roly-poly animals

Thanksgiving and Christmas 2011

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Natural History Museum

Playing on the computer

3 years old!

Christmas time

OUCH!

Driving to Michigan

Thanksgiving 2011 - Family Photos pt. 1

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Yes, it is a sucker stuck to his nose while he is sleeping.

Thanksgiving 2011 - Family Photos pt. 2

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Halloween

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On top of a giant pumpkin at Home Depot.

Tastiest chicken pizza of all time.

In front of our painted pumpkin.

Everyone loved their costumes! And yes, they are both made out of paper bags, tape and paint! Sweet, awesome costumes for like $5. Fortunately Daxon already had the yellow and brown pajamas!

Ward trunk or treat. That's not Caleb's normal head, in case you can't tell.

Yummy, first experience trick or treating.

DC Zoo

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First time on the bus!

Biggest escalator I have ever seen.

In the subway.

Choking the eagle.

Giant Amazonian fish!

Getting tired.

In the fake rainforest.

This lizard had silver scales on it's face. It was crazy!

Alligator snapping turtle. Watch out!

Giant tortoise.

Jelly fish tank.

YES! Chameleons.

It was raining like a hurricane and me and the boys went out and played in it. Most fun I have had in a long time!

Here comes Halloween.

Hello Virginia

2011-09-23T15:46:00.001-07:00

Last few thrills in the Kortas pool.

Had to stop by the Almont pet shop before moving.

Waiting for Dad at the barracks.

Hiding from Dad at the barracks.
Hanging with Dad at the barracks.

New apartment. (simple and functional - perfect for us)

View from the bedroom.

First day of school!

Virginia is exhausting.

Blowing up the bed.

New hair cut in different styles. (Caleb did a great job! Yay)

Kortas Family Visit

2011-08-28T13:40:00.000-07:00

Walk down Hayfield lane

Xander, Graham

Daxon

Kendra

Daxon, Emery, Travis, Elissa, Carson

At Home

Daxon with the new Lego set from Dad!

Motherly instincts kicking in. (Kendra, Kaiden-Elissa's baby)

Houghton Lake

Daxon, Emery, Xander, and Graham enjoying the sand.

Emery and Graham in Grandma and Grandpa's big float.

In the canoe.

Under the canopy.

Playing cards. (Julie Kennedy, Carly, Hannah)

Me and Logan (Lindsay's baby)

Grandpa Kortas, Travis, Daxon

Lindsay, Emery, Joel, Elissa, Carly, Hannah, Carson, Lee, Jesse.

On the dock. (Graham, Carly)

Spider web.

In the canoes. (Kendra, Hannah, Xander, Graham, Daxon, Carly, Elissa)

All the Kortas girls! (Joy, Elissa, Kendra, Lindsay, Carly, Hannah)

Detroit Zoo

Looking at the birds

Toads

In the water tunnel

The only exhibit that made someone cry. Robotic Dinosaur.

Watching the bears

Butterfly room

Great Grandma Kortas Visit

(Daxon, Kaiden, Xander, Grandma Kortas, Graham, Logan, Hannah, Emery)

Grandma's garden

Double rainbow!

Acting silly (eating chives) I bet they regret that.

(Xander, Daxon, Graham)

Trip to South Carolina

2011-07-23T16:20:00.000-07:00

BEST WEEK OF MY LIFE!
I drove to South Carolina for Caleb's graduation from Basic training for the Army. It was the greatest time of my life...so far. Mostly just because I got to see him again and every moment was great even if it was going wrong because I was with him. The first day was family day where families could come and spend the day with their soldiers on the base before their graduation. Everyone waited in the stands for their graduates and I got there JUST in time for their entrance. They blew some smoke bombs up and all the the soldiers came running out of the woods into the smoke yelling, then got into formation. It was pretty sweet. Everyone in the stands were screaming and it sounded like the coliseum when gladiators fight. It was crazy. I cried a little, but I had to hold it back because of the crowd. It just hit me that I was actually about to see him.

What a handsome fellow.

He actually got to put his talents to use while he was there which doesn't happen often. He painted a new banner for his platoon.

Lunch time. I could have taken pictures of him all day, but no one would appreciate them but me.

Marching into formation for graduation.

Caleb's company.

Caleb and his Brother Dean who came to the graduation too.

Eating my melted milk dud blob.

Myrtle Beach.

