"Is this where Jesus lives?"

After spending two nights at my grandparents house in Kingston Ut, we made our way to the second stop of our Awesome spring break of 2011. . . Goblin Valley. Mom, Dad, Logan and Jenn with thier girls, Kaden and I made some pretty RAD memories:) The title of this blog, so eloquently given by Addie asking her mom, started off our ventures through the park. Logan and I haven't been here since he left on his mission, Jenn and the girls never.

As we parked and got out of our vehicles, Brynlee was down and walking all over the place. She saw papa walking back from the restrooms and went over to be with him. Brynlee has a talent of getting in front of people without them knowing. . . papa's leg then caught her and she ate asphalt, bless her heart. After I held her she stopped crying, then went to nana and started crying again to tell her the sad story (she did this story telling multiple times to whoever would listen). We started the trip out on a bang:)

Goblin valley is so awesome! Why you might ask. . . . because you actually get to climb up on the rocks (unlike other parks where they have since stopped any human touch of the artifacts. Cough cough Mesa Verde, cough) Anywho Kaden ridin' on the saddle.

Kaden, Brynlee, and I on a rock formation. Dad in the corner.

A neat cave you can climb up to which has a peaking hole in the top.

This picture doesn't do justice at all. My mom is taking the picture while the girls are screaming. Maybe they are claustrophobic, who knows. They were pretty anxious to get out. They wanted out so badly that they made it through this hole to my mom.

Jenn and I are sporting the beginning of the cave. Logan, better known as Evan Rude, is showing us where they cave starts to turn and then it opens up to a pretty good size room.

Papa with Addie. Notice the walking stick Addie is holding. . . it will appear in all the photos to come. My dad needs walking sticks to help climb around. Addie didn't want to miss out on the fun. For the next 3 days she would insist to carry a walking stick and draw pretty pictures for us.

Trying to find our way to the top of the ridge.

At the top of the ridge looking down at all the 'goblins'. Really guys if you have never been here you need to go!

Making our way back to the vehicles after exploring the park. We were pretty slow exiting the park. We got a little lost after being on top of the ridge. Not lost really, just tried to find a better way down that wasn't too steep. Evan Rude and Steve-o took off for a bit while we rested on top. Steve-o came back but Evan Rude never did. Steve-o took off running trying to find him and I took off too. When Evan Rude finally showed up minutes later, he got an ear full. Not from my mom or his wife. . . but from Kaden, bless his heart. Kaden was positive that Logan had fallen and was bleeding to death, it was pretty steep. We were happy to make it down and back to the cars. All in all, Goblin was a hit!