Spring Break (aka Leah's 1st Vacation)

Last week was spring break for all of our kids. I wanted to do something so the boys wouldn't just be sitting around all week long. But Kim and I couldn't really take off a ton of vacation days. So we decided to take a quick 2 day trip. We decided to go to Lehman Caves, in Great Basin National Park, Nevada. It's about 3 hours from us...not too far but far enough to feel like you went somewhere.

We didn't want to drive the whole way (and we weren't sure how Leah would do in the car), so we decided to stay overnight in Delta (about mid-way between our house and the caves). When we got to Delta we took a little rest and let everyone stretch their legs a bit...

Leah really enjoyed her 1st hotel room. :-)

We had time to spare in Delta and decided to visit the Topaz Japanese Internment Camp (only 15 miles from Delta). Stephan and Nathan had learned about the Japanese Internment camps in history this past year and were interested to see what one looked like. We drove out to the site and were amazed at how little was there. Some cement flooring, some pottery, a few bottles and some markers telling us what housing block we were by. As we were walking around we did stumble onto an old army truck that had fallen apart.

Great photo op!

Even though there isn't much at the actual Topaz site, in Delta they have a really interesting museum with information about the Topaz camp (among other things). One amazing thing they have is an actual "house" from the camp site.

and furniture that would of been inside one of the rooms.

The main part of our trip though was a 60 minute tour of Lehman Caves. We'd all been through Timpanogas Caves but had heard Lehman Caves was better. So we thought we'd check it out.

Leah was having fun just hanging out in the sun.

Inside the cave was just amazing!! None of my pictures do it justice. The colors were amazing,

the formations were strange and breathtaking

Even the door to get in and out was cool looking!

All in all we had a great time touring the caves, walking around a historical site and just hanging out together. Plus now Leah can say she's been out of Utah!

6 Months Old!!!!

I can't believe it's already been half a year. It's amazing how fast time goes by; especially when you want it go slow. Leah's doing wonderful. She's still in the top % for height & weight and going strong. As the doctor told us "She's as big as a nine month old." It's not hard to believe since she's wearing 12 month clothes!

She loves everything right now. . .well expect naps (an apology goes out to her babysitters!)

She loves to chew on everything! You put it in front of her-she'll chew on it!

She loves to hang out in her Exersaucer

and look at books.

She can sit up on her own but not for very long. She talks-a lot. Not that anyone can understand her but boy can she get loud! She talks to mirrors, light fixtures, her hands, her brothers, etc. She also loves to smile and to be pushed around in her stroller. She seems to love being outside; which is good since her parents do too.

We've enjoyed these first six months and can't wait for the fun stuff we know is coming. She's a lot of work but brings so much joy to our family. She's a doll and we love her.