Random store of Peruvian imports. HAHA

Crazy roller coaster bridge on the way to AIT

Driving. I did a lot of that. I might not look happy, BUT I AM! I was pondering my wonderful life.

Insects and Birthday Adventures

2011-07-23T15:58:00.000-07:00

Being cute as always.

Mini fat-lip.

Chickens are getting bigger!

Ha Ha.

Fire fly night.

Butterfly.

Swinging with Aunt Carly.

Chilling with Aunt Hannah.

People tower.

Berry Bonanza

Brand new, all exclusive Daxon 5.0

Birthday fun.

Visit with Mary

2011-06-15T17:28:00.000-07:00

Me and the boys went to hang out with my best friend from my younger years who was in town for a week. It was great and she took these pictures at the park. I need a good camera!

Angel? Nope, just me.

Mary and Me.

On the rope jungle gym.

Crazy see-saw.

Memorial Day and week

2011-06-15T15:50:00.000-07:00

We went to Grand and Great grandparent's graves on the Kortas side of the family for Memorial Day

The kids love the Kortas pool

Sunblock

Being cute

In church

Daxon slip off the step stool and split his chin open.

The garden is growing

Michigan Adventures

2011-05-24T17:16:00.001-07:00

Super cute face

Taking care of babies

Ninja Stars

Pretty boy

Who needs a parrot. Real pirates have kittens.

This is what happens when you let Daxon get his own snack. A cold hot dog wrapped in two pieces of salami.

Taking a walk

Very lucky. Four 4-leaf clovers in 1 minute

Graham caught this toad and he was really excited about it.

Last days with Caleb

2011-05-17T10:31:00.001-07:00

As most of you know Caleb left for Basic Training last week. Here are some pictures of the last few days we had with him. We will miss him a LOT.

Taking care of business at Stoney Creek beach.

The Djembe is finally finished.

At the park the day before Caleb left.

Near Somerset mall.

Trying on glasses at the mall.

A picture Caleb sent me from his room just before Basic Training. Not very good quality so it is hard to see.

The boys being mischievous in the yard.

Moving to Michigan

2011-04-28T12:55:00.000-07:00

We recently moved to Michigan to live with the Kortas family while Caleb is in basic training for the Army. Here are some pictures of our last week in Oregon, the trip to Michigan, and a few pictures in Michigan.

Working on a greenhouse for Sue before leaving Oregon

Daxon's wounded hand after helping Caleb work on the greenhouse. His hand is recovering well and only has some small red lines left.

Cool pictures taken on my camera phone

Caleb's home-made djembe drum on the home-made lathe.

Destroying the home-made frog piñata.

LOTS OF HOME-MADE GOING ON! Watching TV with Daxon's home-made robot.

Waiting for the tire to be fixed.

A deer rad into our car on the way to Michigan. We got out of it with a missing mirror! phew.

After a couple days in the car moral was getting a little low.

Macinac Bridge in Michigan. HUGE.

A week after we got to Michigan both of the Kortas' cats had babies. Daxon was in heaven.

New Central Oregon Home

2011-02-23T18:00:00.000-08:00

As most of you know in January we moved to central oregon to live with Caleb's parents until he joins the Army. These are some pictures we have taken since we moved here.

Enjoying the new snowy wonderland!
Coinsidental capture (with my crappy phone camera!)

He just walked backward right into a tire!

The fog settling

Watching the "boob tube"...obviously.

After our date (one of the many advantages of living with family) of watching Tron in 3D

Archade

At our friends' ranch

The animals in their cage.

In the greenhouse

Sleeping beauty

Taking cute pictures

Homemade monsters

After the big snow last week. 24 hour power outage

Icicle

Potty Training

Christmas 2010 (Central Oregon)

2011-02-23T17:52:00.000-08:00

Decorating the tree

Thanksgiving 2010

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Graham being mischievous.

Daxon's Thanksgiving collage. (all of the things he likes) Yes, there are THREE geico geckos. I guess he is glad we have car insurance?

Graham slept on his hand.

Teaching Graham the basics of being a kid.

Lee and Carly arrive for Thanksgiving break.

Beach day...in November! It was freezing. (Graham, Daxon, Carly)

Dead alien on the beach.
(Lee, Caleb, Graham, Carly)
(Carly, Graham, Daxon, Kendra, Lee)

Haystack rock. (Lee, Carly, Graham, Daxon, Kendra, Caleb)

Trying on hats at Seaside.
(Daxon)

Portland Temple

Thanksgiving dinner. (Bryten, Eli, Ali, Caleb, Daxon, Lee, Graham, Carly, Kendra)

October in Oregon 2010

2010-11-05T18:37:00.000-07:00

Climbing a tree for the first time.

