Princesses

These girls love their cousin!

Both Roo and Rabbit got packed around Goblin Valley
and Little Wild Horse Canyon,
mostly by cousin Jesse,
but also by anyone else who would carry them.
Roo loved being swung by her arms,
and Rabbit was very pleased to ride piggyback
on Benjamin's shoulders.

Two Sisters

My sister Birrd & I took her kids to Goblin Valley yesterday.
Their cousin Jesse went with us-- just days home from his mission.
He is great with kids,
and Birrd's girls both love him.
He carried them all over the place and helped keep them happy.
This is one of my favorite pictures of them--
not just Jesse being Very Helpful,
but also the difference in personality between Roo, age 4,
and Rabbit, age 2.
Roo gets in a tight spot and wants to be carried.
Rabbit intrepidly wants to climb and slide.
Look at their faces on the photo enlargement and see.
It will be interesting to see how these two sisters interact in future years as they continue to grow up.

Me and the OAC

Our group picture at Surprise Arch, within the Fiery Furnace area

Our group picture at the overlook area of Fiery Furnace, before we hit the trail

Not so Fiery Furnace

Anticipating pleasant spring weather, I planned a trip for the OAC down at Arches Fiery Furnace.
It was windy and chilly; not bitterly cold but not as pleasant as we'd hoped.
Nevertheless, I had a good time.
Fiery Furnace requires traversing some skinny passages and along some moderate bouldering spots. It was just about the limit of what I was comfortable with (the students, of course, handled it all with ease.)

Snowshoeing

Crocodile tracks in the snow...

... and old snowmobile tracks around the cabin basin