A much needed vacation

To celebrate Ben's graduation I planned a little suprise trip to Moab. I needed his help with all the packing and what not so I have him some clues as to where we were going and then told him our final desitnation a few days before we left. Here are a few highlights of our trip.

1. Ben forgot to pack our tent. We checked into our campsight, pulled into our spot and discovered we had no tent. I just laughed. Ben at the time did NOT think it was very funny. We decided it would be cheapest (since we are very cheap right now) to go in to town and buy a new tent. So we packed everything back up and went and bought us another tent (we already own two--so if someone is in need of a new tent let me know.) Logan of course loved the tent and loved playing in it.
2. Logan slept through the first night without a peep. We were both just amazed at how well he did. Such a good little sleeper.
3. Hiking to Partitian Arch. This is one of my favorites. I love that you can sit on the other side of the arch and just overlook the park. Since we had a mobile child this time, however, we didn't opt to go sit on the other side of this arch. It was still beautiful though. Here we are at Partitian Arch and the view behind us is what you see through the arch (it is hard to get the arch and everything into the picture). We also encountered Landscape arch on the way up which is always a favorite. Wall Arch had recently collapsed so the trial is redirected around the fall. You basically climb straight up this rock wall. It was steep for a few minutes but not too bad. You can kind of tell in this picture how steep it was.
4. Finding cheese. On our hike to Partitian Arch, Logan saw this wall and said "cheese." It does look like cheese but it made us laugh.

5. Swimming at the camp site. After our hiking the first day we came back to camp and utilitized the swimming pool. Logan was a bit hesitant this time of the swimming experience. The water was pretty chilly though so once he got used to it he enjoyed himself. I was amazed at how white his hair and skin looked in the pool. He is very much a toehead. 6. Hiking to Delicate Arch. No matter how many pictures you see of this arch it just isn't the same as seeing it in person. I was proud we made it up this hike. Ben carried Logan the whole trip and we were both suprised at how well Logan did. He loved to say hi to all the passing hikers. We met a nice couple from Michigan at the top who took our picture and we hiked all the way down with them. Logan loved being a ham with them. Isn't this just a wonderful photo of all of us?

The nice lady who volunteered to take our picture at Delicate arch didn't get the arch in the background so I was attempting to do so and prove that we did it.

7. Playing in the car. Logan loved to play in the car while we were packing and what not. I was amazed at some of things he was trying to do like put the car into drive--thankfully he never succeeded and we were always watching him. We found a few new buttons after he played in there and things didn't work as they usually did but we fixed them all.

8. Matching hiking shoes. I found these cute shoes for Logan and just had to get them as they remind me of Ben's. They are wonderful at protecting his feet which is often needed at this age. 9. Just having some family bonding time. Ben was pretty nervous about this trip and how Logan would do but, as always, Logan suprised us and was such a trooper. We were able to just stay flexible and relaxed. I am always amazed at how fast vacations go by and how quickly I want another one to come.