Little Black Mountain Petroglyphs Site Spring 2009

Here we are in the middle of Spring Break and Ian and I decided to go out and have a fun hike. I thought about going to a certain spot, but Kevin, knowing how I am about heights, reminded me it may be easy to climb up, but getting down can be hard. In other words, he knew if I got up some where, I might look down and decide, "No way!". So, we chose to go to Little Black Mountain Petroglyph Site. It's a little southeast of St. George out near the Arizona Strip. We went there about 4 years ago but haven't been back since.
It was a beautiful morning- 60 to 65 degrees- and Ian and I had it all to ourselves. We hiked both the West and East trails and even went off the trail in a few spots. It is such an easy-going hike that we were there a little over and hour and a half. We just took our time and had fun taking pictures of the neat petroglyphs. On the way back we drove slowly and ate our trail mix and jerky while listening to the birds. Tomorrow we are heading out in search of Old Fort Pearce and Warner Valley. What a great day!

Science Fair 2008-2009

Last week we had our annual Science Fair at George Washington Academy. Ian decided he wanted to participate this year, but didn't come up with anything doable until the night before. He decided to see how many teaspoons of salt it took to float an egg in 1 cup of water. He was very excited and loved taking the pictures we put on his display board. He won 2nd place out of all the 3rd graders who participated (I'm not sure how many there were). He was very proud and is looking forward to next year!

Choir Competition

The GWA Choir went to a competition this week at Desert Hills High School. I didn't realize how nervous Ian was until I watched him onstage. After each song- there were two- you could visibly see him take a deeeep breathe and let it out slooowly through pursed lips. I'm afraid if there had been more songs he might have passed out! This was their first competition and it was funny when we all regrouped back at the school and their teacher, Mrs. Whiteside, came over with their certificate and said, "We got a I (that's a one)- is that good?" YES!! That's the best score you can get!! She was very pleased since our choir is made up of 3rd-8th graders (mostly 4th) and there are only about 24 kids. They meet once a week for about 50 minutes and were by far the smallest and youngest choir there. In the group picture, Ian is in the very middle of the front row.

Great hair!!

Ian got a haircut and he looks GOOOOD!!! I let him tell how he wanted it and he was very specific. Makenna and I (the girl who cut it grew up in our ward and has always loved Ian) thought he might want the sides and back shorter, but he said no. She made note of which guard she used so that if it grows too fast we can go shorter next time. He probably should have had some of the top trimmed a bit more, but he likes it and it looks good, so we are happy!