This year we went to Moab in the middle of August with the Browers and the DeGooyers. Kevin did some work for a guy that owns a vacation home down there, and for trade the guy let us use it for the weekend. It was so nice to be able to stay in a house and not have to pay for it!
As par for the course, something had to go wrong on our trip. Kevin pulled our jeep down on a trailer and when we went to get it off it wouldn't start. It took a few hours and a lot of money to figure out the problem and get it started (dang electrical problems), but we solved the problem and didn't let it ruin our weekend. It seems like it is not a Moab trip unless someone has some jeep troubles. Luckily that is the only thing that went wrong on our trip.
(There are a million pictures as always, I can't seem to be able to narrow them down. If you want to see the pictures bigger just click on them!)
We went on quite a few trails in the short amount of time that we were there. We went on Cliffhanger, Poison Spider Mesa, Hell's Revenge, and Metal Masher. You Moab people will probably recognize the spots in a bunch of the photos.
Mathias LOVES jeeping. When we told him that we were turning around after "The Wedge"on Poison Spider Mesa, he lost it. He told us that he wanted to keep jeeping and never go home.
Here are just a few fun shots of my cute little family.
Here are a few random shots of all of our jeeps.
This was the first year that we took Mathias jeeping with us to Moab. Our pediatrician recommended not taking little ones till they are about two years old so that their necks are a bit stronger to handle all of the bouncing around. Last year we ended up not going. Mathias LOVED Moab and everything about it. Of course he loved jeeping but he also loved playing with his cars on the rocks and digging in the sand. I also think that it is so funny that this kid can fall asleep on the bouncy trails, not to mention that we don't have shocks so they are extra bouncy for us. Needless to say it was heaven for him and he still talks about it non-stop.
On every trail we would take a lunch break and let the kids run around for a while. As if doing some real jeeping was not enough, Dev and his brother Rick also have little radio-controlled buggies that they would play with on the rocks. I swear guys never do grow up.
It was so much fun to get away and to spend time with the family. Hopefully we can all get together and do it again. We probably won't be able to go next year because of the new little one who's due right when Easter Jeep Safari rolls into town.
So this is what I woke up to this morning. We put the toys in timeout on the fridge when he is not behaving or when they get really loud and obnoxious and we just can't handle them anymore. Apparently he really wanted something. I can't believe that all of that actually held him, especially since one side of the box was broken and not glued together anymore. Pretty creative though, I guess.
Mathias thought it was fun and actually payed attention for about all of five minutes.
He then thought it was more fun to play with his jeep on his chair.
But then Dad got a bucket of popcorn and that grabbed his attention. I am pretty sure he ate the whole thing by himself. This kid LOVES popcorn!
When we go jeeping we let out some of the air in the tires, it helps you grip better and have a less bouncy ride. After we are done jeeping it is time to fill them back up. Mathias has been kinda fascinated with this. When I walked into the living room this is what I found. He had found Dev's phone charger and was airing up the tires on his jeep. I thought it was pretty creative.
(There are a million pictures as always, I can't seem to be able to narrow them down. If you want to see the pictures bigger just click on them!)
Mathias LOVES jeeping. When we told him that we were turning around after "The Wedge"on Poison Spider Mesa, he lost it. He told us that he wanted to keep jeeping and never go home.
Here are just a few fun shots of my cute little family.
Here are a few random shots of all of our jeeps.
On every trail we would take a lunch break and let the kids run around for a while. As if doing some real jeeping was not enough, Dev and his brother Rick also have little radio-controlled buggies that they would play with on the rocks. I swear guys never do grow up.
