to add to your list mindy hehe), she ate it when I wasn't looking.

We were able to do a lot of hiking. I loved it. Emma did so well. She loved the arches. I couldn't believe how far her little legs carried her! It makes me really, really excited for this summer. One of the hikes we did, Landscape arch, we hiked quite a bit of the way in snow. It wasn't bad though. Still pretty warm.

Last but not least we got some biking in!!!! Dave headed out by himself Sat. morning and did a good portion of slickrock. Check out his blog for more details of his ride. After he was done he came back to pick up me and the girls. Did I ever mention what a great guy he is? We accidently left the tires to our bike trailer/stroller at home, so Dave carried Ali on the front and

when Emma got tired of walking, he carried her on his back. They hiked while I got to bike. Oh man I loved it. I was nervous to bike again. When I met Dave he was big into mountain biking but I had never really gone before. We went a couple time together and took a mountain biking class at the U together. I was just starting to feel somewhat comfortable on a bike and feel like I could bike most of the trails instead of walking when I got prego with Em. Afterwards it was like starting over again. Then I got prego with Ali. You get the idea. So that is why I was nervous starting out. I have to admit it took me like 20 tries to get up the guts to go down the first scary hill. It wasn't until another group of bikers came and the two guys rode down and the two girls walked down that I was able to do it. I HAD to show the girls up hehe. It was a good ride. I felt like I wasn't clear back at square 1 like last time. I'm really excited to bike more this summer. Me and Dave decided thats what we will do for our dates.

This last pic is one of my favorites. It was taken Friday night. Emma and Ali were just chillin at the end of a long day. We usually camp, if it had just been me and Dave we would have braved the cold nights. For the sake of the girls we got a cheap motel room. Howie was even able to stay. It was surprising how cheap rooms are in the off season. The girls were sooooo tired and slept all the way home. When we got home Emma started to cry, "NOOOOOO, don't want to go home, go that way" while pointing back the way we had come. I felt the same way. I didn't want our mini vacation to end. I consoled myself with the fact that summer is coming, slowly, but surely.