Abby was so excited to feed Whitney
At the train museum in Durango, CO
So I keep forgetting to take a picture of our new Suburban. After much discussion and online car shopping, we decided to trade our fabulous Honda Accord for a Suburban of some kind. We bought the Honda when we were living in California and needed a dependable family car. When we moved back to Utah it became Scott's commuter car. Since he now has a work truck and we outgrew the car, it was just taking up space. So we found a nice used Suburban and Scott made a very long day trip up to Orem to get it. It works great mechanically, although it definitely saw its share of kids. Scott is seriously contemplating replacing the carpet. It is cherry red, 2005 half-ton 4x4 and we had a new DVD player installed in the ceiling as part of the deal. So now we can all fit for road trips, or during snowstorms, and when we need a little more cargo room for our now infrequent trips to Costco. It will still be a backup for the van (unless\until we have another baby, not in the near future), but we are pretty happy with it. The girls love it, and it is fun watching them try to say "suburban."We took a little trip to get out of Monticello and ended up in Durango, Colorado. They have an old working railroad and a train museum. The prices to ride the rain are insane, so that may at some point be a once-in-a-lifetime idea, but for now we just went to check things out. It is a touristy kind of place in the mountains. lots of little shops, some skiing, a river and the train. I think it would be better in the summer, but at least now we know where it is and we got some good pamphlets. It is about 2 hours away.
Other big news is that Whitney finally took a bottle! She is now 9 months, so this is quite a nice development for me. Maybe not for Scott :) Scott was away for a week in Page, AZ, and I just tried giving her one before bed and she actually drank it like a pro. We have been trying for months, but she has never been interested at all. She didn't seem to like the taste of formula. At least now I can get away a little more, or feed her in places like church or in public without it being awkward or inconvenient.
Scott's was away at a course talking about ancient artifacts and the rules around them. This is a hot-button issue around here with some people viewing it as trash anyone should be able to pick up, and others viewing everything as sacred and that it is a crime to take or touch anything. The law sides with the latter idea, but it's hard to change people's ways when they have been doing something for generations. There are Native sites everywhere in our area, some are managed, like Mesa Verde National Park, and others are just on the sides of roads, and others you have to hike to. Below are some Anasazi pot shards, and a complete pot. It can be a felony to pick up one of these pieces and take it. No other news, just waiting for it to quit snowing and be spring already!
