How we celebrated 11 years married!
All together, with our two beautiful boys.
Last year for our tenth Ben and I went to Las Vegas, alone, for a great little get away. This year I strongly felt I wanted to just do something together as a family.
I have never been to Arches before. It's awesome! Awesome I say. I noticed in the parking lots that Utah plates were very rare. I saw Tennesee, Texas, Washington, Oregon, lots of California, and a few others. I think sometimes we take for granted the awesomeness that may only be a few hours drive away for us. People come from all over the country to see these! There were also lots of people from other countries too. We loved it.
Just a little brag moment for our little Andy, who has been potty trained for several weeks. I worried when we started our Delicate Arch hike that he wouldn't be able to hold it the whole time. We even brought a pull-up for emergencies. Ha! He made it the whole time no problem, and not once on our trip did he have an accident. SA-WEET! What a good little Manny-man.
Day 2 was tiring! He slept a good 45 minutes or more bobbing around in the backpack.
Charlie is a rockstar hiker and I started calling him my mountain goat because he was so good. He liked that a lot, and started saying, "I'm a mountain goat, eee-awww." Ha ha! We reminded him that a donkey says eee-aww not a goat. So funny! 
Ben found some fun off-road trails to four wheel drive on, the scenery was gorgeous. This hole looks a lot smaller before you get to it. I was a little worried we wouldn't fit, but then I climbed out and saw it was fine.
Now if this isn't a perfect "Backcountry Ben" photo then I don't know what is!
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