Friday, May 2, 2014

Chamberlain Spring In Pictures

Zion's/Bryce Canyon trip over President's Day:

Sean made us stand on this rock and pose for before and after pics.  Not sure why...
Before hike

After hike




Looking through the pictures, we got some really pretty scenery shots.  Makes me want to go back.  February was beautiful in Zion's.  Not so much for Bryce, though.  Still too snowy.

Camping at Palisade State Park over Spring Break, and more importantly, the much anticipated return of The View From Under My Awning:



It rained and snowed on us for most of the camping trip.  It was a pretty lake and in the summer would be a really nice place to camp, I think.  But not over Spring Break.  Too cold.

Brittney and Anthony going to prom:







Grizzlies game:




We went to one of the last Grizzlies home games of the season, and the kids thought it was lots of fun.  Until about 6 minutes left in the 2nd period, when a pipe burst and they had problems with the ice.  They tried and tried to fix it, and then when it became pretty apparent that they weren't going to be able to, the players started throwing shirts and pucks out to the spectators.  Then they brought out a bunch of sticks and signed them and were handing them out to fans.  Josh was able to get one, and he really thought that was awesome.

The Saturday before Easter we met Scott's family, Katie, and mom up at Mueller Park and had a little bbq.  It was beautiful weather and so nice to get outside again.  We'll have to do that again.  For Easter Sunday we had a yummy dinner and Easter egg hunt at Cami's house.

I bought Blake Shelton tickets.  Can't wait for summer outdoor concerts.  I want to buy Toby Keith tickets, but as of right now they look too expensive, so we'll see.  They're part of the Country Explosion concert where it goes for 4 days and you can camp there.  In theory that sounds fun... combine 2 things we like... camping and live music/concerts.  But then I thought about it for half a second, and I was like... I hate 75% of the people at concerts.  I really don't want to camp with all those drunk a-holes for 4 days.  Anyway, you can buy tickets for just one day, but right now it looks like they're charging $100/day, and that's not worth it.  I tried to get tickets to George Strait's farewell tour show in Arlington, TX, but of course they are all sold out.  My beloved Eric Church will be playing that one with him.  It's pretty cool... he's got all these different big stars opening for him in different cities.  Too bad he isn't coming to SLC.

Josh starts baseball next week, and he's decided he doesn't want to play.  Oy.  To make him or not to make him?  He wants to golf, which I think is a great idea.  He wants to try ice skating, which I'm OK with, to see if he might want to play hockey, which I'm less OK with.  He wants to get a BMX bike and learn to do tricks.  Not sure how I feel about that.  He's been reading books about it. No good comes from reading books.

2 comments:

Scott said...

Zions sure looks pretty. Appears you all are having a lot of fun! The baseball thing is funny - I'm having similar problems with Eric- He has fun at the games but does not think he should have to practice. I have been letting him do his own thing.

Heather said...

Love, love the pics!! Ya, no more reading for that boy. You're an English teacher, you should know better than to let him read stuff. Sounds like you have some fun stuff planned. You guys are fun. :)