Sunday, September 18, 2011

Bryce Canyon

As the title denotes, we spent a little time in Bryce Canyon (the most beautiful national park in all the united states. no argument.) We headed down over Labor Day weekend and had a little fun with the Allen Clan. Some of them, anyway :)

We'll start with a family picture at Mossy Cave...


Then move on to Nicole and Luke...


Now Austin and Luke...


And now just Luke. Who is either really concerned about having his picture taken, or has a very "unique" camera smile. Either way he's adorable...


We missed you Dest :(...


Hallie reveling in her time with Grandma...


Brecken and Taylor...


And Brecken, dare I say it, was more beautiful than the scenery...


Of course Taylor did not cease to be cute either...


A little creek time (which happened to be freezing, if you'll note as little skin to water contact as possible)...


And here's the whole group at the Bar G Wrangler performance (not to be confused with the Bar J Wranglers in Jackson Hole... not that anyone was confused, or has even heard of them)...


And since you can see in the above photo that Austin has "I love to shake maracas" written all over his face, they put his mad skills to the test...


The next day we parted ways. Allens to the North, and Harringtons... Well, we stayed in the park a while.



And my instructions for this photo were "Ok Brecken and Taylor, now try to strangle and smother Hallie so that I can get a really awkward photo." Ah, but still cute...


And of course some more hiking, in which Brecken and Taylor preferred climbing and exploring...


While Hallie preferred playing with rocks...


And Mom preferred snapping photos, while Dad preferred making his girls laugh for said photos...


Some of the impressiveness of Bryce Canyon on our hike...


And some more of the impressiveness (minus cute six year old)...


Happy Trails to You, Bryce Canyon...


As they say, until we meet again.

Thanks, Mom, for the wonderful trip!

3 comments:

Unknown said...

Once again I am impressed with both your narrative and your photography skills.

It's fun to see how your family is growing.

Kam said...

Looks like such a great trip. I love the pics of all three girls together -- both the one where they're all smiling, and the one where Hallie is getting smothered. Too cute!

Karen's Korner said...

Wow--What a FUN TIME! And what gorgeous pictures!! It looks like you had a wonderful vacation and I'm really glad you all got to get together like that.

I called and talked on your mom's answering machine and told her to "check out Reni's blog 'cause she has some darling pictures there of your recent trip to Bryce Canyon", so that way she'll know to get online and check 'em out. It's nice to keep up this way with what you guys are up to! (and I even get to see comments from my own daughter!!) Do you think our Destinee girl gets to see these posts sometimes?.....If so, "Hi Dest! We miss you!" Lots of Love to Both of you Sisters--(Actually to all THREE of you!)
From Aunt Karen