Summer has arrived!! Bring on the summer vacations and road trips!! The last day of school we took the kids out early and headed south to Arizona! It sure was hot down there but we did have a lot of fun in the heat!
We drove a good 8+ hours straight to the Grand Canyon! It was a long drive and we made it to our campground just after dark!! Nothing like setting up your tent in the dark!
We woke up ready to hit the trails and hike the next day!
This is our second time to Grand Canyon, however our first time camping and we were able to see much more of the park while camping for three days.
It sure is a beautiful place to visit!
The kids' favorite thing about The Grand Canyon was probably all the trees to climb! We had several good climbing trees by our camp sight and the kids were in the trees the majority of the time!
Here we are at an overlook!
A funny Ty story: He packed his own back-pack for the hike and took with him not one, but three pairs of binoculars! I guess he wanted to take a pair for his siblings but it sure was a heavy backpack!
You can see the rain clouds behind Caleb, we had great weather however a storm snuck up on us one day and we were just about to get out of the car and have lunch when it just started to pour! So we ate our lunch in the car, then the kids went and ran around in the rain for a minute and a few minutes later the storm was gone and it was hot again! Crazy weather!
There's nothing I love more than spending time like this with my family!
This was an Indian tower of some kind and we climbed to the top of it inside!
This is what it looked like inside on the ceiling!
It was so super hot inside I thought I was going to die of lack of oxygen! Nate and Mara on the third floor!
Caleb climbing the stairs leading to nothing!
It was a fun place to explore!
We left Carder and Nate in the car for a nap and came and explored this area, we looked down from the balcony and saw them coming in too!
This just was spectacular!
I just can't help but think how awesome God's creations are!!
One little lonely hill standing straight up in the middle of nowhere!
Just enjoying the view with my little sweetie!
We saw several Elk in Grand Canyon, even right by our campground!
Love that hiking T-y who is the best hiking buddy I know!
Carder didn't like going in the back-pack so much this trip! He felt big enough like the big kids to hike on his own! :(
Yes this picture does make me nervous of crazy kids climbing on the bars! But they were safe and immediately came down after the picture!
The thing I'll remember most about Grand Canyon besides the awesome scenery was listening to Bob Marley most of the drive and hearing the kids sing along! It was pretty dang cute to hear coming from the back seat: "Don't worry about a thing cuz every little thing is going to be alright!!"
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