Flat Iron

Joe took us on another adventure on Presidents Day. He had been talking about it for a month but I don't think anyone thought we were really going to do it, besides Joe. A month or so ago he hiked Flat Iron in the Superstitions with his priest quorum, and said how hard and fun it was and wanted to do it again. Well we did it, and it was hard! I wouldn't even call it a hike, we climbed straight up the mountain. We were literally on all fours climbing up rocks. There were a few times Joe had to pull us up over the rock or I don't think we could have done it. We would come to certain points and I would look up and just laugh and say to Joe "we're seriously climbing up that? there is no way!" But somehow we made it to the top, and it was so cool. The sky was so clear you could see so far. You can tell in the pictures how high we were. I'm not normally scared of heights but it was kind of freaky standing next to the edge.

Joe peeking over the edge.

The whole hiking crew: Jake, Karrie, Dyan, me, Joe

9 months

My little Hadlie madlie is 9 months old! Here is a little bit about Hads at 9 months: She has been teething like crazy. That combined with her being sick was not fun! Her 4 top teeth have been coming through one right after the other so she has had no break from the pain. Finally this last week she has been so much happier. She is back to her sweet, happy self (for the most part). Its seriously like she is a different baby. Poor girl was so miserable! She still can't crawl. Maybe I should say she won't crawl, because I swear she could if she would just try. She uses her arms to turn herself in a full circle, but then just gives up and just rolls. One of these days its just gonna click and she'll be able to do it. She loves Keelie and gets so excited to see her. I love it when they interact and Keelie shares her toys with Hadlie. They are so cute! She is a great eater. She is loving graham crackers right now, and wants pretty much whatever we are eating. She can say dada and mama. She claps and waves which is so stinkin cute!
Here are her stats
weight- 18.03 lbs. 50th%
height- 29" 90th%
head- 17 3/4 " 75th%

Going to the river

Last Saturday we were trying to think of something fun to do as a family, and Joe came up with the idea to go to the river. I wasn't necessarily against it, I just didn't exactly know what we would do at the river. But I am so glad we went because we had so much fun. We called Keelie's cousin Annie to come along with us. The first place we went to was up Power Rd. right before it curves. We walked along the river for a ways, and the girls had a blast walking in the jungle (thick trees and bushes), and getting to take turns being the leader. Of course I forgot my camera in the car so I didn't get any pictures of that part. Then we hopped back in the car and drove just a little bit farther up the road and found another fun spot to walk around. The girls had fun throwing rocks in the water. We were able to get right up to the water, even though there wasn't a whole lot of it. It was such a fun little Saturday afternoon activity. We will definately be going back soon. These pictures are all from the 2nd place we went to.

Hadlie loves being in the snugglie thing. She was such an angel the whole time!


This is just a funny picture I took of Carver crawling right over the top of Hadlie. Maybe if Hadlie ever learns crawl she can get away from him!