Seismic Activity Recorded

The last time I took Tanner out among civilians I learned something. Don't do it!

We went to grandma's two story house. Tanner loves it there. He goes straight up the stairs and into the master bedroom where the TV and DVD player are kept. He was so excited to be at grandma's house that he leaped for joy... over... and....over...for two hours. Downstairs while we talked and ate dinner the light fixtures were jangling and swaying, the windows were rattling and the floor joists were splintering. The crazy, irregular thumping upstairs was tanner's way of being completely happy as he landed flat footed after getting some serious air under his legs.
Dad cringed, my sisters laughed nervously, I knowingly nodded. And finally when it was time to go home I had a serious problem on my hands. Tanner did not want to leave. And when Tanner doesn't want to do something he becomes strikingly terrible. As I engaged in hand to hand combat with the beast, trying to get him into the car, he "Mike Tyson'ed" me!

Throughout the week I got encouraging texts from my family urging me to bring Tanner to dinner the next Sunday and that the strong men could handle it! I declined. There's nothing worse than a grown man's bruised ego after he gets schooled by a retard!

Cold Feet In Kanarraville

As spring awakened SLC with wind and rain, Hailey and I headed to the desert where the temperatures were just right for some stunning hikes. The air was warm and the skies were clear. But the water was quite chilly. Snow from higher elevations melted, which created a flowing stream, which created a narrow canyon which we walked through. The echo of a series of waterfalls beckoned to us as we tenderly stepped amongst the rocks of an ankle deep creek. With numb and aching feet we got the picture perfect opportunity to climb the ladder over the cascade.

 For a mile the cliffs rose right out of the water, giving us little chance to warm our shoes. After a while, the foot numbing chill was disregarded because of the beauty of our surroundings.

The next day our feet took us to a melting landscape of rusty red-rock formations resembling viscous syrup being poured down a hill.

And in order to get to this strange playground we got to scale a cliff wall with the help of manmade footholds. Super Fun!!