Redwoods

In April Charles and I drove to Eureka, California.  It was beautiful to be in the Northwest again.  It rained a little each day, which we enjoyed.  We went to Redwood National and Humboldt State Park and saw some big trees.

Here is Big Tree and Tall Tree.  (Fitting names.)  I am standing at the base of each of them.

Charles standing by a fallen tree.

Charles and Corkscrew Tree.  It twists all the way up.  The picture doesn't do it justice.

We drove along the ocean and through two streams to get to the trail for Fern Canyon.  The walls of the canyon are covered with ferns and other plant life.  There is a stream that runs through it.  A pretty place.

This picture shows an area where large trees have jammed against the side of the canyon.  The sculpted looking trees in the back are actually the roots of a redwood.

Charles flying a kite at the ocean. 

We had the golf course to ourselves in Eureka.  The whole course was a puddle.  We were still able to play and the sun was out for part of the time.  When we got to the 17th hole it started pouring, so we skipped the 18th.  We were soaked, but it was fun.

 This is the deck and landscape of the cabin we stayed in.  It was a very nice place with great views from every window.
We enjoyed sitting and listening to the rain, eating in and watching movies.

End of School

Yes, I know that school has just started, but I should catch the blog up to date.  So we go back to when school was just getting out.

Ethan had a field trip in May.  We went to the Planetarium at BYU and two BYU Museums.  Here is Ethan at the Dinosaur Museum.  The other museum was the People and Cultures Museum.

 Eli had the traditional kindergarten field trip to the zoo.  Joshua and I drove up and spent the day with him there.  Here they are climbing on the gorilla statue at Hogle Zoo.  They enjoyed seeing the animals, riding on the merry-go-round and eating lunch there.

 Eli was the one who did not want school to end.  He loves school.  Here he is at Kindergarten Graduation.

 Lest we get to relaxed with summer coming we had Eli's T-ball and Ethan's coach pitch games every week.
Allison took these pictures of them playing.

Here are some of the fun things we did as a family in May.

This is our croquet obstacle course.

Here is our game board (Formerly known as our homemade clock.  It fell and broke.)  We were at the end of Seven Wonders, a new board game that we have played with many of you.

This is Hyper Dash.  The targets are spread around the yard.  We took turns and also played on teams.  Allison is the runner here.