Daxon's Halloween dinner. (Baby Octopuses) I don't know why but he loves baby octopuses.

YUMMY! They made our whole house smell bad.

Jim and Sue's wood shed before we got there.

...and after.

Daxon's 'pacman' frog he bought with the money he saved. He named it Jackie after Jackie Chan.

Trying on hats at the mall.

Busted.

Daxon loves praying mantis insects.

I don't know where we took this but is is gorgeous.

Oregon Beach

2010-11-05T18:27:00.000-07:00

We went to the beach in august to look at tide pools. Unfortunately, the tide was up! Here are the pictures from our trip.

All alone.

Chubby kid.

This is what the beach looks like in Oregon. Beautiful!

We had to hike through the woods to get there.

Jim and Sue's place in July

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In July we went to Jim and Sue's house and went into the hills to a pond to catch insects.

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Boys camping trip to Grand Canyon. Oops, the shutter wasn't open all the way.

Jesse committing suicide.

Hiking.

Travis with horned lizard.

Jesse, Caleb, Joel.

Carson writing name on list.

Cozy camping.

At Travis and Elissa's house.

Splash park.

Circus Circus.

Trampoline place.

Carson and Graham drinkin' shakes.

Mater.

Oregon Adventures

2010-08-06T13:22:00.000-07:00

Playing at the park.

Boys a primary activity.

Playing with friends in pool.

Playing in the back yard. Daxon got himself dressed in Graham's clothes.

Always sleepy.

The one time they are nice to each other.

Playing at friend's birthday party.

Eating a cupcake from Nana Sue.

This picture is way funner than it looks. We were eating cheese-its and he was standing up leaning against the couch and he was really tire so his head was nodding a bit. We just kept eating and a couple minutes later he fell flat on his back and didn't move. He had one shoe on a car in his hand and a cheese-it between his lips. He slept like that for a couple hours.

Daxon made Graham into a cocoon.

Kiwi within a kiwi.

Graham helping me clean up dinner.

Daily ritual. Face smash.

Update from Oregon

2010-08-06T12:53:00.000-07:00

Daxon decorating Graham on several different occasions.

Earrings Caleb made for me out of the antlers of the deer I shot when i was like 14. HAHA. It just sat in the closet so I guess this is a better use for it. Now i need a bear fur loin cloth to go with them. :)

Lamp Caleb made for Reuben for his wedding. Hope he doesn't look at this before tomorrow or he won't be surprised!

April in Oregon

2010-05-07T17:13:00.000-07:00

A trip to the park

Big boys bed

We find lots of animals at Caleb's work

Another trip to the park

Caleb's animal friends

More park

Where Caleb works again

Yet again, the park with friends from church

Trip to see Mary in Washington. Played at the park, ate lunch, good day. Except for the drive home.
Drive home from seeing Mary. Stuck in traffic.

Caleb's work friends

Baby pjs

Giant gerbil cage, or cardboard castle.

Sleeping babies makes happy mother

Most advertisable double cheeseburger ever. Doesn't it look good. Its homemade.

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This is the most still I have ever seen Graham lay. He is getting his shirt un-buttoned.

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Getting Use to Oregon

2010-03-25T18:42:00.000-07:00

Chub's new cute baby pajamas
Chubs being mischievous
Scary face
Tree frog we found down the street
Spider man sticker face
Daxon's henna tattoo
Graham getting stuck in Daxon's home-made spider web

Baby got tired

Last Moments in Baker, CA

2010-02-17T20:26:00.000-08:00

Happy Monkey Baby

Scary aborigine baby.

My boys

Graham likes the soft chair Nana Sue sent.

Daxon's crazy hair cut.

Sea monkey. They all died on the trip to Oregon. :(

First time on a skateboard.

Me want cookies.

Bug eyes.

Finishing the Bike. It looks more blue but it is a sparkly forest green.

Caleb and Ryan Smith pouring the last pieces of counter.

Last two drinks in the baker bedroom.

Cabinets and Countertops

2010-02-17T19:56:00.000-08:00

These are the cabinets and counter tops that Caleb (and I) built for the Smith's house. I took most of the pictures on my phone so they aren't that good, but you can tell what is going on.

