Tinajero's: Summer 2014 part 1

Here's an update of our summer in 2 parts not in chronological order at all.

Adrian, my dad and Neal hiked Mystery Canyon in Zion. They went in August sometime. Adrian has done the hike many times, but it was first for my dad and Neal.

Here's just as they were about to start their decent into the canyon.

One of the 12 repels.

Adrian going down the longest repel of 140 feet into Mystery Springs.

Here's the last repel that ends up in the Narrows.

At the bottom of the last repel standing in the Narrows. They had lots of people who were hiking the Narrows stop and watch them repel down this last repel. Adrian went first and when he finished all the bystanders clapped at his performance. Neal was next and as he got down a handful of people clapped. My dad was last and when he got down nobody clapped. They thought it was quite comical.

We hiked to Cascade Falls near Duck Creek. We started out thinking there would be no water at the falls since no water was draining out of Navajo Lake. But, to our surprise and delight, there was water with a small waterfall at the end. It had been a while since I had hiked this trail and I was in awe at how pretty it was. The red rock and dark green pines made the views beautiful.

After hiking Cascade falls, we hopped on over to the Ice Cave. It was a big hit. Levi loves caves. And, even being the middle of the summer, there was ice in it.

We hiked the Bristlecone Pine trail. I believe it's under a mile and it was the perfect length for these kiddos to hike. Usually we take a backpack and haul Malachi, but he hiked this whole trail.

Adrian picked some flowers and gave them to me. Levi copied him and tugged up some flowers and gave them to me as well. Notice the roots on the flowers. I'm lucky to have some great boys to spend my life with :)

We took some food and had a picnic on the bridge overlooking Zion. It was a fun time.

We're probably checking out some kind of bug.

Even though the hike was short, it still took us over and hour to hike. These boys like to explore and play with every opportunity that comes their way.

We went up to my family's ranch on Cedar Mountain. We did not camp, we just went to play. These boys love mud and water.

They both love 4-wheeler rides and this little 4-wheeler was just their size.

We hiked Hidden Haven in Parowan Canyon right after Adrian got back from his trip to Mexico. We thought it was just 1 mile, but it ended up being about 2. We did not take our carrier for Malachi and the last 1/2 mile Adrian carried him and just booked it to the car as fast as he could.

It was very beautiful. It had rained earlier that day and everything was moist.

Their was no water at the waterfall. But we did cross some small streams along the way that the boys played in.

Malachi loves motorcycle and 4 wheeler rides with my dad. When he hears them start up he will run as fast as he can to them and beg for a ride. When we see any kind of a motorcycle or 4 wheeler driving by he will say "grandpa" and reach his arms out indicating he wants a ride.

September 6th we had the first annual Bulloch Family 5K! We started at the Bicentennial Park and ran up the Canyon Trail for 1.5 miles then turned around and headed down.

Adrian's a stud and he pushed our 2 kiddos in the stroller the whole way.

Here I am at the finish line. My time was 30.09 minutes.

Adrian was just 4 minutes behind me.

We had some goodies afterwards!

Adrian went to Mexico for 2 weeks in July. It had been 3.5 years since he had seen any of his family. He spent most of his time with his parents and brother. Then spent his last day visiting his grandpa and extended family.