The Christensen Family: 2017

An Indiana Thanksgiving

Thankful to be with my family!

We had a great time in Indiana with Mom, Buddy and his family, Dad and Regina, and seeing some of my extended family. It was so fun to be there and a part of things. I loved that my kids had a great time with their cousins.

Here is a list of things we reflected on in the airport on the way home that we loved the most.

Here the some pictures to tell more of what we did and the memories made!

SLC airport. yay for a direct flight and easy travel

Rewind 5 years and this was a nightmare. This time I took a nap!

Rental van on the drive to Indiana. I loved watching the familiar scenery on the side of the road "home"

Tapatio's is awesome!

We are the champions

#studs

Mom was having so much fun with the kids

The food is better in INDIANA!

Kanab/North Rim of the Grand Canyon/Orderville

For our summer vacation, we planned a trip to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. The kids and I have never been. Mom was able to come along too.

We planned to have Kanab as our homebase and rented a VRBO.

The drive down was beautiful and we found a nice Mexican restaurant for dinner our first night.

The next morning we woke for the drive down to the North rim. We packed out backpacks with snacks and walkie talkies. Once we got there, we started with a short but challenging hike (with beautiful views) that got me and the kids nervous for what Steve had planned next. We had lunch and went on to the next hike to Angels Window. After one more hike, we finished with a nice shady hike, which included inclines and rain, - we didn't quite finish the hike before we turned around and headed back. We laughed a lot and struggled some. The journey was fun. We headed for home and got food to eat at the house from a fun diner. The next day we had German pastries and did a hike in a slot canyon in Orderville. That was awesome, although hot until we got into the shade of the mountains. The kids much prefer this type of "exploration hike". We were hot and tired after this one. After lunch, we later went to the Kanab pool to relax. We waited out the rain and had the pool nearly to ourselves. In the evening we enjoyed introducing Moana to Maw and played games.