Cooling off at Aunt Cari's

 Hallie & Tillman

 We're jumping in and cooling off after our long hike in the sun!

 Bailey help Taige in!

 Brooklyn & Abi

 Hallie

 Bailey & Chase relaxing with their Itouch

 Check out Taige!

 Jordynn & Jackson! Such a sweet boy!

Family Hike

 Hallie at the start of our hike.  The hiking spot is located in the Gold Canyon area near Florence.  We drove about 30 min. from my sister Cari's home in Gilbert.

 Our cousins, Brooke, Monica & her husband Sven with Lucy in the pack!

These are our 'Oregon Cousins' whom we rarely get to see.  It was so much fun spending the day with them!

 Cyndi, Me, Brooke, Monica & Cari

 Cyndi, Tillman, Hallie & I along with Chase, who helped us SO MUCH, lagged quite a long way behind.  It was a really big hike for such little people! Not to mention the sun coming down nice & strong!

 At the end of the hike is a pool of water that Tillman & Hallie went right to.

Also above the water on the face of the rock are hieroglyphics.

 They just learned about moss and the slippery effects! Oops!

 It's cold water!

 We enjoyed a nice picnic lunch that Cari provided for us!

 Brooklyn, Shayne, Chase & Abi

 Tillman & Lucy

 Cari & Shayne

 We found lots of really big lizzardy friends - ugh!

Sven was pretty sure he saw a Gila Monster as well, so I was extremely nervous climbing around the rocks.

 Shayne & Abi in front,

Wonderful family members in back!

 Hallie, Sven, Shayne & Taige

 Another friend...

 Cousins!

 Our hiking crew!
Mark wanted to come, but he recently had knee surgery (about 40% of his meniscus removed) and wasn't quite ready for this hike! So instead he was a super sweet dad and took Jordynn & Kailan shopping for a prom dress for Jordynn.  It was a first! And, they found one!!

 Kids & water! It's the best!!

 Bailey & Abi

Back to the car at last! It was a really fun hike! Thank you Cari for planning it!

Lucy & Cyndi

Sleepover at Aunt Cari's!

Thursday night the kids went scorpion hunting with Uncle Garret and a black light! You shine the black light on the brick walls, in the rocks, etc. and the scorpions will light up florescent green.  They found quite a few! Scary! Then the boys wanted to sleep out on the trampoline.  They had a sleeping bag laid out for Tillman, but there was no way he was going to stay out there with the scorpions.  We tried to explain that they couldn't climb the legs of the trampoline, but he was not convinced.  So, he had a sleepover with his girl cousins inside.

Taige, Chase, Bailey

Back at the Mickelson's Camp

 The kids had fun playing catch

 and shooting arrows!

 Like father like son.

 Scott can sure cook up a mean hamburger!

Tillman roasting his marshmallow! We also had a great time around the camp fire playing 'Big Bootie'!

Spring Break at Sycamore Canyon

 Hallie & Tillman

 Mason & Chase

 Kailan

 All of the boys were such gentlemen as they lined up across the creek, passed babies along and helped each of us make it to the other side.

 Look! It's the Alice & Wonderland Hole!

Ronnie, Kailan & Cassidy

JUMP Chase!