Utah, Arizona, New Mexico

The Grand Canyon. I guess I always assumed it was just a giant hole in the ground. Oh, words can not describe how wrong I was! It literally brought me to tears. And in my opinion, pictures can never do it justice. It's the sheer enormity of it that blew me away followed closely by a mind blowingly different view with every inch that I walked around. I simply couldn't get enough. There was obscenely vacant desert all around that I struggled to believe could support life, yet there were gorgeous mountain tops filled with vibrant flowers and trees as well. The air was cool and difficult to breath because of how high we were and Levi's favorite thing, above all, was throwing rocks off the cliffs. I could say so much more about the Grand Canyon but I will, for brevity's sake, simply say that I cried at the beauty of it all.

Before arriving we stopped in Salt Lake City and visited a scenic train ride. I literally thought Levi was going to choke himself trying to get out if the car to walk to the train because he was SO excited. He was really into looking at and touching the train but I'm not sure he got the concept that we were riding in it. It was a 2 hour trip through the mountains of Provo and it was simply gorgeous. I think I actually liked the ride part more than Levi:) he kept asking where the train was while we were riding and I kept trying I explain that we were in the train. Oh well! It was still a great memory. And he keeps asking every day for that train specifically so maybe it was as special as we hoped it would be? It's almost as if we have a themed vacation centering around trains because it's Levi's current obsession.

After the Grand Canyon we were blessed to once again be guests in a lovely home. We stayed with the Lavatos in Albequerque, NM. It was a very comfortable and lovely home and most importantly filled with very very tasty food! We had bison burgers, homemade breakfast sausage burritos, and bison brisket for dinner. All were accompanied by organic salads of the most tasty variety. The fellowship was so sweet and the kids had a great time. The backyard had organic grapes, peaches, and apricots growing and Levi would play for a bit and then pick himself a snack. It was wonderful. Judah is steadily sitting up on his own all the time and moving about. I am just so blessed by him!

Now we're heading to Texas. It's going to be great! Hoping to miss Isaac!