Emmett's Second National Park

Here we are! Emmett Quin makes an appearance at the least visited National Park, Capitol Reef. This park is truly under rated. It boasts beautiful panoramas of red rocks and spectacular colors. One of our most memorable times in this park was an off road drive through Cathedral Valley to visit the Temples of the Sun and Moon.

The Temple of the Moon is on the right side of this frame with the Temple of the Sun in the background. The drive to these magnificent rock formations took us about 45 minutes on an unpaved off-road that winded its way through some rugged and beautiful terrain.

Emmett found the drive a little less interesting and decided that he would take a break from the DVD and views in favor of some much needed sleep.

Emmett's First National Park

Emmett visited his first national park in early October when his parents took him to Arches National Park in Southern Utah. Our family flew into Salt Lake City on Wednesday October 3rd to begin our trip to Telluride, CO for the wedding of Justin's cousin, CC Rocque. The drive down began in a rented 2007 Tahoe that had a built in DVD player. This turned out to be an adictive pass-time for Emmett as he enjoyed watching (over and over) The Wiggles, Bob the Builder and Thomas the Train. We spent two nights in Moab at the Rodeway Inn, which was our way of roughing it. We took the above photo on our way into Arches on Thursday the 4th. Our drive through the park was amazing and we all enjoyed a terrific 6 mile hike up to Delicate Arch.

Wiggles

Sad to say, I found myself dancing and laughing to the Wiggles today...my life has officially been taken over by this little creature. I heard other moms talking about the Wiggles and I thought I would never be into such a thing, but oh yea, that's right, it isn't about

Bathtime Beware

Bath is part of our nightly ritual and one sure way to calm Emmett down before heading off into the land of zzz's. To say it relaxes him is an understatement. Lately, we're stuck with the challenge of fishing out a floater after we have thoroughly cleaned him up.

This is not a once or twice kind of deal, but more like every other bath. Imagine Justin and/or I standing by the tub crossing our fingers for a clean get away. Sometimes it's a success and others, we have to unload every bath toy for quaratine, scrub the tub, put Emmett back in for a second round.

How do you train a one year old to stop pooping in the tub? No How-to books cover this one!