All Work and No Play

Tuesday morning, we did some re-wiring in the house and tore up the bathroom floor.  Then we decided to take a well-deserved drive in the desert.  We hadn't been on one since Karin's visit in March.  So, we loaded up the boys and a picnic lunch and took off into the hills. 

Brigham's favorite thing in the world is to be put behind a steering wheel

As we were roasting our hot dogs, we saw a little family coming down the canyon on a 4-wheeler.  We waved just to be polite and then realized we recognized them.  They were a cute little family from our ward.  This is their daughter Sadie with Israel.

Hiram tried to help Israel catch a fish, but he was just too loud.  Hiram did catch four fish while Is was engaged in other pursuits.

Here's one of the fish in a can.

Israel loves fish...from a distance.  The idea of touching one is completely terrifying to him, and almost as bad is having to hold a string with a fish attached to it.  I had to force him to take this picture.  

We love Nevada.  We love its seeming desolateness, its hidden beauties.  We had a wonderful day together as a family.

On an unrelated note, Brigham is sleeping SO well on his own.  I put him down at night and don't generally hear a peep out of him til morning.  I love, love, love, love getting a restful, uninterrupted sleep.  I love knowing my children are happily and comfortably asleep in their beds.  Last night, I came home from Activity Days to find Brigham awake but totally exhausted, so I quickly set about getting his room ready to put him down in.  When I brought Brig in, I thought I would cuddle and rock him for a bit before depositing him in his pack-n-play, but he wanted none of that.  He almost threw himself into his bed.  He grabbed a little corner of his blanket and pulled it up to his face and went to sleep.  This is very different from how things used to go down.  I'm totally thrilled.