A how-to guide to life without cell phones, internet or grocery stores:
1) Make sure if you don't have any of these things, you are in a completely awesomely beautiful place like the one pictured above.
2) Hike 20+ miles to get exercise and take in the breathtaking views.
3) Make your child pose often in front of picturesque locations.
4) Do that again. And then put you in the picture.
5) Find an obsession-- like wildflowers.
6) Hang out with an 18-month-old. This is a must. You will be laughing at every stop, tip-toe hiking while they're asleep and inventing new pack-carrying methods when your hips are bruised from the weight of your pack. If that wasn't convincing (and re-reading it, it's really not) just hear this one say "stick" and eat all your pickles . . . you'll be hooked.
7) Eat tortilla pb&honey (you know, for variety since bread was getting old). Another hiking must? Chips (or if your Liesel, "pip-bst") and pickles.
8) Let your baby hike. Realize they'll never make it to the car and are somehow drawn to cacti.
9)Get a job as a full-time spotter for your child who has taken up bouldering. . . on everything (did I mention that Liesel is a desert sandstone maestro? She climbs all over EVERYTHING. . .and some of it is like baby 5.10)!!
10) Chill. Often.
11) Find ways to reassure yourself that you're #1.
12) Hang out with your man when he comes home. . .play some tunes and fall asleep at 8:30pm like it was midnight.
13) Have an Easter Egg hunt. Limited candy? That's cool. Try rocks, flowers, string cheese and Rice Krispies. Although the one piece of chocolate is hands down the winner (her first taste and L was in heaven).
14) Drive back to town only after your resources (and your body) are exhausted. Have a bonfire with friends and call it a week.
*Brian has been working down at the Needles (a district of Canyonlands Nat'l park) that's about 1.5 hrs from Moab. Liesel and I went down with him this last week.
8 comments:
Coolest Easter egg hunt EVER!!! The Needles is such a beautiful place and looks like you totally enjoyed yourselves. Liesel is quite the climber, judging from the size of those boulders!
Liesel and I should be climbing partners. That stuff looks like it's in my range.
Wow, what a gorgeous place!! Heaven on earth! Isn't it great you now have a "buddy" to hang out with when B is at work?! And soon she'll be talking too! Looks like she is definitely an outdoor lover. Your egg hunt was very creative! I'd have given anything to see her eat her first piece of chocolate!
Wow, what a gorgeous place!! Heaven on earth! Isn't it great you now have a "buddy" to hang out with when B is at work?! And soon she'll be talking too! Looks like she is definitely an outdoor lover. Your egg hunt was very creative! I'd have given anything to see her eat her first piece of chocolate!
This post was so full of joy, I loved it! I miss you! It looks like you and L are besties these days.
I absolutely LOVE the pic of L hiking by the cacti. Did you alter it? When you get here, you'll have to give me some tips on photography. You're totally out of my range these days with your mad skills. I guess it helps with beautiful subjects like yourself and L. Sooo excited to see you in a monthish. SO EXCITED
So she still says "stick" with the crazy cute ending, I guess. You had better record that for posterity before she figures out to end the word right. Hey--your Easter egg hunts look like Brian's hunts when he was little. Red sandstone with dents in it--perfect.
oh how i miss that place- chessler park, druid arch... mmmm i need to make a trip to canyonlands once more. it never gets old! , oh and real nice foto-graphy you got there.
That picture of Liesel with Brian playing the guitar in the background is the CUTEST ever. I could look at that face of hers all day! Your pictures are gorgeous. I like that the orange in L's jacket in the cacti one balanced by the same color of orange in the rock in the foreground--perfect.
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