Nature

Campout #4 2019: Spanish Fork Canyon

Campout 4 for 2019! We went up Spanish Fork Canyon and it was so pretty and green up there… except for all of the black burned trees from the huge wildfire last summer. We hiked up the mountain, played in the tall grass, picked wild flowers, and watched Jershon slack line across the mini river....
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Morning Nature Walk: Watching a Snail Eat Grass

This morning we found another snail on our walk!  It was in the grass and we sat there and watched it eat for about 15 minutes.  I had never seen a snail eat before and it was pretty cool!  In fact I didn’t even know that snails eat grass.  haha.  
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Morning Nature Walk: Snail on Porter’s Shoe

We have started going on a walk every morning before breakfast. I really want to bring more nature into our daily life and sometimes I feel so confined, living in a suburban area. So even though it doesn’t feel exactly the same as walking through the woods, walking around our neighborhood is at least better...
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Campout #3 2019: Goblin Valley

Campout # 3 of 2019! We usually camp about an hour or less away from home but this time we decided to go to Goblin Valley which is 3 hours from our house. We lucked out and were able to find an awesome campsite, complete with our own private slot canyon (or cave as the...
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June Unit Study : Sheep!

Sneak peek of what our unit study will be in June. … Sheep! ? Until 6 or so months ago, I don’t think I had ever thought much about sheep before. I mean, I thought they were cute, and I knew they were mentioned a lot in the scriptures, but they weren’t necessarily something that...
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Saturday Adventure Campfire Lunch

This morning after we woke up, Jershon was determined for us to go on an adventure.  It has been raining so much over the past couple weeks so we haven’t been able to go camping.  Jershon wanted to scout out a place a little over an hour or so from our house to see if...
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Campout #2 2019: Miner’s Canyon

We went camping last night. Campout #2 for 2019! We went to Miner’s Canyon again since its too cold in the mountains still. We were hoping to get the same campsite as last time, but when we got there it was already taken. So we ended up at one of the last spots available. Not...
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Campout #1 2019: Miner’s Canyon

Campout number 1 for 2019 is in the books! We lucked out with some great weather, an amazing view, and had a lot of fun. 🙂 This morning Roxanne kept saying “Can we stay here forever? … I want to stay camping.” It was pretty adorable. She got really upset when we were getting in...
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