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Moab!!!

So we had the best weekend ever!  I know that I keep saying that, but we really did!  Our family (plus Lesley) went to Moab, Utah with the McKinnis family for our four day weekend and it was perfect! 


The McKinnis family are some of our new Durango friends and we really love them!  They have two little girls (Kate & Abby) and they are adopting from Rwanda!  Mom and Dad McKinnis (Valerie & Darrin) are great and our families are a good fit. 


And for those of you who don't know who Lesley is, for some reason, she is my life saver!  She has been working at KCO/Kivu for MANY years and she is living with us this fall just because she loves us.  She is the biggest help and because of her I get to be the mom and wife and person who I truly want to be!  (THANK YOU, LES!!!)  And the kids ABSOLUTELY ADORE her (big bonus)!

Anyway, we went camping in Moab and spent our days mountain biking and hiking (yes, I mountain biked and LOVED it) and our evenings sitting around the fire laughing.  Nights were freezing, but that is what a 2-person sleeping bag is for! :)

I was SO impressed with all of my kids on the mountain biking part (more impressed with myself if I am being perfectly honest, but almost equally impressed with my littles on their single speeds).  They did so well!  I really think that Dax has found his "thing."  He is so good and had so much fun!

Enjoy the pictures!  Moab is breathtaking!






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