We're in Utah (with too few wireless networks)

Sorry it has been a few days since we posted last. We have had some trouble finding a place to connect to the Internet.

Lexie Here

It has been really hot since we got here. Some of the days it seems too hot but other days it has been just hot enough. It has not 100 degrees here so it must be hotter in Portland because Devon told us how hot it has been. We leave the windows open at night and it still does not cool down enough for me. When we got so hot we wish we can have ice cream.

On the first night at Grammy and Grampy's house Madison and I had to switch beds. Madison was sleeping in the bed but she was too hot. I was sleeping on the floor (on foam pads) and I was too cold. We switched and it worked out just tight. Actually Madison got too cold and had to use the big blanket on one night.

Grammy bought us some butterfly nets. One for Madison, one for me, one to take home and give to Serenity and Genesis and one to give to Haley. I have tried to catch a butterfly but it went over the fence. We have not seen any others. Madison hasn't caught anything yet, but I did catch a damsel fly.

We went to the community pool yesterday. This pool is pretty close to Grammy and Grampy's house. We started out just swimming but then we went down the big twirly slide. We swam for three hours in the day and then came back and swam two more hours at night. We were the last ones to leave when the pool closed at nine o'clock.


Madison Here

We have made it to Utah. Since leaving Nevada we have had more new experiences and done some fun things. We have seen a huge salt desert, been swimming, gone down a huge slide, planted tomatoes, and eaten lots and lots of junk food.


As soon as we got into Utah, the scenery turned into a huge lake of salt. Whatever direction I looked all I would see is salt. We stopped and walked out onto the salt. It was like walking on clay. Daddy said that there is water under the salt. Someone put a chunk of wood in the salt, Lexie and I tried to balance on it. Watch the video and you will see.

There is a swimming pool near our Grammy and Grampy's house. The pool is really cool. It is like Mt. Scott pool but a little better. We got to play around in the pool. We splashed each other, swam under water, did tricks under water (like handstands) and ride down the slide. It was fun. We will probably get to go again before we leave.

The first thing I did when we got to Grammy and Grampy's house was help Grampy plant some tomatoes. We planted seven tomato plants. I dug the holes and placed the plants in the holes. so far they are still alive.

We went to Park City and go on this gimongous slide and roller coaster. The roller coaster was really fun. We went up, up, up until we reached the top of it. Then we went very fast down the roller coaster. We went on the roller coaster one at a time with daddy. I was too big to ride with daddy on the slide so I had to go by myself. It was scary because I thought I was going to fall off. I did not fall.

Another great thing about Grammy and Grampy's house is that we get to eat a lot of junk food. Grammy lets us eat chocolate and cookies. She cuts up the chocolate and leaves it in a bowl so we can just eat it when we want. She always keeps refilling it. Same with the cookies. She also lets us have Popsicles or ice cream after dinner. We have even made Jello and root beer floats.

So far the trip has been fun and exciting. I hope that it will be like that at all the other places we will be going to. I like the suggestions that Devon gave us for the Grand Canyon and we will try to see the condor talk and fossils walk.