Weekend in Snowflake

We spent another glorious weekend in Snowflake at the beginning of August.  Darrell couldn't come because he was working, but the kids and I went and it was beautiful.  The temperature of course in our neck of the woods were over 100 and miserable, but in Snowflake it was gorgeous.  There was actual rain and coolness in the air come morning and evening.  I can't wait for the wonderful Snowflake summers when we finally relocate in a few years.

On Grandpa and Grandma Brimhall's property there is a "pond" that fills up when there is rain.  It's definitely more a mud hole at this point but the kids love it.  Derek's favorite thing is to find tadpoles.  This one he found was huge and it looks like it is smiling for the camera...weird!!

Say Cheese!

I absolutely LOVE this picture with the blue sky and clouds and Emily just enjoying life in the mud.  She slopped around in that mud for quite awhile before I took this picture and she was filthy.

Oh the life...

You can see in this picture that Derek is wet up to his waist.  He would wade out to the middle of the water looking for tad

Grrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!

One of my other favorite things about Snowflake is the green green grass in the parks during the summer. We spend a few hours at a park one afternoon.  I relaxed in the shade while the kids played.  Derek found a huge grasshopper, and he along with some of the other kids ran around to catch it then would hold it for awhile before letting it go again to chase it.

I'm pooped!

It's time for a nap.

There were two other activities I enjoyed during this particular trip.  The kids and I went and got ice cream on a rainy afternoon and we enjoyed a wonderful cool afternoon walking on an overcast day and spending time next to the waterfall that is at the entrance to the road leading to the temple.  The kids saw three different rainbows in the sky and it was just fun.

I'm a princess