March 2018

I love it when Mark reads to me, especially when it's a satire about parenting. 

3rd grade field trip to CrossCut 

Lucius at The Rialto 

The show was incredible. 

Gordon's friend's birthday party 

Car packed for Spring break in Utah!! 

Quick stop in Salt Lake City 

Showing the kids the Mormon Temple 

We saw dumb & dumber in downtown Salt Lake 

Our amusing attempts at a decent family selfie 

Newspaper rock

We made it to the tipi in Canyonlands National Park, Needles Outpost 

We saw incredible sunsets!

Since we stayed in Canyonlands, miles from anything, the stars were unbelievable. I have never seen anything like it.  We sat around the campfire spotting satellites and constellations. Those nights were by far the best nights of this year so far. 

Another view of our tipi from above

A man made cave near our tipi 

Cave Spring in the Needles area of Canyonlands 

Pictographs 

The nights were a bit cold. We have 5 layers on...no joke. The water we had in the tipi froze at night. 

Sunrise

Frozen wash cloths - it was THAT cold at night. 

Lizards galore in Canyonlands 

Wilson Arch on the way to Moab 

Moab for 2 nights 

We spent a day in Arches National Park 

Mark took another flattering photo of me. 

Delicate Arch

Wolfe Ranch 

More pictographs 

More family selfie attempts 

Deer in Arches 

Mark & Ella going up, Gordon and I stayed behind to play in the sand. Gordon is scared of heights and there were some pretty deep crevices all around. 

My favorite boy in the world. 

Landscape arch 

Ella wanted to hike EVERY trail 

Mark came down to play in the sand with Gordon and I went up with Ella. 

Gordon was asking Ella if she was peeing...she was not. 

Another view of Landscape Arch 

Balancing Rock 

Windows Arches

We met friends in Moab for dinner 

Junior Rangers

We saw some cool storms on the drive home including this one that had a funnel cloud.

We stayed in West Yellowstone for a night and checked out the Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center.

Griz snot 

Sleepy baby

The land of snow 

Passing the time by knitting

Another sleepy baby

We love receiving cards and stickers from friends! This one is from our friends in Russia! 

March was the kid's month of sickness (I was sick the ENTIRE month of February -  2 trips to the doc later, I got antibiotics and finally kicked it). The kids both missed multiple days of school. 

March for Our Lives Bozeman 

Our spoiled baby

The Rialto had a dance party to raise money for the LGBTQ Bozeman High Prom so I went with some friends. 

Ella's egg: "Gordons Mean"

Ella & I spent the last morning in March together. We got up early and went to the teahouse then to the "Growing Up Female" workshop at Bridgercare - I highly recommend it! It was refreshing to be surrounded not only by the amazing and open teachers but a group of moms that weren't scared to share information with their daughters. They were so open minded and supportive. 

Easter egg hunt in the snow 

We went to a friend's 70's themed 40th birthday party 

We got home around midnight and stuffed eggs, hid them and crashed. We knew the kids would wake us up at the crack of dawn, get sugared up and have melt downs all day. That is exactly what happened.