Walking

Fire and Ice

Last weekend we headed up to Sinks Canyon in Wyoming for some climbing. On Sunday things took an exciting turn when the Canyon caught on fire. We noticed a small fire burning down by the road as we were hiking along the cliffline during a break between routes. It looked like this:


It didn't look too significant, but the wind was pretty strong, so we thought maybe we'd head back to our stuff and start packing up. By the time we got back to our gear, the fire had grown, and we ended up running down the trail alongside billows of glowing orange smoke with ash falling on our heads. It looked like this from down on the road:


Everyone got out safely, but it ended up burning the whole hillside up to the cliffs.

After escaping the fire, we decided to head home-- and hit a blizzard on I-80. There was hardly any snow-- not more than an inch or two-- but the wind whipped those two inches around to the point that you couldn't see anything at times. We passed 5 18-wheelers that had been blown over onto their sides by the wind. Seven hours later (including a solid 2 of Logan screaming) we finally made it home.

Here's a few other pictures from the less eventful parts of the weekend.

Logan (10 months) playing with Anabel (7 months)


Logan and Daddy hanging out at the crag


Logan studying his sippy cup. He likes to bend the nipple back and release, which makes the water fly pretty far. When we're in the car, he can spray us from the backseat.

Logan hanging out in his nest of puffys.

Ten Months

At ten months, Logan says hi- or hey—to greet everyone he sees. He loves to feed himself, and he's developing quite the sweet tooth. He's also developed the bad habit of shrieking until he gets a bite of your cookie or brownie. He pulls himself up on everything, and is starting to be able to get himself down too. He has 3 teeth (the bottom middle two and the top right of middle). The other 3 top ones are about to arrive. He thinks it’s very funny when you say “bless you” after sneezing, when you shake your head like you’re headbanging, and when you yawn. He’s very interested in teeth, and is always trying to poke his fingers into your mouth to feel them. He loves Daddy's laptop, but is very adamant that the screen be laid flat at 180 degrees-- and no matter how many times Mark sets it back upright, Logan pulls it back down. He may be a little OCD.

Odds and Ends

Logan's first football game-- the Evergreen-Conifer Mountain Bowl! Logan mostly liked the police car lights in the parking lot where cops were directing traffic, and the stadium lights. We made it part way through the third quarter, at which point Logan had dropped his coat behind the bleachers, lost both socks, and was more than ready to leave. Half a football game is about right for me, too.



Mark & Logan climbing at the North Gym at Shelf.


We got Wednesdays off for snow days 2 weeks in a row! Family ski trip around the yard.

Auntie Kenny's birthday with fun Halloween cupcakes.

Logan loved the tissue paper in her gifts.

Playing in the laundry basket at Kenny's house

Hanging out at the crag (the Monastery)

Luckily Daddy sent his route, because this pod can no longer contain standing Logan.

Testing out the new wagon

Playing with friends Ayla and Reilly:


Eating puffs


Ayla tackles Logan. I think she was after his sippy cup.

Standing

Logan is now a stander! Here's a video of his early days... he worked on this skill all weekend- up and down and up and down- and now stands up pretty easily. He knocked his head a few times in the process, but my friend assures me that babies are born really smart and now he's only slightly less smart.