Turtles hybernate in this kind of Weather

To give Chad a quiet break and a rest before a sleepless all-night flight home and work tomorrow we took the girls to Red Rock Canyon (and there was no room in our little car for him :)

We were hoping to see turtles in their habitat and picnic on some big red boulders.
Too cold for turtles and picnics but we had a fun time at the visitors center and a picnic in the car on the way home.

A few pics of our adventures:

Clark you are right...I need to get a hood for my camera.

 

Chad enjoyed a quiet Costco adventure while we were gone.

A Royal visit

 Sleeping Beauty popped in one day for a special visit to Violet.

 There was face painting.

 Dancing.

 The making of  magic cupcakes.

 And balloon twisting.

 

 Violet loved it and Lucia was enthralled! 

 Sleeping Beauty and Violet had a nice visit...

 and S.B left Violet with a few words of princess wisdom...like be nice to your sister.

 It's nice to have special connections with Royalty.

P.S. Violet hasn't acknowledged any connected between Sleeping Beauty and Aunt Steph yet :)

The Princess and the Apple

 All done.

Dinasuars, Ducks and Pizza

 Our Lunch at Dinosaur Park

Somebody liked to pick off the olives!

A couple of very aggressive geese.

This is a very loved and very patient dad!

There really is a Pomegranate Festival

And we were there at the real deal in Logandale, Nevada!

Aspen Ridge provided a few minutes of entertainment

 

Luci Lu dancing to the music.

Just waiting for our roasted corn and stuffed baked potato

 Fun afternoon in Logandale AND a bag of pomegranates to boot.  

Try to beat that one.

Today's Moments

 

A rare moment...

Blissful Chaos