Memorial Day.

It was such a fabulous memorial day!

We went camping!

We first planned on camping up at Kolob Res... but it was muddy and crappy and dead and full of billions of people.

Well, those people are kind of dumb, because WE found the best camping spot.

Well, kind of.

This camping spot was right before you hit Zion, and from it you could see Smith's Mesa, but technically it was still in Kolob. If that makes any sense. Because it doesn't to me.

It was HOT, but when the sun went down, it was like heaven.

Here's a through the car window shot of the beauty that we were dealing with.

 If my parents taught me one thing, its this:

To get the heck out of the house & enjoy nature on holidays.

(ok they taught me more than that! But to me, that is one of the most important and valuable things I've learned.)

Oh, do i ever love the mountains.

And so does andy. So, were quite the pair.

We're trying to instill the important-ness into jax's young mind, but we'll see.

I am so very grateful for my family and my freedom.

We are lucky enough to say, "hey, lets pack up our car and go camping"

and we are SO lucky enough to live in this beautiful state, where THESE MOUNTAINS are only like an hour away. gosh, are we ever lucky.

We hiked up onto this ledge where you could see part of Smith's Mesa on the right and Zion Ntl Park on the left and in the distance. glorious, just glorious.

jax helped with firewood.

no, we are not above making our child work for his keep at age 2 1/2.

tinfoil dinners.

ah, another happy memory.

these were delighful.

(thanks to my superman andy. he made all the food, and got everything ready. he's just like that)

oh, and guess who came along with us??

yep, the witch.

and she kept a strong eye on jaxon all throughout dinner.

there's a good possibility that jax is pooping his pants right here.

i love this!! ahhhh. i might frame it.

the big creep.

camp.

our hike the next day.

this was in Zion.

jax was obsessed with all the cactus. he kept pointing and saying "all the kinds"

at home. jax's dirty camping feet.

I hope you all had a fabulous memorial day!

I hope you all got out the house and enjoyed the beauty!!!