I spy something awesome.

My family came into town this week. This is me and L-train waiting their arrival a week ago (btw; this is the slickest seat ever).

My mom, dad, sister Catherine and Lindsey came into town for Lindsey's graduation from BYU and made the drive down south to see me, B and Liesel first. We pulled the classic Hays and didn't let them rest.

This is us hiking in the Needles.

Mom, Cath and me

Grandma with Liesel.

Dad and his girls; hiking to Corona Arch.

We took everyone climbing on Wallstreet. My dad even made it up a climb! And I led my first climb post-baby (although it was probably a 5.5).

B bouldering at Big Bend. We used to not like bouldering very much, but it has definitely grown on us. Might be the easy access with the Baby, the little amount of work, the great spot, the fun moves or all of the above.

Claret cup in bloom

On a hike up Millcreek canyon.

Destiny?

Grand Teton National Park 2001

Cape Hatteras National Seashore

Grand Teton National Park 1994

Arches National Park 1991

Rocky Mountain National Park

Flaming Gorge National Monument

Petrified Forest National Monument 1989 (pretty sure this was the same time that my family almost made out with the "biggest theft of petrified wood the park had ever seen" . . .but that's story for another time).

I love this girl.

The Trio

REUNITES. Can't wait for these ladies to arrive!

How To: Cloth Diaper

When I was first pregnant with Liesel, I decided that I wanted to cloth diaper. Every time I went to the Internet to Google what to do and what is best, I was totally overwhelmed with the options and opinions of everyone on the web; cloth diapering is like a whole new language (do YOU know what a fuzzibun is? A tri-fold? A pocket diaper?) So the first while I was just disciphering the diaper code. After I while, I finally settled on the BumGenius and Fuzzibun diapers. I won't go into detail with what they are, but basically the white towel looking things in the picture go into the bright colored water-proof ones. And this is why they're great:

1. It's cheaper. While it cost me $200 initially to get started, I'll easily save that much since diapers are a whopping $20 a week!

2. It's cuter. Hey, why not admit it?

3. They're more natural. I like the idea of fleece (I know it's made from plastic which = not natural) and cloth as opposed to gel beads and whatever disposables are made of.

4. It's eco-groovy. While it uses water, it really isn't a ton and they are mostly air-dried.

5. Knowing me, it adverts the crisis. I'm sure I would end up diaper-less in the middle of the night or something. . . and when in Jackson we'll be 30 minutes from a grocery store.

6. Less blow-out and diaper rash. I've had some serious cases of blow out with disposables, but not really with cloth. . . and over all I think they're better with diaper rash.

7. Last but not least, I'm pretty sure from the look on L's face that she loves having fuzzibuns too.

Horse Girl

You know that girl who came to school in tight jeans and boots with tassles? Who knew all the cuts of meat from a cow and washed her hair with "Mane and Tail" and didn't brush it very well? Who threw out words like Lippizanar, Morgan and Arabian? Who read the "Thoroughbred" series and had a thousand plastic horses coated in thin velvet? Yeah. After 20 years I still sometimes find myself wishing that were me.

The hike from H-E-double hockey stick

Brian's dad came into town on Sunday night (at like 1am). We like to show our guests a good time, so we had him wake up at 7am, get dressed, drive an hour, hike with us for 3 hours and then wait for us to get back to the car for another 7.

That wasn't on purpose. I guess you could say our San Rafael Swell hike ended up being a little epic.

FOUR months

(sweet faux-hawk, no?)

Our little girl is four months old (and one week). I never really understood why parents would get so worked up over baby achievements like rolling over and grabbing things, but lil' L has me completely fascinated with everything she's learning. She got her vaccinations today and didn't even cry until the last one. She's 75th percentile for height and weight and only 25th for head size.

Liesel with her owl buddy. She's learning to grab and put things in her mouth.

Baby legs, Bum Genuis and Bumbo. This girl is stylish.

* Despite the fact that in 75% of these photos Liesel is shirtless, we really do cloth her the majority of the time.