The Wild, Wild West

Us city slickers ventured into the wild, wild west.

We camped at Green Canyon for a couple days of swimming lesson bonanza,
and good 'ol family time.

While Daniel had lessons, James played.
After the lessons, we all swam together.

And when we weren't swimming, we were trying out our cowboy skills.
Here is the tale of how we fared.

"Uh Mom, why did they not pick up after the geese?"

"I've only seen one of these at the zoo."

We ran into a new species...a rare one.
He seemed pretty tame until you started talking U of U football.
He also liked eating strawberry twizzlers.

Christian and Daniel really did run into a moose on a hike.
They did not stop to take his picture.
They had a starring contest.
They stared at him.
He stared at them.
He won.
They turned around and tiptoed away.

Something about the West draws me back...
...I think it is in my blood.
It feels good to watch your kids fall asleep so content and so exhausted.