Finishing the counter tops in the driveway. They are all wet.
This is what the top looked like after being ground down.

The Installation

100% home made raised panel knotty pine cabinets with antique finish...made by us. Pretty good for the first time!

Concrete counter tops with a basket weave profile. This is before they are waxed and polished.

The island

The sink

From California To Oregon

2010-02-17T18:26:00.001-08:00

Daxon sleeps with Ollie on the way to Vegas after our last day in Baker.

Lots of turbines in California on the way to Oregon.

The scenery changed from desert to green hills quickly.

One of the many orange orchards.

Everything was trees as soon as we got to Oregon.

Daxon in the parking lot of our new apt.

Our miniature kitchen.

A giant tree on the way to church in Forest Grove!

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Graham is too occupied with his sucker to open presents.

Daxon and my homemade snow globes (gift from Elissa). Guess which is who's.

Christmas day - Graham opens a gift from Toys for Tots. They give every kid in Baker a toy!

Daxon's crazy r/c car from grandma Kortas.

My curlers...The after picture is scary. My hair is still too short for them. :)

Caleb using his new Leatherman knife

Daxon's presents from mom and dad

Cherry cheeks

Caleb and Kendra's present to eachother... all taken apart
and in the process of being beautified.

One Year Old

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2009-12-21T10:57:00.000-08:00

Graham observes the birthday cake
He tries it
He thinks about it
Guess he didn't like it

Christmas times

2009-12-21T10:45:00.000-08:00

Daxon pretends to sleep like Graham

Graham enjoys his first swinging experience

Daxon and Graham swing with Blake and Josie (Smith's kids)

Graham was quick to get on the jungle gym

The kids attack our half-way baby proof Christmas tree

2009-12-16T12:45:00.000-08:00

Daxon is already enjoying some Christmas presents.

Graham had a great time playing the piano at Grandma and Grandpa Anderson's house in Oregon.

Thanksgiving 2009

2009-12-07T11:21:00.000-08:00

These are pictures that Sue and Jim took with their professional skills. Some family pictures and some candid. Great shots!

Oregon

2009-12-03T12:47:00.000-08:00

Daxon admired the ducks in San Bernardino.

Daxon sleeps in a pose on the way to Oregon

Graham tries to use a pillow, but doesn't quite know how

Graham hit it off with Nana Sue right away

Then sat down for Thanksgiving dinner...mmm

Jim displayed an owl in the Thanksgiving parade

Dad had to drag Daxon by the feet to get him to go back to California

What we're up to

2009-11-04T16:06:00.000-08:00

Graham is still busy being cute.

Caleb is finding all kinds of wildlife at work. (gecko that lives in the desert)

(tarantula)

We went to a guys house in our ward who has a pistachio farm. he also had 14 dogs and a house full of parakeets. Daxon liked the birds the most.

I snapped a pic of Caleb with the delorian that just happened to drive through baker

Halloween

Daxon played games at Elissa's ward party

Nature

2009-10-15T11:03:00.001-07:00

Things we found around the house and on walks

Baby walking stick...super tiny...very cool

Random goose that hung out in our yard for a day

Joshua trees

Moss

Twisted juniper trees

Some type of Cyprus tree, very random and rare for mojave...don't know why or how it is there

The boulders we climbed the other day

Flower bush at Therean's house

HIke

2009-10-15T10:43:00.000-07:00

Went on a hike the other day with Therean (a guy Caleb works with). We went pretty high on the mountain he lives on and through some boulders with his dog.

Graham asleep in the baby back pack

The boulders we hiked around

The weather leaves these rocks with all sorts of shapes

Me and Daxon on the elephant baby

It even has faces of old men

The rocks we climbed through

Children

2009-10-15T10:33:00.000-07:00

After eating

Daxon and Ollie

Daxon with all of his weapons

Playing nice. YAY

2009-10-01T21:02:00.000-07:00

Here's some pictures of a hike i did with my neighbor Nick, his friend Peter and one of the rangers, Michael. Great guys. Very Funny people. The hike got a little hairy toward the top and we had some large boulders get knocked loose. Luckily, we were being careful and nobody got hurt. The mountain is Clark Mountain. It's the highest peak in the preserve at 8,000 feet. I heard there's a great view from the top but smoke from wildfires near LA have been leaving quite a bit of smoke in the air.Nick's awesome 4x4 Ford diesel that he's retrofit to run on vegetable oil. Great truck! You can see the peaks in the distance that we hiked to.

