The Blacks come to visit

My brother Josh, Julie, Caleb, and Taylor came to visit a couple of weeks ago. We had such a great time with them.



Anna and Caleb played together really well for the most part and Taylor was absolutely adorable. Anna was surprisingly friendly toward Taylor which gives me hope that she'll actually like baby brother when he gets here. (She normally has a cow if I give any baby attention. Major brake down.)

Fourth of July morning. No smiles! Don't they know it's a holiday?!

It was especially fun to have the Blacks here for the Fourth of July. We first headed to the ward house for some breakfast with our ward.

Julie, Taylor, Caleb, and Anna relaxing at the ward breakfast.

Then we drove to one of our favorite sites, the Red Rock Ampitheater. It was blasted hot and we must have climbed 200 stairs, but I always love the the beautiful scenery and view of the city.

Checking out the Red Rocks Ampitheater, Caleb in the RR Museum

J and A in the museum and walking up the millions of stairs.

The highlight of the day came after that when we stopped in a mountain town for lunch. We found a little park with a playground for the kids and were pleased to find a mountain stream behind the park to play in. It was completely shallow and safe for the kids to fun around in. Julie could even sit Taylor down in the river and let him splash. Anna opted to play in a mud puddle next to the river that some older boys had dug out. The impromtu river play was so fun and refreshing after the the heat of the red rocks.

Playing in the river.

Anna in the mud hole and Caleb showing off his big muscles.

Post-swim lounging.

After some naps we ended the day with some city fireworks. Personal fireworks are illegal here, so there was no home show. That's okay since Caleb had burned his hand on a sparkler the day before. (Poor guy!)

Being silly and waiting for the big fireworks show.

Watching the show and heading home.

Thanks Josh and Julie for visiting. We loved having you and you are welcome back any time! (That goes for anyone reading this. We LOVE having visitors.)