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Florence Fights Back

I guess I should title it Florence BITES Back. Coincidentally the first time we had to discipline our boy was this streak of biting that came over him. Emmett would bite mommy and daddy anytime we were wrestling around and having fun. Then it progressed to when he needed to get our attention. Needless to say, it was effective and challenged our parenting skills.

One day at daycare, Emmett was crawling all over Florence and not respecting her space. She sent a message and the picture tells the rest of the story. Interestingly enough, Emmett's biting has dramatically decreased and we have The Florence Revenge to thank.

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