utah trip - eden

One of the highlights of our trip to Utah was visiting Rebecca, Jason and the kids at their home in Eden. It was our first time meeting our new little cousin Kingston. He was a huge hit for all the kids. Grace wanted to hold him all day and Garrett even got to hold him for a minute.

The kids also got to help build a fort, played on the mountain side and roast giant marshmallows on the back deck. It is always fun for the kids when they get to see each other. We are looking forward to July when we will all be at Lake Powell together!

spring break

Last week was spring break for the kids and we decided that it was time that we finally made it down to Tombstone. It is about a 3 hour drive from our house, not bad when we have the dvd player to keep the kids more or less entertained.

My favorite thing that we did was a tour of the Good Enough Silver Mine. We were all required to wear hard hats because we actually went down into the mine underground! It is really amazing to see what the miners did, all before any kind of mechanical inventions. It was all done by hand! Oh, and don't worry, the kids are drinking old fashioned sasparilla!

These were taken outside the gift shop at the Boothill Cemetery.

We also went on the Old Butterfield Stage Coach tour around town. It was fun, but the tour guide was a little bland. And of course we had to catch the Helldorado Town Gunfight, it was a little corny if you ask me. We spent some time walking up and down the historic streets of Tombstone. One thing we wanted to do was visit the home of Wyatt Earp. Unfortunately, it was closed while we were there.