The Morrill Family: August 2009

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Growing (but not fast enough!)

Here are Ari's cute one-year-old photos, taken by my sister-in-law Renee about a month ago. She has grown up so fast, but not quite fast enough, according to Robbie. The other day he was very sad and I finally was able to figure out that he was basically feeling jipped because he thought Ari was supposed to grow into a "big boy," but she was still a baby! Hopefully he understood when I explained that, first of all, Ari would grow into a big GIRL and also that it will be a little while longer before she's not a baby anymore.

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Back at the Ranch . . .

We spent last week at the Morrill Meadowbrook Ranch, near Capitol Reef National Park (the ranch has been in the Morrill family for almost 100 years and is shared by all the descendants). We had some great adventures!

Robbie became a "four-wheeler groupie" and hung out on and around the four wheelers as much as possible, hoping someone would give him a ride. He did get to go on lots of rides, including a few with Mommy (my first time driving a four wheeler!). Here he is with cousins Ivy and Audrey.

We took a hike to Hickman Bridge (a huge arch in Capitol Reef) with the Jeffries family and got to this "cave" just in time to wait out a big downpour. It was amazing to watch the water flow down the cliff faces and to hear the thunder echoing down the canyon.

The rain stopped long enough for us to snap a photo and get most of the way down the trail. By the time we got to the car it was pouring rain again.

Nate took Robbie on his first fishing trip at the little creek that runs through the ranch property. They caught a nice fish and Nathan ate it for dinner.

Ari had a blast just playing in (and eating) the dirt!

We had one scary "adventure", too. Robbie literally came within inches of a rattlesnake, right on the front porch of the ranch house! Luckily Grandma heard the rattle and got Robbie out of the way in time. Nate quickly killed the snake and we saw that it was a baby rattler, which are particularly deadly. Needless to say, we feel Heavenly Father must have been looking out for this little boy and we are very grateful!