The first day of a new year and we spent it enjoying the amazing scenery of the Grand Canyon. "Grand" seems like an entirely inadequate adjective to describe the majesty and beauty of this canyon. I had visited the Grand Canyon when I was in highschool, but this was the first time my family has been together. It was a different experience seeing the canyon in the winter. It was actually a great time to visit because it wasn't as crowded or hot as it is in the summer. Although the south rim was snowy the sun was shiny and it wasn't too cold. In fact the kids all started getting hot and shedding their layers pretty quick.
I wouldn't say I have a fear of heights, just a fear of falling from heights. There were several times I had visions of my children slipping on some snowy edge and falling a loooong way to the bottom. I try not to pass my irrational fears onto my children, but I'm sure they sensed my concern as I constantly reminded them to stay back from the edge of cliffs. :)
It was so nice to have "big" cousins, aunts, and uncles to help with the little kids. Mike and Daniel were good sports and even carried Ben and Kate during some of the longer stretches. 
We were lucky that Grandma "B" (my mom's mom) had just made hats for all the kids for Christmas. It helped us all stay nice and warm.
I wouldn't say I have a fear of heights, just a fear of falling from heights. There were several times I had visions of my children slipping on some snowy edge and falling a loooong way to the bottom. I try not to pass my irrational fears onto my children, but I'm sure they sensed my concern as I constantly reminded them to stay back from the edge of cliffs. :)We were lucky to share this experience with Adam and Cheryl's family who were visiting us from California.
It was so nice to have "big" cousins, aunts, and uncles to help with the little kids. Mike and Daniel were good sports and even carried Ben and Kate during some of the longer stretches. We were lucky that Grandma "B" (my mom's mom) had just made hats for all the kids for Christmas. It helped us all stay nice and warm.I loved this picture of all the younger kids.
I'm so glad that Rusty has such a good relationship with his brother Adam. It's always fun when they get together. Sometimes it just takes a brother to really appreciate (or even understand) Rusty's unique sense of humor. :)
Of course you can only look at beautiful scenery for so long when you are a kid. Especially with a winter wonderland of snow at your fingertips. The boys all worked together to build a snowman
I'm so glad that Rusty has such a good relationship with his brother Adam. It's always fun when they get together. Sometimes it just takes a brother to really appreciate (or even understand) Rusty's unique sense of humor. :) Of course you can only look at beautiful scenery for so long when you are a kid. Especially with a winter wonderland of snow at your fingertips. The boys all worked together to build a snowmanand all of the kids took great pleasure in hurling snowballs off the edge of the canyon.
Of course Mike didn't settle for simply throwing snowballs off the cliff, he created mini snowmen and sent them to their doom into the depths of the canyon.
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