Gateway Children's Museum

An hour in the Beehive delivering balls to a myriad of locations.
An hour-and-a-half constructing skyscrapers with cranes, cubes, costumes and cooperation.
A look into the AirMed helicopter parked on the roof. Hopefully someday, Dad will be flying this!

Oliver!

The Pulsiphers were in a production of Oliver! The boys loved it. Here is Jenny, Mike and Sam Pulsipher.
Sam and Katie Pulsipher Brown.
Have I mentioned the boys love Sam? He's their favorite babysitter. "Everything he says is funny. Say something funny, Sam!" says Tal. He likes everything they like, Avatar, Minecraft and he brings them cool books to read.

Swim Lessons and Jack can Belly Dance!

The boys did two sessions of swim lessons this year--four weeks. They had great instructors.


Can you see the Superman sunburn on Cole's instructor's chest? Awesome.

Tal was playing parent and parked himself at the edge of the pool where he could give Trace high-fives.

Grover Trip 1 - Day in Escalante

Our second day, we drove with the Laffertys to Escalante and went on a hike in the Petrified Forest State Park. A Sego Lilly.

Tal, offering scale.

Trace, turning into a hiker. Now if we can just get him to walk the two blocks to church!

On a petrified log with cousin Ally.

On the way back we took a 2-hour detour to see the Hell's Backbone Bridge. I've never forgotten my Grandma Ruth Hale's description of the bridge in her play "The Educated Heart" and I'd always wanted to see it. It was 2 hours of a monotonous water-board dirt road through a pine forest. Then I started to notice through the pine trees that across the way there were these sheer white rock cliffs that dropped down so far you could not see the bottom. I thought "Oh that's the exciting part over there." Then we turned a corner and I realized that it was a box canyon (Box Death Hollow) and we'd been separated from the same sheer drop off by just a fringe of trees. Then the trees opened up and we could see the bridge, which was only about 15-feet across but a half-a mile down below it! You could not see the bottom. There is a reason the WPA workers called it Acid Death Drops. One false move on that job and it would have been bye-bye forever.
We didn't get very good pictures because as I got out Jack got out too and I had to jump back in and tell Clint to drive on. It was too dangerous. As we drove away my heart was pounding like we'd been in a near car crash! Phew, that was exciting!

Grover Trip 1- Riding the Burr Trail

Our first trip to Grover this year we enjoyed the company of Scott and Cara Lafferty's family, and an overnight visit from the Merrills! The first morning we wanted to ride the Burr Trail and knew it was going to be about a five-hour adventure. So we left Trace in the care of Uncle Scott to enjoy ranch walks with cousins Allie and Snack.

Gorgeous vista from the Burr Trail switch backs.

Appa--taking us wherever we want to go.

Small arch.

We stopped at the Strike Valley Overlook trail head to eat a little lunch and were immediately bombarded by swarms of irritating insects. We retreated to the car for a reprieve. Then we got up our courage and hit this short 10-minute trail, the bugs pursued us every step.

I have never seen the dessert in such full bloom, thanks to the torrential spring we've had. Prickly pear.

Indian paintbrush.

Cairns. We had to teach the boys not to kick these over!

This view took my breath away! In my top three panoramas I've ever seen.

We stopped at the Anasazi National Monument and the boys loved exploring this replica building.

This is the overlook from the top of boulder.

Please click on this photo of Tal to see the labels. The Circle Cliffs are those that you can see on road past Teasdale. Navajo Mountain is in Page, Arizona!

Navy Nights Out

One of the benefits of Clint's job is that, being the senior member of the Navy in the state of Utah, we get invited to many VIP events. We went to a Chamber of Commerce dinner honoring the military.

We went to the annual Governor's Review of the Guard, where 6,000 members of the Army National Guard, Air Guard and Navy Reserve all paraded at Rice Stadium. Realizing that 80% of those there had deployed to war zones brought tears to my eyes to realize the magnitude of sacrifice represented on that field.

We went to a Veterans Day choral concert put on by the Granite District high schools and orchestras--that was very inspiring. And of course there was the Navy Ball.

Here we're getting ready to go to a Mormon Tabernacle Choir concert that was specifically for the military members of the state. Before the concert there was a reception where former Congressman Jim Hansen spoke. Because Hansen had been in the Navy in his youth, he called Clint out by name. That made us feel important, and old.

If my left leg looks larger than my right it is because I sprained my ankle and it's been a long recovery.

Jack Turns 6!

Jack's Dance Recital

Cole's 2nd Grade Program May 2011

On Any Given Day...

You'll find our boys jumping on the trampoline bare chested. It's a boy thing.

Spring 2011

Tulips topped with snow.

Here is my mother's day present from Trace and Jack. They picked these and arranged them in bowls on the counter.

For two weeks they filled the kitchen with gorgeous smells and colors. It made my Mother's Day.

Our little spring cottage.