Peter experiencing a little natural style aromatherapy.

This is an agave plant that usually grows a really straight single stalk 10 to 15 feet tall. I don't know why this one got so curvy

Cactus at 7,000 feet. It's so weird to see cactus next to pine and fir trees.

Fir tree next to smaller pinion pines.

More agave plants. Straight this time.

New Development in the Baby Realm

2009-09-21T11:14:00.001-07:00

Bath Time

Graham learning to eat out of a syringe.

TEETH!

Check out the temperature in the morning. It is actually colder outside than in!

CHUBS MOVIES

2009-09-21T11:11:00.000-07:00

This is 3 videos made into 1. I don't know why but the first one is cracking Graham up. The second is one of his favorite things to do. And the third is him standing!

Camping Night

2009-08-24T15:33:00.001-07:00

We went camping in one of the campsites on the park for a night last week. Worst night sleep of my life! More like worst night of not sleeping of my life.

The tent made the perfect play pen...the kids actually liked to be in it!

We went on a little hike around the campsite.

We stopped at Kesler Springs on the way home for some more picture.

The spring wasn't much to look at though!

We got some great pictures by some old cattle equipment.

Caleb almost stepped on a fat gopher snake too. (It looks bigger but it is actually about 4 ft.)

Graham was happy to be on his way home! Me too.

Weekend at the Jone's house

2009-08-24T15:26:00.000-07:00

Daxon loved the spray park at the mall in vegas.

He liked the puppy Elissa and Travis were dog-sitting even more!

When we got home it was back to the norm....brothers playing.

And finding wild animals in the house!

Like Brother, Like Brother

2009-08-20T12:13:00.001-07:00

Daxon 4 months old.

Graham 4 months old.

Brothers

2009-08-11T14:09:00.000-07:00

Learning to play nicely...through a glass wall. :)

He stands!

Petroglyphs

2009-08-05T20:21:00.000-07:00

Petroglyphs on Mojave National Preserve

Sunset in Baker...again. The crazy thing is that the camera doesn't show very much of the color.
Kitty Mohawk.

Mead Lake, Anderson Bros, and nature randomness

2009-07-31T16:29:00.000-07:00

These are a bunch of pictures that we took on our phones for the past month. They are in semi-chronological order.

The first few pictures are from mead lake on the 4th of july. We went there with Elissa and Travis and Travis' family.

Graham in the "new" baby backpack! yay.

Daxon and his brithday legos.

Day in Mojave National Preserve

Graham in Xander's crib

Pioneer day with Elissa and Travis. Daxon standing, looking cute, picking up candy.

WOW, flood on the border of Cali and Nevada...on the way to Vegas for the weekend.

Visiting Dean and Ross in Vegas July 2009. What a fun weekend. I am glad we happened to live in Baker...How often do they go to Vegas anyway!

Rain in baker!...well, almost in baker.

Graham in his big kid car seat.

Sunset at Ventura beach after dropping off one of the vans.

HAHA. I think they need some smaller cactus for their yard!

Graham getting too big too fast.

Daxon with Ollie - Kendra's birthday present.

All of us at once! It's a miracle.
burrito

Real First Crawl

2009-07-20T10:31:00.000-07:00

Rock climbing and morning star mine

2009-07-20T10:20:00.000-07:00

Last weekend we went rock climbing again, then went to morning star mine. It is an old gold mine that got filled with water from a spring. The rock we climbed was even harder than the last one. We only got pictures of Kendra climbing. It was sooooo hot that day. Everyone stayed in the shade as much as possible.

2009-07-14T11:55:00.000-07:00

Graham is just about to crawl. He doesn't really crawl much in this video but it is close enough.

Rock Climbing

2009-07-14T11:45:00.000-07:00

We went rock climbing last weekend at these big granite rock piles. Our neighbor who has rock climbing gear brought us and taught us how to do it. It was pretty fun and WAY harder than I thought it would be.

This is the rock we climbed. It was really hard because there weren't very many cracks to grab onto. We mostly just used the texture and grooves in the rocks to climb on. We went to the last big crack on the top, right before the top large boulder.

Me climbing (Kendra)

Me repeling (Kendra)

Caleb climbing...it was getting dark by then.

Swimming

2009-07-12T17:34:00.000-07:00

California Andersons

2009-07-12T17:25:00.000-07:00

I am re-posting these videos because they weren't working.

Phone Pictures

2009-07-08T16:49:00.000-07:00

These are random pictures from both of our Phones.

Caleb cutting down trees at work.

Our pet black widow. We only had it for about a minute before we had to kill it.

Another sunset in Baker, CA.

If you don't have enough hands to take care of you kids, resort to using your feet.

Caleb wrangling cattle at work.

Kortas Visit

2009-07-08T16:07:00.000-07:00

Grandma Kortas and Hannah's visit to Baker, Ca....How exciting!

We went to Zyzzx, What used to be a natural spa place with mud baths and stuff. Now college students do studies there.

Me and Chub Chub (Graham) on a street that was named after him.

Daxon looking hansom.

Graham's first encounter with a baby cookie.

Hannah and Daxon enjoying eachother's company.

Daxon shows off his newly developed muscles.

Graham finally pushed those teeth out.

Recent pic of the family, besides Caleb, he is never in pictures!

Weekend with the Jones Family

2009-06-09T13:38:00.001-07:00

We went into the mountains to look for turquoise...no luck. Just a bunch of tiny pieces. There were small caves made by people who were digging for turquoise.

We also went to the sand dunes. They were huge and we had to walk about a mile to get to them so we didn't go to the very top, but close enough. We brought skate boards to try to slide down but it didn't work that great. (Travis and Daxon, Caleb)

(Travis, Caleb)

All of the (Kortas) grand kids.

New Apartment

2009-06-02T20:38:00.000-07:00

Some pictures of our new place.

UPDATE

2009-05-21T16:48:00.000-07:00

I just thought i would write a shmear about the goings-on in our lives right now. Caleb took a job with the National Park Service, so we moved to Baker, CA a couple weeks ago and he now works on the Mojave National Preserve. The trip down was torture, but its over and we are settling in nicely. The park is great, and very large. Its 1.6 million acres and has many things to see. The weather here is the same almost every day...in the 100s with no clouds in the sky. (except for an occasional random sand/wind storm) In the summer it should get up the 130 or so. I am looking forward to that! Baker (little did we know) has a population of about 300. It is actually more of a pit stop between Las Vegas and L.A. There isn't even a GROCERY STORE! We went to the nearest town with stores and it is more than an hour away and has a small walmart and a couple no-name grocery stores. I think we will end up going to Vegas for our shopping from now on. Its about an hour and a half away. (two hours in our van!) We went to church for the first time (hour away) and it is a branch with about 25 people. 15 of which are too old to sit through 3 hours of meeting, so they only have sacrement and relief society/preisthood! I have never heard of that before. It's nice since we have to drive so far but still weird. Fortunately, by some odd coincidence, the is ONE other young couple in the ward with a boy daxon's age that just happen to live in Baker too! We're saved! anyway, thats all i can think of right now.

Mojave

2009-05-20T14:37:00.000-07:00

Our first few days in Baker...While we were cleaning out the neighbor's pool we found a lizard drowning in it. That is how daxon was able to catch it.

Daxon sharing his toys with king Graham.

MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE!
We have only gone to the visitor's center and two of the sites at mojave. There are a LOT left, but here are the pictures we have gotten so far. The park is 1.6 million acres. (the 3rd largest national park in North America)

AWARD WINNING PICS AT MOJAVE...so far.

Grand Prize winner

2nd Place

3rd Place

Jr. Prize

They had random mounds of rocks lying around.

These weird flowers grow out of the ground without leaves or anything, just a stem and flower.

Lizard kendra almost stepped on.

There were lots of these orange flowers growing everywhere.
Hole-in-the-wall camp ground is one of the places we went. There are a few reasons why it might be called hole-in-the-wall, but ultimately it has to do with one of these holes.

There are two parts on the trail that you have to use climbing rings to get up and down the steep rocks.

We went by a couple different "forests" - one was the Joshua tree forest, one of the densest in the world. (Joshua trees must not grow very close together.)

The other was one that was burnt by a wild fire a while ago. I don't know what kind of tree they are. They looked like stumpy/thick white pines. (A few clumps of trees are still alive)

We took pictures of a few of the MANY different Cactus on the Preserve

Some of which we didn't notice until too late.

We were leaving the park just in time to catch the sunset.

Before and After of the house! Can you tell the difference?

2009-05-20T14:04:00.000-07:00

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